James Baker (disambiguation)
James Baker is an American attorney and statesman.
James, Jim, Jimmy, or Jamie Baker may also refer to:
Lawyers
- James A. Baker (born 1821), American jurist and politician; often called "Judge Baker"
- James A. Baker (born 1857), American attorney often called "Captain Baker"
- James A. Baker Jr., American attorney
- James A. Baker (government attorney), American attorney and FBI general counsel from 2014 to 2017.
Musicians
- James "Iron Head" Baker, African American traditional folk singer
- James Baker (musician), Australian rock drummer and songwriter
- James Baker (composer), composer and percussionist with the New York City Ballet Orchestra
- BlocBoy JB or James Baker, American musician
Public officials
- James Baker (Roundhead), English lawyer and politician
- James A. Baker (born 1821), American jurist and politician in Texas
- James McNair Baker, American jurist and politician in the Confederate Senate during Civil War
- James H. Baker (politician), politician who was Ohio Secretary of State and Minnesota Secretary of State
- James H. Baker (DOD), American foreign policy advisor
- James G. Baker (politician), American politician from Missouri
- James Baker (Canadian politician), British soldier and politician in British Columbia, Canada
- James Marion Baker, 11th Secretary of the United States Senate
- James A. Baker (justice), American jurist who served on the Texas Supreme Court from 1995 to 2003
- James M. Baker (mayor), mayor of Wilmington, Delaware from 2001 to 2013
- James M. Baker (Virginia politician), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- James E. Baker, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- James A. Baker (government attorney), American DOJ official; Counsel for Intelligence Policy; former counsel at Twitter, Inc.
- Jim Baker (politician), 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, American Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church and United Methodist Church
- Father Yod or James Edward Baker, American spiritual leader
- Jim Bakker, American televangelist at the center of a sex scandal and accounting fraud
Sportspeople
- James Baker (English cricketer), English cricketer mostly for Sussex
- James Clark Baker, New Zealand cricketer
- James Mitchell Baker, South African Olympic runner
- Jim Baker (footballer), English professional centre back during the 1910s and 1920s for Leeds United A.F.C.
- Jimmy Baker (footballer, born 1904), Welsh-born football wing half who played for Coventry City
- James Baker (footballer, born 1911), English football player
- Jimmie Baker (basketball), American basketball player
- Jim Baker (bowls), Northern Irish and combined Irish lawn and indoor bowls player
- Jamie Baker (ice hockey), Canadian professional hockey centre and sports broadcaster
- Jamie Baker (tennis), British former tennis player
- James Baker (New Zealand cricketer), New Zealand cricketer for Northern Districts
- Jim Baker (runner), winner of the 1968 4 × 880 yard relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Other people
- Jim Baker (frontiersman), American trapper, scout and guide
- James Baker (university president), American academic administrator
- James A. Baker (trade unionist), Canadian miner and trade unionist
- James Gilbert Baker, American astronomer and optics expert
- Jimmy Baker (Australian artist), Australian Aboriginal artist
- Jimmie Baker (television producer), American television producer
- A. J. Baker or Jim Baker, Australian philosopher
- D. James Baker, American oceanographer
- Jim B. Baker, American actor
- James Robert Baker, American author
- James Baker-Jarvis, American applied physicist
- James Baker, art collector who owned the Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, 1987–1994
- James K. Baker, founder of Dragon Systems
- Jimmy Baker (American artist), American artist