James Jackson

Military

• James Jackson , British Army general
• James S. Jackson, Union General in the American Civil War
• James W. Jackson, shooter of Elmer Ellsworth during the American Civil War
• James Jackson, British Army officer, acting commandant of St Mary's Island, 1829–1830
• James Jackson , U.S. Army officer
• James F. Jackson, Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force

  Politics

• James Jackson , Revolutionary War soldier, Georgia congressman, senator and governor
• James Jackson , businessman, racehorse investor, state legislator
• James Jackson , Georgia Congressman, grandson of Senator James Jackson
• James M. Jackson, West Virginia Congressman
• James Jackson Jr. , New York politician
• James Jackson , American politician in Massachusetts
• James K. Jackson, American politician, Secretary of State of Alabama, 1894–1898
• James E. Jackson, American labor unionist, political official and activist
• James H. Jackson, American politician, science teacher, coach and businessman in Iowa.
• James Jackson American politician, member of the Rhode Island state legislature from 2019–2021

  Religion

• James Jackson , Anglican clergyman and author
• James Jackson , Anglican priest
• James Jackson , Canadian Methodist minister

  Science and mathematics

• James Caleb Jackson, American nutritionist
• James R. Jackson, American mathematician
• James Jackson , social psychologist and member of the National Science Board
• James A. Jackson, British professor of geophysics at Cambridge University

  Sports

• James Jackson , British footballer
• James Jackson , Canadian Olympic cyclist
• James Jackson , American football player
• Boo Jackson, American basketball player

  Other

• James Jackson , English manufacturer who established the first steel mill in France
• James Jackson , Massachusetts physician
• James Hayter Jackson, New Zealand mariner, whaler and trader
• James U. Jackson, founder and developer of the city of North Augusta, South Carolina
• James Ranalph Jackson, Australian painter