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James Watt (1736–1819) was a Scottish engineer and inventor of a revolutionary new steam engine.

James or Jim Watt may also refer to:

Business and industry

• James Watt, Jr (1769–1848), Scottish engineer, businessman and activist
• Angus Watt (financial advisor) (James Angus Reid Watt, born 1952), Canadian financial advisor
• James Watt (entrepreneur) (born 1982), founder of BrewDog

Law and politics

• James G. Watt (1938–2023), U.S. Secretary of the Interior
• James Watt (Florida politician) (1944–2025), American politician from Florida
• James Watt (diplomat) (born 1951), British ambassador

Sports

• Jim Watt (rugby union) (1914–1988), New Zealand rugby union player
• Russell Watt (James Russell Watt, 1935–2022), New Zealand rugby union player
• Jim Watt (boxer) (born 1948), Scottish boxer
• Jim Watt (ice hockey) (born 1950), American ice hockey player
• James Watt (tennis) (born 2000), New Zealand tennis player

Others

• James Cromar Watt (1862–1940), Scottish artist, architect and jeweler
• James Watt (actuary) (1863–1945), Scottish actuary and geographer
• Sir James Watt (Royal Navy officer) (1914–2009), British surgeon
• James C. Y. Watt (born 1936), art historian
• James Watt (loyalist) (born 1952), Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary

Other uses

• James Watt College (founded 1908), Greenock, Scotland
• HMS James Watt (launched 1853), steam- and sail-powered Royal Navy ship

See also

• James Watts (disambiguation)