James Baker (born 1930) is an American attorney and statesman. James, Jim(mie), Jimmy, or Jamie Baker may also refer to:

Lawyers

James A. Baker (born 1821) James Addison Baker ("the elder") (March 3, 1821 – February 24, 1897) was a state legislator, state judge, and a lawyer. He is the first of four generations of persons named James Addison Baker, all of whom practiced law. He was known as ...

(1821–1897), American jurist and politician; often called "Judge Baker" *

James A. Baker (born 1857) James Addison Baker (January 10, 1857August 2, 1941) was an American Lawyer, attorney and banker in Houston, Texas. He was born James Addison Baker, Junior, and "Junior" appeared in his signature for many years. After the death of his father i ...

(1857–1941), American attorney often called "Captain Baker" *

James A. Baker Jr. James Addison Baker Jr. (November 3, 1892 – May 21, 1973) was an American attorney, banker, real estate developer, and United States Army officer from Houston, Texas. He was the third in a succession of men named James Addison Baker, all ...

(1892–1973), American attorney *

James A. Baker (government attorney) James Andrew Baker is a former American government official at the Department of Justice who served as general counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and later served as deputy general counsel at Twitter, Inc. before being fired ...

, American attorney and FBI general counsel from 2014 to 2017.

Musicians

* James "Iron Head" Baker (fl. 1930s–1940s), African American traditional folk singer * James Baker (musician) (born 1954), Australian rock drummer and songwriter *

James Baker (composer) James Baker is an American electro-acoustic composer, percussionist and conductor. Life and career James Baker graduated with degrees in music from State University of New York at Purchase and Juilliard, where he studied percussion and conducting. ...

(fl. 2000s–2010s), composer and percussionist with the New York City Ballet Orchestra * BlocBoy JB or James Baker (born 1996), American musician

Public officials

* James Baker (Roundhead) (died 1689), English lawyer and politician *

(1821–1897), American jurist and politician in Texas *

James McNair Baker James McNair Baker (July 20, 1821 – June 20, 1892) was a lawyer, politician, and Senator from Florida in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Baker was born in Robeson County, North Carolina, a son of Archiba ...

(1821–1892), American jurist and politician in the Confederate Senate during Civil War *

James H. Baker (politician) James Heaton Baker (1829-1913) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who was Ohio Secretary of State from 1856 to 1858, Minnesota Secretary of State, 1860–1862, and served in the American Civil War. Life James H. Bak ...

(1829–1913), politician who was Ohio Secretary of State and Minnesota Secretary of State *

James H. Baker (DOD) James "Jim" Baker is an American foreign policy advisor serving as the director of the Office of Net Assessment in the United States Department of Defense. Education Baker earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from Michigan State ...

, American foreign policy advisor *

James Baker (Canadian politician) James Baker (January 6, 1830 – July 31, 1906) was an English-born soldier and British Columbia political figure. He represented Kootenay from 1886 to 1890, East Kootenay from 1890 to 1898 and East Kootenay South from 1898 to 1900 in the ...

(1830–1906), British soldier and politician in British Columbia, Canada * James Marion Baker (1861–1940), 11th Secretary of the United States Senate * James A. Baker (justice) (1931–2008), American jurist who served on the Texas Supreme Court from 1995 to 2003 * James M. Baker (mayor) (born 1942), mayor of Wilmington, Delaware from 2001 to 2013 * James M. Baker (Virginia politician) (1845–1927), member of the Virginia House of Delegates *

James E. Baker James Edgar Baker (born March 25, 1960) is an American attorney, judge, and academic. He is the former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He was appointed to the Court on September 19, 2000, by President Bill ...

(born 1960), Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces *

(fl. 1980s–2010s), American DOJ official; Counsel for Intelligence Policy; former counsel at Twitter, Inc. * Jim Baker (politician) (fl. 2000s–2010s), Canadian legislator from Labrador West in Newfoundland/Labrador House of Assembly * James O. Baker, candidate in the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

Religious figures

James Chamberlain Baker James Chamberlain Baker (June 2, 1879 – 1969) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, The Methodist Church, and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1928. Biography Early life James Chamberlain Baker was born on June 2, ...

(1879–1969), American Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church and United Methodist Church *

Father Yod Father Yod (pronounced ''Yōde''), or YaHoWha, born James Edward Baker (July 4, 1922 – August 25, 1975), was the American owner of one of the country's first health food restaurants, on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. He founded a spiritu ...

or James Edward Baker (1922–1975), American spiritual leader * Jim Bakker (born 1940), American televangelist at the center of a sex scandal and accounting fraud

Sportspeople

* James Baker (English cricketer) (1792–1839), English cricketer mostly for Sussex * James Clark Baker (1866–1939), New Zealand cricketer * James Mitchell Baker (1878–1956), South African Olympic runner *

Jim Baker (footballer) James William Baker (15 November 1891 – 13 December 1966) was a professional footballer most notable for being the first captain of Leeds United He was the brother of Alf Baker who played for Arsenal. Another brother Aaron Baker also played ...

(1891–1966), English professional centre back during the 1910s and 1920s for Leeds United A.F.C. * Jimmy Baker (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1979), Welsh-born football wing half who played for Coventry City *

James Baker (footballer, born 1911) James Edward Baker (3 August 1911 – 22 February 1974) was an English Association football, footballer. Career Baker played for Non-League football, non-League Darlaston Town F.C., Darlaston before signing for Football League Second Division, ...

(1911–1974), English football player *

Jimmie Baker (basketball) Jimmie Baker Jr. (born December 25, 1953) is an American former basketball forward who played collegiately for the University of Nevada – Las Vegas and University of Hawaii. He played for Olney High School in Philadelphia. Baker was selecte ...

(born 1953), American basketball player *

Jim Baker (bowls) Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Baker was born in Belfast on 18 February 1958. After finishing runner-up in the 1982 World Indoor Bowls Championship he went one better in 1984 clinching th ...

(born 1958), Northern Irish and combined Irish lawn and indoor bowls player *

Jamie Baker (ice hockey) James Paul Baker (born August 31, 1966) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, having played for the Quebec Nordiques, Ottawa Senators, San Jose Sharks, and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was a former radio personality for the San Jose Sharks and was th ...

(born 1966), Canadian professional hockey centre and sports broadcaster *

Jamie Baker (tennis) Jamie Baker (born 5 August 1986) is a retired British professional male tennis player, who was British No. 2 in 2008. He won the first match of Leon Smith's tenure as Davis Cup captain, in the tie against Turkey, helping Great Britain to a fi ...

(born 1986), British former tennis player * James Baker (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1988), New Zealand cricketer for Northern Districts

Other people

Jim Baker (frontiersman) Jim Baker (1818–1898), known as "Honest Jim Baker", was a frontiersman, trapper, hunter, army scout, interpreter, and rancher. He was first a trapper and hunter. The decline of the fur trade in the early 1840s drove many trappers to quit, but B ...

(1818–1898), American trapper, scout and guide * James Baker (university president) (1848–1925), American academic administrator *

James A. Baker (trade unionist) James A Baker (fl. 1899 – 1903) was a Canadian miner who spent four years in Slocan, which was in south eastern British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the ...

(before 1875–after 1903), Canadian miner and trade unionist *

James Gilbert Baker James Gilbert Baker (November 11, 1914 – June 29, 2005) was an American astronomer and designer of optics systems. Biography He was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Jesse B. Baker and Hattie M. Stallard, the fourth child of that couple. He at ...

(1914–2005), American astronomer and optics expert *

Jimmy Baker (Australian artist) Jimmy Baker (born as Pintjutjara; c. 1915 – 20 April 2010) was an Australian Aboriginal artist. Early life Jimmy Baker was born some time around 1915. He was born at Malumpa, an old camping site near what is now Kaṉpi in north-wester ...

(c. 1915–2010), Australian Aboriginal artist * Jimmie Baker (television producer) (1920–2003), American television producer *

A. J. Baker Allan James "Jim" Baker (22 July 1922 – 3 March 2017), usually cited as A. J. Baker, was an Australian philosopher who was best known for having systematised the realist philosophy of John Anderson. He studied under Anderson at Sydney Univer ...

or Jim Baker (1922–2017), Australian philosopher *

D. James Baker Donald James Baker (born March 23, 1937) is an American scientist who was trained as a physicist, practiced as an oceanographer, and has held science and management positions in academia, non-profit institutions, and government agencies. He a fo ...

(born 1937), American oceanographer * Jim B. Baker (1941–2014), American actor *

James Robert Baker James Robert Baker (October 18, 1947 – November 5, 1997) was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California. After gradua ...

(1947–1997), American author * James Baker, art collector who owned the

Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), incorporating the Young Artists Gallery, was a private gallery in South Brisbane that existed from 1987 to 1994. Situated in adjacent buildings in South Brisbane, MOCA's address was 164 Melbourne Street, wh ...

, 1987–1994 *

James K. Baker James K. Baker and his wife Janet M. Baker are the co-founders of Dragon Systems. Together they are credited with the creation of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. James Baker is an expert in speech recognition technology and a Distinguished Career Pro ...