James Murray
James, Jim, or Jimmy Murray may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- James Murray (American actor), American actor
- James Murray (director), director of films and programs such as The National Dream
- James Murray (English actor), English actor born in Manchester
- James Murray (puppeteer), American actor and puppeteer
- James Murray (comedian), American comedian, television star and member of The Tenderloins
- James Murray (speed painter), British speed painter
- James Ramsey Murray, American composer of "Away in a Manger"
- Jim Murray (comics), British comics artist, see Sláine
- Jim Murray (musician), San Francisco musician of the 1960s
- Jim Murray (sportswriter), American sportswriter
- Jim Murray (whisky writer), English whisky writer
- James Murray, half of photographer duo James and Karla Murray
Military
- James Murray (Polish navy), Scottish shipbuilder in the Polish service, counter-admiral during the Battle of Oliwa
- James Wolfe Murray, British military officer and Chief of the Imperial General Staff in the 1910s
- James Murray (British Army officer, born 1721), Scottish military officer and governor of Quebec
- James Murray of Strowan, Scottish general of the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution
- James Murray (VC), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First Boer War
- James Pulteney, born James Murray, Scottish general and MP for Weycombe and Regis
- James Patrick Murray (British Army officer), British soldier, MP for Yarmouth 1802–03
- James Lore Murray, USAF major general responsible for the ejection seat and the B-52 aircraft
Politics
Australia
- James Murray (Australian politician), Australian politician
- James Fitzgerald Murray, Australian politician
Canada and Newfoundland
- James Alexander Murray, premier of New Brunswick for a part of 1917
- James Murray (Newfoundland politician), Newfoundland politician
United Kingdom
- James Murray of Pardewis, Scottish courtier who challenged the Earl of Bothwell
- James Murray (courtier), Scottish diplomat and master of the wardrobe
- James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh, Scottish judge and politician
- Lord James Murray, Member of Parliament for Perthshire
- James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, Whig Member of Parliament and lord of the Isle of Man
- James Murray (Jacobite Earl of Dunbar), Scottish Member of Parliament, later Jacobite Secretary of State
- James Murray (1727–1799), Scottish landowner, entrepreneur, and politician from Broughton and Cally, Member of Parliament
- James Murray (Liberal politician), Liberal Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire Eastern
- James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon, British Army officer and Member of Parliament
- James Murray (Durham politician), Member of Parliament
- James Murray (London politician), English Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament 2019–present
United States
- James Murray (Ohio politician), attorney general of Ohio
- James B. Murray, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- James C. Murray, United States representative from Illinois
- James E. Murray, United States senator from Montana
Sports
Association football
- Jamie Murray (footballer), Scottish football fullback with Cambridge United and Brentford in the 1970s and 1980s
- Jimmy Murray (English footballer), English football striker with Wolves, Manchester City and Walsall in the 1950s and 1960s
- Jimmy Murray (footballer, born 1880), Scottish footballer who played in the early 20th century
- Jimmy Murray (footballer, born 1884), Northern Irish footballer
- Jimmy Murray (footballer, born 1933), Scottish footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian and the Scotland national team
American football
- Jim Murray (American football), American football executive
- Jimmy Murray (American football), American football player
Baseball
- Jim Murray (pitcher), US baseball player for Brooklyn Robins
- Jim Murray (outfielder), Major League Baseball outfielder, 1902–1914
Ice hockey
- Jim "Bearcat" Murray, Canadian ice hockey trainer
- Jim Murray (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
Other sports
- James Murray (boxer), Scottish professional boxer who died from injuries sustained in a boxing fight
- James Murray (hurler), Irish hurler who plays with Waterford GAA
- Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player, specialist doubles player
- James Murray (luger), American Olympic luger
- Jimmy Murray (Gaelic footballer), Roscommon All-Ireland winning Gaelic football captain of the 1940s
- Jim Murray (sportswriter), American sportswriter
- James Wolfe Murray (cricketer), Scottish cricketer
Science and medicine
- James Murray (biologist), Scottish biologist and explorer
- James Murray (lichenologist), organic chemist and first modern lichenologist in New Zealand
- James Murray (physician), Irish physician and creator of the medication known as milk of magnesia
- James A. Murray (zoologist), zoologist and museum curator in Karachi
- James D. Murray, mathematics professor
Religion
- James Murray (historian), Church of Scotland minister, religious author and historian
- James Murray (bishop of Maitland), Roman Catholic bishop, the first Bishop of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
- James Murray (vicar apostolic of Cooktown), Roman Catholic bishop in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
- James Albert Murray, American Roman Catholic bishop
Other fields
- James Murray (architect), Scottish architect
- James Murray (lexicographer), Scottish lexicographer and editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
- James M. Murray, director of the U.S. Secret Service
- James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale, an Earl of Annandale
- Several Murray baronets, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
- James Murray (loyalist), loyalist in North Carolina and Boston prior to the American Revolution
- James Boyles Murray, businessman in New York
- James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie, Scottish lawyer
- Jim Murray (trade unionist), British trade union leader
- James Erskine Murray, lawyer, author, and adventurer in Borneo