James Murray

James, Jim, or Jimmy Murray may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• James Murray (American actor) (1901–1936), American actor
• James Murray (director), director of films and programs such as The National Dream
• James Murray (English actor) (born 1975), English actor born in Manchester
• James Murray (puppeteer), American actor and puppeteer
• James Murray (comedian) (born 1976), American comedian, television star and member of The Tenderloins
• James Murray (speed painter), British speed painter
• James Ramsey Murray (1841–1905), American composer of "Away in a Manger"
• Jim Murray (musician) (1942–2013), San Francisco musician of the 1960s
• Jim Murray (sportswriter) (1919–1998), American sportswriter
• Jim Murray (whisky writer) (born 1957), English whisky writer
• James Murray, half of photographer duo James and Karla Murray

Military

• James Murray (Polish navy), Scottish shipbuilder in the Polish service, counter-admiral during the Battle of Oliwa (1627)
• James Wolfe Murray (1853–1919), British military officer and chief of the Imperial General Staff in the 1910s
• James Murray (British Army officer, born 1721) (1721–1794), Scottish military officer and governor of Quebec
• James Murray of Strowan (1734–1794), Scottish general of the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution
• James Murray (VC) (1859–1942), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First Boer War
• James Pulteney (1755–1811), born James Murray, Scottish general and MP for Weycombe and Regis
• James Patrick Murray (British Army officer) (1782–1834), British soldier, MP for Yarmouth 1802–03
• James Lore Murray (1919–2004), USAF major general responsible for the ejection seat and the B-52 aircraft

Politics

Australia

• James Murray (Australian politician) (1895–1974), Australian politician
• James Fitzgerald Murray (1805–1856), Australian politician

Canada and Newfoundland

• James Alexander Murray (1864–1960), premier of New Brunswick for a part of 1917
• James Murray (Newfoundland politician) (1843–1900), Newfoundland politician

United Kingdom

• James Murray of Pardewis (died 1592), Scottish courtier who challenged the Earl of Bothwell
• James Murray (courtier) (died 1613), Scottish diplomat and master of the wardrobe
• James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh (1655–1708), Scottish judge and politician
• Lord James Murray (1663–1719), Member of Parliament for Perthshire
• James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (1690–1764), Whig Member of Parliament and lord of the Isle of Man
• James Murray (Jacobite Earl of Dunbar) (1690–1770), Scottish Member of Parliament, later Jacobite Secretary of State
• James Murray (Scottish politician, 1727–1799), Scottish landowner, entrepreneur, and politician from Broughton and Cally, Member of Parliament
• James Murray (Liberal politician) (1850–1933), Liberal Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire Eastern
• James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon (1782–1837), British Army officer and Member of Parliament
• James Murray (British politician, born 1887) (1887–1965), Member of Parliament
• James Murray (British politician, born 1983), Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 2026

United States

• James Murray (Ohio politician) (1830–1881), attorney general of Ohio
• James B. Murray (1920–2015), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• James C. Murray (1917–1999), United States representative from Illinois
• James E. Murray (1876–1961), United States senator from Montana

Sports

Association football

• Jamie Murray (footballer) (born 1958), Scottish football fullback with Cambridge United and Brentford in the 1970s and 1980s
• Jimmy Murray (English footballer) (1935–2008), English football striker with Wolves, Manchester City and Walsall in the 1950s and 1960s
• Jimmy Murray (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1933), Scottish footballer who played in the early 20th century
• Jimmy Murray (footballer, born 1884) (1884–?), Northern Irish footballer
• Jimmy Murray (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2015), Scottish footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian and the Scotland national team

American football

• Jim Murray (American football) (1938–2025), American football executive
• Jimmy Murray (American football) (born 1995), American football player

Baseball

• Jim Murray (pitcher) (1894–1973), US baseball player for Brooklyn Robins
• Jim Murray (outfielder) (1878–1945), Major League Baseball outfielder, 1902–1914

Ice hockey

• Jim "Bearcat" Murray (1933–2022), Canadian ice hockey trainer
• Jim Murray (ice hockey) (born 1943), Canadian ice hockey player

Other sports

• James Murray (boxer) (1969–1995), Scottish professional boxer who died from injuries sustained in a boxing fight
• James Murray (hurler) (born 1978), Irish hurler who plays with Waterford GAA
• Jamie Murray (born 1986), Scottish tennis player, specialist doubles player
• James Murray (luger) (born 1946), American Olympic luger
• Jimmy Murray (Gaelic footballer) (1917–2007), Roscommon All-Ireland winning Gaelic football captain of the 1940s
• Jim Murray (sportswriter) (1919–1998), American sportswriter
• James Wolfe Murray (cricketer) (1936–2011), Scottish cricketer

Science and medicine

• James Murray (biologist) (1865–?), Scottish biologist and explorer
• James Murray (lichenologist) (1923–1961), organic chemist and first modern lichenologist in New Zealand
• James Murray (physician) (1788–1871), Irish physician and creator of the medication known as milk of magnesia
• James A. Murray (zoologist) (fl. 1880s), zoologist and museum curator in Karachi
• James D. Murray (born 1931), mathematics professor

Religion

• James Murray (historian) (1732–1782), Church of Scotland minister, religious author and historian
• James Murray (bishop of Maitland) (1828–1909), Roman Catholic bishop, the first Bishop of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
• James Murray (vicar apostolic of Cooktown) (1847–1914), Roman Catholic bishop in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
• James Albert Murray (1932–2020), American Roman Catholic bishop

Other fields

• James Murray (architect) (died 1634), Scottish architect
• James Murray (lexicographer) (1837–1915), Scottish lexicographer and editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
• James Murray (loyalist) (1713–1781), loyalist in North Carolina and Boston prior to the American Revolution
• James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale (died 1658), an Earl of Annandale
• Several Murray baronets, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
• James Boyles Murray (1789–1866), businessman in New York
• James Erskine Murray (1810–1844), lawyer, author, and adventurer in Borneo
• James M. Murray (fl. 1990s–2020s), director of the U.S. Secret Service
• James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie (1759–1836), Scottish lawyer
• Jim Murray (trade unionist) (died 2006), British trade union leader
• Jim Murray, co-founder and CEO of Feastables chocolate and snack brand

See also

• Jamie Murray (born 1986), Scottish tennis player