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Entertainment

James Humbert Craig James Humbert Craig (12 July 1877 in Belfast – 12 June 1944) was an Irish painter.Craig was born in Belfast to Alexander Craig, a tea merchant, and a Swiss mother, Marie Metzenen, from a family with a painting tradition. He was raised in Co ...

(1877–1944), Irish painter *

James Craig (actor) James Craig (born James Henry Meador, February 4, 1912 – June 27, 1985) was an American actor. He is best known for appearances in films like '' Kitty Foyle'' (1940) and ''The Devil and Daniel Webster'' (1941), and his stint as a leading man a ...

(1912–1985), American actor * James Craig (''General Hospital''), fictional character on television, a.k.a. Jerry Jacks * Jim Craig (''One Life to Live''), on television * Jim Craig (''The Man from Snowy River''), fictional character in film

Politics

U.K.

James Henry Craig General Sir James Henry Craig KB (1748 – 12 January 1812) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. Early life and military service Craig came from a Scottish family whose father was a judge of the civil and military cour ...

(1748–1812), British military officer and Canadian governor * James Craig (MP for Carrickfergus) (1759–1833), British politician * James Craig (Newcastle) (1834–1902), British politician *

James Craig (physician) Sir James Craig (16 October 1861 – 12 July 1933) was an Irish professor of medicine and an independent politician.Obituary, ''BMJ'', 22 July 1933 Craig was born at Castlecatt, Bushmills, County Antrim. He was educated at the Coleraine Acade ...

(1861–1933), Irish professor of medicine and independent politician *

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon PC PC (NI) DL (8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940), was a leading Irish unionist and a key architect of Northern Ireland as a devolved region within the United Kingdom. During the Home Rule Crisis of 1912 ...

(1871–1940), first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland *

James Craig, 2nd Viscount Craigavon James Craig, 2nd Viscount Craigavon (2 March 1906 – 18 May 1974), was a British hereditary peer who sat in the House of Lords. He was the son of James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and Cecil Mary ...

(1906–1974), British politician, son of prime minister *

James Craig (diplomat) Sir (Albert) James Macqueen Craig (13 July 1924 – 26 September 2017) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia, also an academic and writer. Career Craig was born in Liverpool and educated at Liverpool Institute ...

(1924–2017), British ambassador, lecturer, writer * James Craig (County Antrim, 20th century) (1931–1974), Northern Ireland politician

Elsewhere

James Craig (Missouri soldier) James Craig (February 28, 1818 – October 22, 1888) was an American lawyer and politician from Saint Joseph, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1857 until 1861. He also served as an army Captain in the Mexican–American ...

(1818–1888), American politician and soldier * James Craig (Canadian politician) (1823–1874), farmer and politician in Ontario *

James J. Craig James J. Craig (1853 – May 27, 1929) was an educator and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Wellington East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1911 as a Conservative member. The son of James Craig and Flora ...

(1853–1929), educator and politician in Ontario *

James Craig (Australian politician) James Frederick Craig (22 December 1911 – 12 January 1989) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1959 to 1971, representing the seat of Toodyay. He serve ...

(1911–1989), Australian politician

Sports

* James B. Craig (1893–1990), American football player and coach *

Jim Craig (rugby league) Jim Craig (1895–1959) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He was a versatile back for the Australian national team. He played in seven tests between 1921 and 1928 as captain on three occasions and has since been named amongs ...

(1895–1959), Australian rugby league footballer and coach *

Jim Craig (Australian footballer) James Craig (15 October 1900 – 23 November 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). He was the winner of the 1927 Sandover Medal as the "fairest and be ...

(1900–1978), Australian rules footballer *

Jim Craig (Scottish footballer) James Philip Craig (born 30 April 1943 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a right back. Most closely associated with Celtic, he was a member of their ''Lisbon Lions'' side which won the 1967 European Cup. Playing care ...

(born 1943), fullback *

Jim Craig (ice hockey) James Downey Craig (born May 31, 1957) is an American former ice hockey goaltender who is best known for being part of the U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Craig had a standout Olympic tournament, incl ...

(born 1957), American hockey player *

James Craig (rugby union, born 1977) James Matthew Craig (born 2 March 1977, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish former international rugby union player.Bath, p140

, Scottish rugby player, son of footballer Jim Craig *

James Craig (rugby union, born 1988) James Robert Craig (born 8 November 1988) is an English rugby union player from Beverley. The lock joined his current club Northampton Saints in 2011 after playing for three games for Leeds Carnegie. Having now racked up 65 appearances for t ...

, English rugby union player

Other

James Craig (architect) James Craig (31 October 1739 – 23 June 1795) was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in lowlands of the country and especially his native city of Edinburgh. He is remembered primarily for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town. Dat ...

(1739–1795), Scottish architect *

James Craig (loyalist) James Pratt Craig (17 November 1941 – 15 October 1988) was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary during The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the latter half of the 20th century, who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), and ...

(1941–1988), Ulster loyalist paramilitary *

James Craig (police chief) James E. Craig (born 1956) is an American law enforcement official who served as the chief of the Detroit Police Department. He served in this capacity from 2013 to 2021, after previously serving as chief of the Cincinnati Police Department and ...

(born 1956), 2022 Republican candidate for governor of Michigan *

James Craig (VC) James Craig VC (10 September 1824 – 18 March 1861) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Craig w ...

(1824–1861), British soldier *

James Ireland Craig James Ireland Craig (1868–1952) was a Scottish mathematician, meteorologist and creator of the Craig retroazimuthal projection. Life He was born on 24 February 1868 in Buckhaven the son of Captain T M Craig, a pioneer in the development ...

(1868–1952), Scottish mathematician and meteorologist * ''James Craig'' (barque), three-mast sailing ship * , American destroyer escort launched in 1943, named for U.S. Navy officer James Edwin Craig *

Sir James Henry Craig (ship) At least two vessels have been named ''Sir James Henry Craig'' for General Sir James Henry Craig: * was launched at Sorel, Quebec. She sailed to England and made three voyages as a West Indiaman. In 1817 she sailed from England for India but was ...

* James Thomson Gibson-Craig (1799–1886), Scottish book collector * Sir James Gibson-Craig (1765–1850), 1st Baronet Gibson-Craig * Sir James Henry Gibson-Craig (1841–1908), 3rd Baronet Gibson-Craig * James Craig, an accessory to murder involving followers of

Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four loca ...

* James Craig, pen name of