James Watson (disambiguation)
James Watson was an American biologist and chemist, the co-discoverer of the double-helical structure of DNA, awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
James Watson may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- James Watson (actor), British film and television actor
- James Watson (author), author from Lancashire, England
- James Watson (engraver), Irish engraver
- James Sibley Watson, American publisher and early experimenter in motion pictures
- James Watson (trumpeter), British trumpet player, conductor, and professor at the Royal Academy of Music
- James Aaron Watson, country musician
Law
- James F. Watson, American attorney and judge
- James Lopez Watson, U.S. federal judge, first black judge to head a federal court in the South
- James S. Watson, first black judge elected in New York State
Military
- James Watson (British Army officer), Commander-in-Chief in India
- James Watson (American soldier), American soldier who fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn
- James A. Watson, rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard
Politics
- James Watson (Australian politician), colonial treasurer of New South Wales, 1878–1883
- James Watson (Shrewsbury MP), English merchant, dairy herdsman, and Conservative politician, House of Commons 1885–92
- James Watson (Bridport MP), English politician, House of Commons 1790–95
- James Watson (New York politician), U.S. Senator from New York
- James Cameron Watson, Canadian politician, mayor of Calgary
- James Eli Watson, U.S. Congressman and Senator from Indiana
- James H. Watson, English-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland
- James W. Watson, Scottish-born Wisconsin state assemblyman
Scientists and scholars
- James Craig Watson, Canadian-American astronomer
- James Wreford Watson, Scottish/Canadian geographer and cartographer
- James L. Watson (anthropologist), American professor of anthropology at Harvard
- James Watson (Scottish chemist), Scottish chemist and political activist
- Sir James Anderson Scott Watson, Scottish agriculturalist
- James Kay Graham Watson, molecular spectroscopist
Sport
- James Watson (footballer, born c. 1883), Scottish footballer
- James Watson (Rangers footballer), Scottish footballer
- James Watson (wrestler), professional wrestler who used the pseudonym Mikey Whipwreck
- James Watson (boxer), Scottish boxer
Other
- James Watson (printer), Scottish printer and publisher
- James Watson (surgeon), British radical and surgeon
- James Watson (radical), English publisher, activist, and Chartist
- James Watson (murderer), English murderer