James Aitken may refer to:
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James Aitken (bishop) (1612/3–1687), Scottish Episcopal bishop
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James Aitken (footballer)
James Tod Aitken (23 July 1882 – 8 August 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The son of David Aitken (1843–1907), and Ellen Louisa Aitken (1844–1918), née Tod, ...
(1882–1915), Australian rules footballer
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James Aitken (priest) (1829–1908), Church of England priest and multi-sports player
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James Alfred Aitken
James Alfred Aitken (1846–1897) was a Scottish landscape painter.
Life
Aitken studied art with Horatio McCulloch, before moving to Dublin. There he attended the Royal Dublin Society's school, and had Henry MacManus as teacher.
In 1872 Aitken ...
(1846–1897), Scottish painter
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James Macrae Aitken
James Macrae Aitken (27 October 1908 – 3 December 1983) was a Scottish chess player. Aitken was born in Calderbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1938 he received a PhD from Edinburgh University on the topic of 'The Trial of George Buchanan Befor ...
(1908–1983), Scottish chess player
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James Smith Aitken
James Smith Aitken (7 November 1881 – 29 July 1964) was a Scottish-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Hanley from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwea ...
(1881–1964), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Jim Aitken (born 1947), British businessman and former Scotland international rugby union player
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Jimmy Aitken
James Munroe Aitken (15 May 1872 – 27 August 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Aitken was Carlton's inaugural VFL captain when the league formed for the 1897 season, replacing Tom B ...
(1872–1944), former Australian rules footballer
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John the Painter (1752–1777), also known as James Aitken, Scot who committed acts of terror in British naval dockyards in 1776–77
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