James Wilson

Canada

• James Wilson (Upper Canada politician) (1770-1847), English-born farmer and political figure in Upper Canada
• James Crocket Wilson (1841-1899), Canadian MP from Quebec
• James Robert Wilson (1866-1941), mayor of Saskatoon and member of the Parliament of Canada
• James Wilson (Ontario MPP) (1810-1891), Canadian politician
• James Frederick Wilson, Ontario MPP

Oceania

• James Wilson (New South Wales politician, born 1862) (1862-1925), English-born Australian politician
• James Wilson (New South Wales politician, born 1865) (1865-1927), New Zealand-born Australian politician
• Sir James Wilson (New Zealand politician, born 1849) (1849-1929), New Zealand politician and farmer
• James Wilson (New Zealand politician, born 1814) (1814-1898)
• Sir James Milne Wilson (1812-1880), Australian politician in Tasmania
• James Phillips Wilson (c. 1852-1925), South Australian Labor politician

United Kingdom

• James Wilson (MP for York) between 1826 and 1830.
• James Wilson (Labour politician) (1879-1943), British MP for Dudley and Oldham
• James Harold Wilson (1916-1995), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1964-1970 and 1974-1976
• James Wilson (businessman) (1805-1860), UK member of parliament and founder of The Economist magazine
• James Wilson (Orangeman) (fl. 1793-94), North Irish politician, founder of the Orange Institution

United States

• James Wilson (Founding Father) (1742-1798), Founding Father of the United States
• James Wilson (Colorado politician), former member of the Colorado House of Representatives
• James Wilson (Indiana politician) (1825-1867), US representative
• James Wilson I (New Hampshire politician) (1766-1839), US representative
• James Wilson II (1797-1881), US representative, son of James Wilson I
• James Wilson (Pennsylvania politician) (1779-1868), US representative
• James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture) (1835-1920), United States secretary of agriculture and US representative from Iowa
• James Charles Wilson (1816-1861), American politician in Texas
• James Clifton Wilson (1874-1951), US representative from Texas
• James F. Wilson (1828-1895), US senator and representative from Iowa
• James J. Wilson (1775-1824), US senator from New Jersey
• James M. Wilson Jr. (1918-2009), assistant secretary of state
• James Wilson (journalist) (1787-1850), Irish-American journalist, politician, and judge

• James Wilson (British Army officer) (1921-2004), British general
• James Wilson (explorer) (1760-1814), brought the first British missionaries to Tahiti
• James Wilson (Irish nationalist) (1836-1921), Irish republican convicted of desertion
• James Wilson (revolutionary) (1760-1820), Scottish leader of the Radical War
• James H. Wilson (1837-1925), general in the United States Army

• James Wilson (athlete) (1891-1973), British athlete
• James Wilson (Australian rules footballer) (c. 1855-1935), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
• James Wilson (basketball), American basketball player
• James Wilson (cricketer) (born 1978), South African cricketer
• James Wilson (darts player) (born 1972), English darts player
• James Wilson (footballer, born 1866) (c. 1866-1900), Scottish footballer
• James Wilson (footballer, born 1882), Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Preston NE)
• James Wilson (footballer, born 1884) (1884-1934), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
• James Wilson (footballer, born 1890) (1890-1917), Scottish footballer (Queen's Park)
• James Wilson (1910s footballer), English footballer
• James Wilson (footballer, born 1989), Welsh professional footballer for Bristol Rovers
• James Wilson (footballer, born 1995), English professional footballer
• James Wilson (footballer, born 2007), Scottish footballer
• James Wilson (rugby union, born 1983), New Zealand rugby player
• James Wilson (rugby union, born 1909) (1909-1994), Royal Air Force officer and Scottish rugby union player
• James Wilson (trainer) (1828-1917), founder of St. Albans Stud, Victoria, Australia
• James B. Wilson (1896-1986), American football player and coach
• James H. Wilson (American football) (1940-2013), American football coach

• James Wilson (anatomist) (1765-1821), Scottish anatomist
• James Wilson (scientist), American gene therapist
• James Wilson (zoologist) (1795-1856), Scottish zoologist
• James Wilson (mathematician) (1774?-1829), Irish mathematician
• James A. Wilson (21st century), American mathematician
• James Arthur Wilson (1795-1882), English physician
• James G. Wilson (1915-1987), embryologist and anatomist
• James George Wilson (1830-1881), Scottish surgeon and professor of midwifery
• James Ricker Wilson (1922-2007), American theoretical physicist
• James Thomas Wilson (1861-1945), British professor of anatomy

• James Wilson (architect) (1816-1900), British architect in Bath
• James Wilson (author) (1779-1846), British author of Biography of the Blind
• James Wilson (cinematographer) (active 1927-1963), British cinematographer
• James Wilson (composer) (1922-2005), Irish composer
• James Wilson (producer) (born 1965), British film producer
• James Wilson (globe maker) (1763-1855), American globe maker
• James Wilson (songwriter), 18th-century English songwriter
• James Daniel Wilson (born 1977), English actor
• James Keys Wilson (1828-1894), American architect in Ohio
• Mark Wilson (magician) or James Wilson (1929-2021), American magician
• James Perry Wilson (1889-1976), American painter, designer, and architect

• James Kinnier Wilson (1921-2022), British Assyriologist
• James Q. Wilson (1931-2012), American professor of public policy
• James Southall Wilson (1880-1963), American author, professor, and founder of the Virginia Quarterly Review
• James Wilson (philosopher), British philosopher

• James Wilson (Archdeacon of Manchester) (1836-1931), British theologian and science teacher
• James Wilson (bishop) (died 1857), Irish bishop of Cork
• James Wilson (Dean of Elphin and Ardagh), Irish Anglican clergyman
• James Wilson (Dean of Tuam), Irish Anglican clergyman
• James Hood Wilson (1829-1903), moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1895

• James Wilson (civil servant) (1853-1926), British civil servant in British India
• James Wilson (unionist) (1876, 1945), American labor union leader
• James Wilson (House), a character on medical drama House
• James Grant Wilson (1832-1914), American soldier, editor, and author
• James Wilson (motorcyclist) (c. 1901-1995), long-distance motorcyclist and author
• James William Wilson, Jr. (born 1969), American murderer and perpetrator of the Oakland Elementary School shooting
• James Wilson (died 1828), nicknamed "Daft Jamie", victim of Burke and Hare