James Campbell may refer to:

Academics

James Archibald Campbell James Archibald Campbell (January 13, 1862 – March 18, 1934) founded Campbell University (originally Buies Creek Academy) in Buies Creek, North Carolina in 1887. Biography Campbell was the father of Leslie H. Campbell, Dr. Leslie Campbell, who ...

(1862–1934), founder of Campbell University in North Carolina * James Marshall Campbell (1895–1977), dean of the college of arts and sciences at the Catholic University of America * James Campbell (historian) (1935–2016), British academic specialising in Anglo-Saxon studies * James E. Campbell (academic), American political scientist

Business

* James Campbell (industrialist) (1826–1900), Hawaii industrialist *

James Campbell (Australian timber merchant) James Campbell (1830–1904) was a Scottish merchant of timber and other building products based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He founded the hardware firm James Campbell and Sons. Early life James Campbell was born on 6 March 1830 at ...

(1830–1904), Australian timber merchant * James Dykes Campbell (1839–1895), Scottish merchant and writer * James Anson Campbell (1854–1933), American businessman with Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company *

James P. Campbell James P. Campbell is the president and Chief Executive Officer of GE Consumer & Industrial since November 2005. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky Education Campbell earned a B.S. degree in Marketing from St. John's University and an M.B.A. in M ...

(fl. 2000s), president and CEO of GE Consumer & Industrial

Entertainment

James Campbell (artist) James Campbell (Liverpool, 1828 – Birkenhead, 1893) was an English artist, part of a group from Liverpool, who were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style. He studied briefly at the Liverpool Academy and then moved on to the Royal Academy S ...

(1828–1893), English artist *

James Edwin Campbell (poet) James Edwin Campbell (September 28, 1867January 26, 1896) was an American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist. Campbell was the first principal of the West Virginia Colored Institute (present-day West Virginia ...

(1867–1896), African-American poet, editor, writer and educator * Blind James Campbell (1906–1981), American blues singer and guitarist *

James Campbell (clarinetist) James Kenneth Campbell (b. Leduc, Alberta, near Edmonton, 10 August 1949) is a Canadian/American clarinetist. He has more than 40 recordings, a Juno Award, a Roy Thomson Hall Award, Canada's Artist of the Year, the Order of Canada, and The Qu ...

(born 1949), Canadian/American clarinetist *

James Campbell (author) James Campbell (born 5 June 1951) is a Scottish writer. Early life James Campbell was born in Croftfoot, on the southside of Glasgow. He left school at the age of fifteen to become an apprentice printer. After hitchhiking through Europe, Israel ...

(born 1951), Scottish writer * James Campbell (comedian), children's comedian in the UK * James B. Campbell, percussionist, author * James Campbell (actor), English actor in ''

Oh No It Isn't! ''Oh No It Isn't!'' is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a series of novels based on the long-running British science fict ...

'' * Jim Campbell (comics) (born 1977), U.S. comics artist

Military

James Campbell, 1st Earl of Irvine Earl of Irvine was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1642 for James Campbell, Lord Kintyre. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, by his second wife Anne Cornwallis.Campbell had already been created Lord Ki ...

, Lord Kintyre (1610–1645), colonel of the Garde Écossaise and son of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll *

James Campbell (officer of arms) James Campbell may refer to: Academics * James Archibald Campbell (1862–1934), founder of Campbell University in North Carolina * James Marshall Campbell (1895–1977), dean of the college of arts and sciences at the Catholic University of Amer ...

Lord Lyon King of Arms The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grant ...

, 1658–1660 *

James Campbell (British Army officer, died 1745) Lieutenant-General Sir James Campbell, KB ( – May 11, 1745) was a Scottish professional soldier, Member of Parliament for Ayrshire from 1727 to 1741, and Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1738 to 1745. A distinguished cavalry officer, ...

(c. 1680–1745), Scottish officer of the British Army *

James Campbell (British Army officer, died 1831) Sir James Campbell (né Callander) (8 October 1745 – 21 May 1831) was a Scottish officer of the British Army, and author of ''Memoirs of Sir James Campbell of Ardkinglas, written by Himself''. Until 1810 he was known as James Callander. While ...

(1745–1831), British Army officer *

James Campbell (land commissioner) Lieutenant-Colonel James Campbell (1787 – 7 July 1858) was a lieutenant-colonel of the British army who distinguished himself in the Peninsular War. He emigrated to New Zealand and was appointed as a land commissioner, and later as Registrar of ...

(1787–1858), British Army officer and Commissioner of Crown Lands in Canterbury, New Zealand *

James Campbell (Royal Marines officer) Major-General Sir James Campbell (1761 – 23 January 1840) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Campbell was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1776. He became a major and field o ...

(1761–1840) *

Sir James Campbell, 1st Baronet Lieutenant General Sir James Campbell, 1st Baronet (25 May 1763 – 5 June 1819) , 3rd of Inverneill House was a British soldier, politician and colonial administrator. He was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Ionian Islands, Adjutant-Gen ...

(1763–1819), British Army officer *

James A. Campbell (Medal of Honor) James Alexander Campbell (December 20, 1844 – May 6, 1904) was a United States soldier who fought with the Union Army as a member of Companies A and C of the 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War. He received his nation's ...

(1844–1904), American Civil War soldier * James L. Campbell (born 1949), American soldier

Media

James Campbell (journalist) James Campbell is the national politics editor at the ''Herald Sun'' newspaper in Melbourne and a regular commentator on Sky News Australia. He has also written for ''The Age'', ''The Times'' newspaper in London, ''The Punch'' website, ''The Spec ...

Australian political journalist

Politics

Australia

James Campbell (New South Wales politician) James Campbell (1820 – 30 September 1879) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was the son of farmers David and Dorothy Campbell, and migrated to New South Wales in 1845. He had married Eliza Jane Nunn on the Isle of Man; they had o ...

(1820–1879), member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 1864–1874 for Morpeth *

James Campbell (Queensland politician) James Campbell (28 October 1838 – 13 September 1925) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life The son of Hugh Campbell and Helen (''née'' Fraser), Campbell was born in New ...

(1838–1925), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * James Callender Campbell (1838–1916), member of the Victorian Legislative Council (South Eastern) 1895–1910 *

James Campbell (Victorian politician) James Campbell (1845 – 16 September 1893) was a politician in colonial Australia, member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1882 to 1886, and the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1892 until his death. Campbell was born in Millport, Cumbrae, ...

(1845–1893), member of the Victorian Legislative Council (Wellington) 1882–1886, Assembly 1982–93

U.K.

* James Cambell (1570–1642), ironmonger and Lord Mayor of London *

James Campbell (of Burnbank and Boquhan) The Honourable James Campbell (after – ) of Burnbank and Boquhan was a Scottish nobleman of Clan Campbell. He was an officer of the Royal Scots Army and then the British Army, and a politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1699 ...

(c. 1660–c. 1713), MP for Ayr Burghs * Sir James Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of Ardkinglass (1666–1752), British MP for Argyllshire and Stirlingshire *

James Campbell (1737–1805) James Campbell may refer to: Academics * James Archibald Campbell (1862–1934), founder of Campbell University in North Carolina * James Marshall Campbell (1895–1977), dean of the college of arts and sciences at the Catholic University of Ameri ...

, Scottish MP for Stirling Burghs *

James Campbell of Stracathro James Campbell (1790––1876) was Scottish businessman and politician. With his brother William Campbell, he formed company called "J. & W. Campbell & Co., General Warehousemen." James was the father of Henry Campbell-Bannerman, prime ...

(1790–1876) Scottish businessman and politician, father of

Henry Campbell-Bannerman Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (né Campbell; 7 September 183622 April 1908) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. He served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1 ...

and

James Alexander Campbell James Alexander Campbell may refer to: * James Alexander Campbell (politician) (1825–1908), Scottish MP and privy councillor * James A. Campbell (Medal of Honor) (1844–1904), American Civil War soldier * James Campbell (rugby union) (1858–190 ...

James Alexander Campbell (politician) James Alexander Campbell (1825 – 9 May 1908) was a Scottish businessman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Biography Campbell was born in George Square, Glasgow a son of James Campbell of Stracathro, Sir James Campbell of ...

(1825–1908), Scottish MP for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities and Privy Councillor *

James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (4 April 1851 – 22 March 1931) was an Irish lawyer, politician in the British Parliament and later in the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State. He was also Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Barrister a ...

(1851–1931), Irish Solicitor-General, Attorney-General and Lord Chancellor *

James Campbell (British Army officer, died 1835) Major-General Sir James Campbell (c. 1773–1835) was a Scottish army officer and colonial governor. Early life He was son of Major-General Dugald Campbell of Auchinleck (1742–1809) and his wife Elizabeth Mackay. Campbell served from 1803 in t ...

(c. 1773–1835), governor of British Ceylon, 1822–1824

U.S.

James Campbell (postmaster general) James Campbell (September 1, 1812 – January 27, 1893) was a politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as Attorney-General of Pennsylvania and United States Postmaster General during the presidency of Franklin Pierce. Birth, ed ...

(1812–1893), US postmaster general *

James Campbell (Wisconsin politician) James Campbell (February 19, 1814 – January 16, 1883) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Campbell was born in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania in 1814. In 1835, he moved to Green County, Wisconsin. He became a railroad com ...

(1814–1883), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * James E. Campbell (1843–1924), Democratic politician from Ohio *

James Hepburn Campbell James Hepburn Campbell (February 8, 1820 – April 12, 1895) was an Opposition Party and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography James Hepburn Campbell was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He gra ...

(1820–1895), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * James J. Campbell, American politician from Maine * James M. Campbell, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *

James R. Campbell (Illinois politician) James Romulus Campbell (May 4, 1853 – August 12, 1924) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born near McLeansboro, Illinois, McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois, to John L. and Mary Ain ...

(1853–1924), U.S. Representative from Illinois *

James R. Campbell (Arkansas politician) James Reid Campbell, Jr. (December 4, 1893 – November 1981) was an American people, American politician. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, serving from 1929 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1954. He was a member of the Democrati ...

(1893–1981), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives * James U. Campbell (1866–1937), 25th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court * James V. Campbell (1823–1890), member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1858 to 1890 * James W. Campbell (born 1947), member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Sports

James Campbell (English cricketer) James Robert Alexander Campbell (born 25 November 1988) is an English cricketer. Campbell is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Dorchester, Dorset. Campbell had previously played Second XI cricket for Som ...

(born 1988), English cricketer *

James Campbell (English footballer) James Campbell was a professional footballer who made one appearance in the Football League as a goalkeeper while on trial with Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersf ...

(fl. 1910/11), English goalkeeper (Huddersfield Town) *

James Campbell (footballer, born 1869) James Paterson Campbell (29 March 1869 – 20 April 1938) was a Scottish footballer who played for Kilmarnock and Scotland, mainly as a centre forward, though he could also play at centre half. He won the Scottish Football League's Division Two ...

(1869–1938), Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock FC and Scotland) *

James Campbell (javelin thrower) James Edward Campbell (born 1 April 1988 in Cheltenham, England) is a Great British and Scottish track and field athlete. Campbell set the Scottish record in the javelin throw in 2006, throwing for a distance of at the World Junior Championship ...

(born 1988), Scottish javelin thrower *

James Campbell (New Zealand cricketer) This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Otago cricket team. Otago played its first representative match in January 1864 against Southland, before playing the first match in New Zealand which ...

(fl. 1868/69), New Zealand cricketer *

James Campbell (rugby union) James Alexander Campbell (1 July 1858 – 19 June 1902) was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, pp 65, 109 Rugby Union career Amateur career Campbell attended Merchiston Castle School, which he was attending when capped in 1878 ...

(1858–1902), Canadian rugby player * James Campbell (pole vaulter) (1901–1975), British Olympic athlete

Other

James Campbell (British surgeon) James Drummond Campbell (1787-1818) was a 19th-century English Assistant Surgeon, who served as a medical officer and member of the 1808 British Harford Jones mission to Qajar Iran. From 1808 until 1818 he was part of the Bombay Medical Service. ...

, 19th-century British surgeon, member of the Jones-Brydges mission to Iran * James Colquhoun Campbell (1813–1895), Scottish-born Welsh Anglican Bishop of Bangor * James G. Campbell (1811–1868), Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court * James Macnabb Campbell (1846–1903), Scottish administrator and ethnologist in India * James Palmer Campbell (1855–1926), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * James Campbell (1789–1861), Scottish clergyman * James Montgomery Campbell (1859–1937), Scottish clergyman * James T. Campbell, American historian *

(fl. 2000s), Australian journalist * James Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of Aberuchil, see

Campbell baronets There have been 18 baronetcies created for persons with the surname Campbell, six in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and twelve in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Campbell baronets, of Glenorchy (1625) The Campbell baronetcy, of Glenorchy in ...

* James Campbell, pseudonym of

James Campbell Reddie James Campbell Reddie (26 November 1807 – 4 July 1878) was a 19th-century collector and author of pornography, who, writing as "James Campbell", worked for the publisher William Dugdale. According to Henry Spencer Ashbee, Reddie was self-taug ...

(died 1878), author of pornography * James Campbell (potter) (1943–2019), British potter *

James Campbell and Sons James Campbell and Sons was a family business which manufactured and sold building materials in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. As timbergetters and sawmillers, they pioneered new areas in Queensland. It was established by James Campbell and one of ...

, a building materials company in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia