James Hamilton

James Hamilton may refer to:

Dukes

 * James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606–1649), heir to the throne of Scotland
 * James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658–1712), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (1703–1743), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (1724–1758), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton (1755–1769), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811–1885), twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
 * James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838–1913), British nobleman and diplomat
 * James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953), first Governor of Northern Ireland
 * James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979), Northern Irish senator
 * James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (born 1934), Northern Irish politician

Marquesses

 * James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589–1625), 4th Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman

Earls

 * James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran (c. 1475–1529), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran (c. 1516–1575), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (c. 1537–1609), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn (c. 1575–1618), Sheriff of Linlithgow
 * James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn (c. 1604–c. 1670), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn (c. 1661–1734), Scottish and Irish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (1686–1744), Scottish nobleman and amateur scientist
 * James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn (1712–1789), Scottish and Irish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (first creation) (died 1659), Anglo-Irish Royalist peer, soldier and politician
 * James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (second creation) (1694–1758), British politician
 * James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil (1730–1798), Irish peer

Viscounts

 * James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye (c. 1560–1644), Ulster Scot land owner and settler
 * James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton (1786–1814), British politician

Barons and other nobles

 * James Hamilton of Cadzow (before 1397–c. 1440), 5th Laird of Cadzow
 * James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton (c. 1415–1479), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hamilton of Finnart (c. 1495–1540), military engineer, illegitimate son of the 1st earl and guardian to the 2nd
 * James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1633–1655), Irish nobleman
 * James Hamilton, Lord Paisley (died before 1670), eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn
 * James Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1938–2006), British politician
 * James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (born 1942), member of the Scottish Parliament

Clergy

 * James Hamilton (bishop of Argyll) (died 1580), Scottish prelate
 * James Hamilton (bishop of Galloway) (1610–1674), Scottish prelate
 * James Hamilton (minister) (died 1666), Scottish minister, active in Ireland
 * James Hamilton (priest) (1748–1815), Irish priest and astronomer
 * James Hamilton (1814–1867), Scottish minister and author, primarily in London

Sports

 * James Hamilton (American football), American football player
 * James Hamilton (cricketer) (1843-1881), Australian cricketer
 * James Hamilton (footballer, born 1884), English football (soccer) player
 * James Hamilton (footballer, born 1901), Scottish football (soccer) player
 * James Hamilton (Scottish footballer), for Queen's Park and the national team
 * James Hamilton (snowboarder) (born 1989), New Zealand Olympic snowboarder
 * Jimmy Hamilton (curler)

Other people

 * James Hamilton (assassin) (died 1581), assassin
 * James Hamilton (English army officer) (c. 1620–1673), Irish courtier and soldier, during the reign of Charles II of England.
 * James Hamilton (Pennsylvania) (1710–1783), mayor of Philadelphia and lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania
 * James Inglis Hamilton (before 1742–1803), General in the British Army
 * James Hamilton (language teacher) (1769–1829), Irish proponent of the "Hamiltonian system" for teaching languages
 * James Hamilton (British Army officer, born 1777) (1777–1815), British army colonel
 * James Hamilton, Jr. (1786–1857), Governor and Representative for South Carolina
 * James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878), Acting U.S. Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson
 * James Hans Hamilton (1810–1863), Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament
 * James Hamilton (1819-1878), American painter; see Edward Moran
 * James Kent Hamilton (1839–1918), mayor of Toledo, Ohio
 * James M. Hamilton (1861–1940), third president of Montana State University, 1904–1919
 * James Stevenson-Hamilton (1867–1957), founder of the Kruger National Park, South Africa
 * James A. Hamilton (1876–1950), Secretary of State of New York 1923–1924
 * Neil Hamilton (actor) (James Neil Hamilton, 1899–1984), American actor
 * Jamie Hamilton (publisher) (1900–1988), Scottish-American book publisher and champion oarsman
 * Jimmy Hamilton (1917–1994), American jazz musician
 * James Hamilton (physicist) (1918–2000), Irish mathematician and theoretical physicist
 * James Hamilton (Scottish politician) (1918–2005), Scottish politician
 * James Hamilton (Director of Public Prosecutions) (born 1949), Director of Public Prosecutions in Ireland
 * James D. Hamilton (born 1954), econometrician
 * James Hamilton (photographer), American photographer
 * James E. Hamilton (born 1935), American former politician in the state of Oklahoma
 * James Whitelaw Hamilton (1860–1932), Scottish artist