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Arts and entertainment

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James Cutler Dunn Parker James Cutler Dunn Parker (June 2, 1828 – November 27, 1916) was an American organist, educator and composer. Biography James Cutler Dunn Parker was born in Boston on June 2, 1828, the son of Samuel Hale Parker. He graduated from Harvard in 1 ...
(1828–1916), American musician * James Ervan Parker (born 1942), American singer-songwriter *James
Stewart Parker James Stewart Parker (20 October 1941 – 2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish poet and playwright. Biography He was born in Sydenham, Belfast, of a Protestant working-class family. His birthplace is marked by an Ulster History Circle blue ...
(1941–1988), English playwright and writer * Jim Parker (composer) (born 1934), British composer


Military

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James Parker (Medal of Honor) James Parker (February 20, 1854 – June 2, 1934) was a major general in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the Philippine–American War during 1899. His son, Cortlandt Parker, also became a major general in t ...
(1854–1934), United States Army major general *
James P. Parker Commodore James Philips Parker (25 September 1855 – 18 January 1942) was a United States Navy officer. His career included service in the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, and the Santo Domingo Affair, and he was recalled ...
(1855–1942), United States Navy commodore


Politics

* James Parker (judge) (1803–1852), British vice-chancellor, father of the rower James Parker *
James Parker (British politician) James Parker, CH (1863 – 11 February 1948) was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat until the town's representation was reduced to one ...
(1863–1948), British Labour politician, Member of Parliament for Halifax *James Parker, Irish general, see
Irish Defence Forces Chief of Staff The Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (COS) ( ga, Ceann Foirne na bhFórsaí Cosanta) is charged with the executive management of the Defence Forces (Ireland), Irish Defence Forces, and is the most senior military officer of the Irish Army, A ...
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James Parker (Massachusetts politician) James Parker (1768November 9, 1837) was an American politician. Parker was born and educated in Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He studied medicine, became a doctor, and started a practice in Gardiner in Massachusetts' District of ...
(1768–1837), United States Congressman from Massachusetts * James Parker (New Jersey politician) (1776–1868), United States Congressman from New Jersey * James Aubrey Parker (born 1937), U.S. federal judge * James S. Parker (1867–1933), United States Congressman from New York * James Augustus Parker (1820–1899), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly


Religion

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James Parker (cement maker) James Parker was a British clergyman and cement manufacturer who invented one of the pioneering new cements of the late eighteenth century. In 1791, he was granted a patent "''Method of Burning bricks, Tiles, Chalk''". His second patent in 1796 "'' ...
(fl. 1791–1797), British clergyman and cement maker, the inventor of "Roman" cement * James Parker (priest) (born 1932), American priest of the Anglican and later Roman Catholic Church


Sports

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James Parker (handballer) James Lewis Parker (born 9 June 1994) is an Argentine handball player who plays as a left handed for Egyptian club Zamalek SC Handball and the Argentina national team. Early life Parker was born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos San Nicolás de ...
(born 1994), Argentine handballer * James Parker (rower) (fl. 1842–1863), English rower, son of the judge James Parker * James Parker (rugby league) (fl. 1912–1919), New Zealand rugby league player * James Parker (rugby union), New Zealand rugby union player; see
List of New Zealand national rugby union players , 1207 players have been All Blacks. The "first" All Black was James Allan, which was decided by alphabetical order, while the most recent All Black is Mark Telea — #1207. List See also * List of international rugby union families ...
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James Parker (tennis) James, Jim, and Jimmy Parker may refer to: Arts and entertainment *James Cutler Dunn Parker (1828–1916), American musician *James Ervan Parker (born 1942), American singer-songwriter *James Stewart Parker (1941–1988), English playwright and ...
, American tennis player of the 1960s; see
1965 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
* James "Quick" Parker (1958–2018), Canadian Football League player *
Jim Parker (American football) James Thomas Parker (April 3, 1934 – July 18, 2005) was an American football player who played at the offensive tackle and guard positions. Parker grew up in Macon, Georgia, and played college football for Woody Hayes at Ohio State University ...
(1934–2005), American professional football player *
Jim Parker (footballer) Jonathan "Jim" Parker was an English professional footballer from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England ...
(fl. 1905–1913), English footballer *
James Parker (hammer thrower) James D. Parker (born December 3, 1975, in Biloxi, Mississippi) is a retired American track and field athlete who specialized in the hammer throw. He represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics without making the final. He won the s ...
(born 1975), American hammer thrower * Red Parker (Jimmy Parker, 1931–2016), college football coach *
Jamie Parker (cricketer) James William Ralph Parker (born 6 November 1980) is a South African-born English former first-class cricketer. The son of the England Test cricketer Paul Parker, he was born in November 1980 at Durban. He was educated in England at Tonbridge ...
(born 1980), English cricketer


Others

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James Parker (publisher) James Parker (1714 – July 2, 1770) was a colonial American printer, publisher, and postmaster. He published a wide variety of materials, including newspapers, government documents, magazines, and almanacs. He was a journalist in the provin ...
(1714–1770), colonial American printer and publisher * James W. Parker (1797–1864), Texas settler *
James Parker (art historian) James Parker (January 22, 1924 – June 20, 2001) was an American art historian. He served for nearly three decades as a curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Early life James Parker was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 22, 1924 to ...
(1924–2001), curator of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art *
James A. Parker (foreign service officer) James A. Parker (April 30, 1922August 21, 1994) was an African-American Foreign Service Officer for the United States Department of State. In 1963, while at Boston University, he won a housing discrimination lawsuit in Lexington, Massachusetts. He ...
(1922–1994), African-American foreign service officer *
James Benjamin Parker James Benjamin Parker (July 31, 1857 – April 13, 1907) was an African-American man most noted for attempting to stop Leon Czolgosz from assassinating President William McKinley. Early life Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1857 to enslaved parent ...
(1857–1907), American noted for attempting to stop the assassination of president William McKinley *
Jim Parker (rugby union) James Hislop Parker (1 February 1897 – 11 September 1980) was a New Zealand soldier, sportsman and businessman. He achieved distinction as a sprinter before representing his country at rugby union, including as a member of so-called " Invincib ...
(1897–1980), New Zealand soldier, sportsman and businessman *
James Wentworth Parker James Wentworth Parker (November 28, 1886 – December 30, 1957) was an American mechanical engineer, president and general manager of the Detroit Edison Company, and 61st president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1942-1943. Par ...
(1886–1957), American mechanical engineer *
James Vanderburgh Parker James Vanderburgh Parker (December 15, 1830 – January 11, 1917) was an American heir and social leader who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age. Early life Parker was born on December 15, 1830 in Troy, New York and grew up "i ...
(1830–1917), American heir and social leader


See also

* Jamie Parker (born 1979), English actor and singer * Jamie Parker (politician), Australian Greens politician {{human name disambiguation, name=Parker, James