James Harris may refer to:

Politics

* James Harris (grammarian) (1709–1780), English politician and grammarian * James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (1746–1820), English diplomat * James Harris (Nova Scotia politician) (1777–1848), Canadian politician in Nova Scotia * James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807–1889), British statesman * James Morrison Harris (1817–1898), United States Representative from Maryland *

James Harris (North Carolina politician) James Henry Harris (1832–1891) was an American civil rights advocate, upholsterer, and politician. Born into slavery, he was freed as a young adult and worked as a carpenter's apprentice and worker before he went to Oberlin College in Ohio. For ...

(1832–1891), African-American North Carolina politician * James Charles Harris (1831–1904), British Consul at Nice *

James E. Harris James Eastman Harris (May 27, 1840 – September 2, 1923) was a Nebraska politician who served as the eighth lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 1897 to 1899. Harris was born to Abram and Phebe Eastman Harris in Licking County, Ohio on May 27, ...

(1820–1923), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska in 1897–99 * James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury (1872–1950), British peer and Conservative politician *

James Harris (Socialist Workers Party politician) James Harris (born 1948) is an American communist politician and member of the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. He was the party's candidate for President of the United States in 1996, receiving 8,463 votes, and again in 2000, ...

(born 1948), 2000 and 2004 United States presidential candidate for the Socialist Workers Party

Science

J. Rendel Harris James Rendel Harris ( Plymouth, Devon, 27 January 1852 – 1 March 1941) was an English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts, who was instrumental in bringing back to light many Syriac Scriptures and other early documents. His contacts at t ...

(1852–1941), English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts *

James Arthur Harris James Arthur Harris (1880–1930) was a botanist and biometrician, known for the Harris–Benedict equation. He was the head of the department of botany at the University of Minnesota from 1924 to 1930. (He was both preceded and succeeded by Ca ...

(1880–1930), American botanist and biometrician *

James Andrew Harris James Andrew Harris (March 26, 1932 – December 12, 2000) was an American radiochemist who was involved in the discovery of elements 104 and 105 ( rutherfordium and dubnium, respectively). Harris was the head of the Heavy Isotopes Production G ...

(1932–2000), American scientist, codiscoverer of rutherfordium (1968) and dubnium (1970) * James T. Harris III (living), American educator and academic administrator *

James S. Harris James S. Harris is a scientist and engineer and fellow of IEEE, American Physical Society and Optical Society of America. His research primarily deals with optoelectronic devices and semiconductor material research. Since 1982, he is the James ...

, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics and Material Science at Stanford University

Sports

American football

* James "Shack" Harris (born 1947), American football former quarterback and executive * James Harris (defensive end) (born 1968), American football former player *

James Harris (linebacker) James Harris (born June 2, 1982) is an American former professional arena football player who was a fullback/linebacker. Early life The son of Ronnie and Bertha Harris, James attended Thomson High School in Thomson, Georgia, where he lettered tw ...

(born 1982), American football fullback/linebacker * James L. Harris (American football), college football player

Other sports

* James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury (1778–1841), British hunter * Kamala (wrestler) (James Harris, 1950–2020), American professional wrestler * James Harris (rugby union) (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player *

James Harris (baseball) James Harris (November 2, 1858 – November 26, 1939) was an infielder in Major League Baseball. Harris played in 24 games for the Altoona Mountain Citys of the Union Association The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball whi ...

(1858–1939), American baseball infielder *

James Harris (cricketer, born 1990) James Alexander Russell Harris (born 16 May 1990) is a Welsh professional cricketer who was born at Morriston, (a Swansea suburb) in South Wales. Harris is a right arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman who represented Glamorgan (2007-2012) ...

, Welsh cricketer *

James Harris (cricketer, born 1838) James Edward Harris (1 October 1838 – 30 November 1925) was an English soldier and a cricketer who played in four important matches for Cambridge University in 1859. He was born and also died at Sharnford, Leicestershire. Harris's top-class c ...

(1838–1925), English soldier and cricketer *

James Harris (Kittitian cricketer) James Harris (born 13 March 1954) is a Kittitian cricketer. He played in nineteen first-class and eleven List A matches for the Leeward Islands french: Îles-Sous-le-Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Leeward Islands. Cloc ...

(born 1954), Kittitian cricketer *

James Harris (sprinter) James Harris (born September 18, 1991) is an American sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He was part of the US team that won gold in the relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athlet ...

(born 1991), American sprinter *

Jamie Harris (footballer) James Christopher Harris (born 28 June 1979) is a Welsh professional footballer. Harris began his football career at local football side Mumbles Rangers before joining Swansea City in 1996. He impressed in a trial game against Swindon Town and ...

(born 1979), Welsh footballer * Jay Harris (footballer, born 1987) (James William Harris, born 1987), English footballer

Others

James Harris (comedy writer) Blakewill & Harris (Marc Blakewill and James Harris) are a UK-based comedy writing partnership working in television and radio. They have written on the popular CBBC sketch shows ''Horrible Histories'' and ''Sorry, I've Got No Head'', as well as ...

(21st century), British comedian * James Harris (solicitor) (1940–2004), British legal scholar *

James B. Harris James B. Harris (born August 3, 1928) is an American film screenwriter, producer, and director. Born in New York City, he attended the Juilliard School before entering the film industry. He worked with film director Stanley Kubrick as a produ ...