James Hamilton
James Hamilton may refer to:
Dukes
- James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, heir to the throne of Scotland
- James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, British nobleman and diplomat
- James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, first governor of Northern Ireland
- James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn, Northern Irish senator
- James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, Northern Irish politician
Marquesses
- James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, 4th Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman
Earls
- James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault, and 2nd Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Sheriff of Linlithgow
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn, Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, Scottish and Irish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn, Scottish nobleman and amateur scientist
- James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, Scottish and Irish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (first creation), Anglo-Irish Royalist peer, soldier and politician
- James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (second creation), British politician
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, Irish peer
Viscounts
- James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye, Ulster Scot land owner and settler
- James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, British politician
Barons and other nobles
- Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow, 5th Laird of Cadzow
- James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
- Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, military engineer, illegitimate son of the 1st earl and guardian to the 2nd
- James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane, Irish nobleman
- James Hamilton, Lord Paisley, eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn
- James Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, British politician
- James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, member of the Scottish Parliament
- James Hamilton, Lord Pencaitland, Scottish judge
Arts and entertainment
- James Hamilton (painter), Scottish painter
- James Whitelaw Hamilton, Scottish artist
- Neil Hamilton (actor), American actor
- Jimmy Hamilton, American jazz musician
- James Hamilton (photographer), American photographer
- James Alexander Hamilton (music writer), English compiler of musical instruction books
- James G. C. Hamilton, American sculptor
- James Hamilton (DJ and journalist), British DJ and journalist for Record Mirror and ''Music Week''
Clergy
- James Hamilton (bishop of Argyll), Scottish prelate
- James Hamilton (minister, born 1600), Scottish minister, active in Ireland
- James Hamilton (bishop of Galloway), Scottish prelate
- James Hamilton (archdeacon of Raphoe), Irish Anglican priest
- James Hamilton (priest, born 1748), Irish priest and astronomer
- James Hamilton (minister, born 1814), Scottish minister and author, primarily in London
Military
- James Hamilton (English army officer), Irish courtier and soldier, during the reign of Charles II of England
- James Inglis Hamilton, general in the British Army
- James Hamilton (British Army officer, born 1777), British army colonel
- James de Courcy Hamilton, British Royal Navy officer and fire officer
Politics
- Sir James Hamilton (died 1605), shire commissioner for Lanarkshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
- James Hamilton (died 1633), burgh commissioner for Glasgow (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
- James Hamilton (1617–1646), member of parliament for Bangor (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
- James Hamilton (died 1707), shire commissioner for Lanarkshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
- James Hamilton of Bangour, burgh commissioner for Dunfermline (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
- Sir James Hamilton (1644–1706), member of parliament for Bangor and County Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
- James Hamilton (1651–1700), member of parliament for Down and Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
- Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Rosehall, member of parliament for Lanarkshire
- James Hamilton (1685–1771), member of parliament for Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency) and Carlow
- James Hamilton (Pennsylvania politician), mayor of Philadelphia and lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania
- James Hamilton Jr., governor and representative for South Carolina
- James Alexander Hamilton, acting U.S. secretary of state under president Andrew Jackson
- Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Woodbrook, British politician, member of parliament for Sudbury
- James Hans Hamilton, Anglo-Irish member of parliament
- James Kent Hamilton, mayor of Toledo, Ohio
- James A. Hamilton, secretary of state of New York 1923–1924
- James Hamilton (Scottish politician), Scottish politician
- James Harold Hamilton, American politician in the Alabama House of Representatives
- James E. Hamilton, American politician in the state of Oklahoma
- James R. Hamilton, American politician in the Georgia State Senate
- James Hamilton (barrister), Irish barrister and director of public prosecutions in Ireland
Sports
- James Hamilton (American football), American football player
- James Hamilton (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- James Hamilton (footballer, born 1869), Scottish football player for Queen's Park and the national team
- James Hamilton (footballer, born 1884), English football player
- James Hamilton (footballer, born 1901), Scottish football player for St Mirren, Rangers, Blackpool and the national team
- James Hamilton (footballer, born 1904), English footballer for Crystal Palace
- James Hamilton (footballer, born 1906), Scottish footballer for Carlisle United and Rochdale
- James Hamilton (footballer, born 1955), Scottish footballer for Sunderland and Carlisle United
- James Hamilton (snowboarder), New Zealand Olympic snowboarder
- Jimmy Hamilton (curler), 1963 World Curling Championships known as the Scotch Cup
Other people
- James Alexander Greer Hamilton, principal surgeon at North Adelaide Hospital, South Australia
- James Hamilton (assassin), assassin
- James Hamilton (physician), Scottish physician
- James Hamilton (language teacher), Irish proponent of the "Hamiltonian system" for teaching languages
- James M. Hamilton, third president of Montana State University, 1904–1919
- James Stevenson-Hamilton, founder of the Kruger National Park, South Africa
- Jamie Hamilton (publisher), Scottish-American book publisher and champion oarsman
- James Hamilton (physicist), Irish mathematician and theoretical physicist
- James D. Hamilton, econometrician
- Sir James Arnot Hamilton, British aerospace engineer
- James P. Hamilton, professor of chemistry
- James Hamilton (attorney), known for participation in the United States Senate Watergate Committee