James Scott
James Scott may refer to:
Entertainment
- James Scott (composer), African-American ragtime composer
- James Scott (director), British filmmaker
- James Scott (actor), British television actor
- James Scott (Shortland Street), character on the TV soap opera Shortland Street
- James Honeyman-Scott, British guitarist and member of The Pretenders
Military
- James Scott (marine), Sergeant of Marines in the New South Wales Marine Corps
- James Scott (Royal Navy officer), British naval officer
- James Bruce Scott, officer in the British Indian Army
- James Robinson Scott, Scottish naval surgeon and noted amateur botanist
- James Stanley Scott, Royal Canadian Air Force officer
Politics
United Kingdom
- James Scott of Balwearie, Scottish landowner and supporter of the rebel earls
- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, noble recognized by some as James II of England
- James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, English nobleman and politician
- James Scott (1671–1732), British MP, 1710–1711
- James Scott (British Army officer, died 1747), MP for Kincardineshire 1713–1734
- James Scott (Bridport MP), British MP, 1820–1826
- James Winter Scott, MP for North Hampshire, 1832–1837
- James Scott (Liberal politician), British MP, 1929–1931
- Sir [James Sibbald David Scott, 3rd Baronet], 3rd Scott baronets, of Dunninald
- Sir James Sibbald Scott, 1st Baronet, 1st Scott baronets, of Dunninald
Elsewhere
- James Scott (Australian politician), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- Jim Scott (Australian politician), Australian politician
- James Scott (American politician), Arizona state senator
- James A. Scott, member of the Florida Senate
- James F. Scott (West Virginia), delegate to the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861
- James George Scott, Scottish journalist and colonial administrator who introduced football to Burma
- James Reid Scott, explorer and colonial administrator in the Australian colony of Tasmania
- James George Scott, colonial administrator in Burma
- James M. Scott (Canadian politician), Canadian politician
- Jim Scott (Virginia politician), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Sports
- James Scott (basketball), American professional basketball player
- James Scott (cricketer), English cricketer
- James Scott (footballer, born 1881), Scottish footballer
- James Scott (footballer, born 1882), Scottish footballer
- James Scott (footballer, born 1895), Scottish footballer
- James Scott (footballer, born 1905), Scottish footballer
- James Scott (footballer, born 2000), Scottish footballer
- James Melvin Scott, American Senior Olympian, author, inventor
- James Scott (boxer), American light heavyweight fighter
- James Scott (gridiron football), NFL wide receiver
- James Scott (rugby union), English rugby union player
Other
- James Scott (antiquarian), minister in Perth and antiquarian
- James Brown Scott, American authority on international law
- James C. Scott, American political scientist and agrarian studies scholar
- James F. Scott, American physicist and FRAM pioneer
- James Hope-Scott, English barrister and Tractarian
- James M. Scott, American military historian
- James Maurice Scott, British explorer and writer
- James Robb Scott, Scottish architect
- James Scott (cardiologist), British cardiologist
- James Scott (criminal), American, convicted of contributing to the Great Flood of 1993
- James Scott (obstetrician), Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist
- James Scott (police officer), Irish police officer
- James Scott (political writer), English cleric and academic, known for his "Anti-Sejanus" letters
- James Scott (priest), Irish Anglican priest
- James A. Scott, Superintendent Indian Police
- James V. Scott, minister in the United Church of Canada
- James Scott (judge), American lawyer, judge, and politician from Indiana