# James Simpson

James, Jim, or Jimmy Simpson may refer to:

## Politicians

* James Simpson (Canadian politician) (1873–1938), Canadian trade unionist and mayor of Toronto (1935)
* James Simpson Ballantyne, Canadian politician
* James Simpson (Ugandan politician) (1908–1994), Minister of Economic Affairs in the first Cabinet of Uganda
* James Simpson Jr. (1905–1960), U.S. Representative from Illinois
* Jim Simpson (Australian politician) (1905–1968), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

## Sportspeople

* Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1873) (1873–?), Scottish footballer
* Jimmy Simpson (American football) (1897–1979), blocking back in the National Football League
* Jimmy Simpson (motorcyclist) (1898–1981), British motorcycle racer
* Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1972), Scottish footballer
* Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2010), English footballer
* Jim Simpson (sportscaster) (1927–2016), American sportscaster
* Jim Simpson (footballer, born 1959), Scottish footballer
* Jimmy Simpson (racing driver) (born 1992), American racing driver
* Jimmy Simpson (North Carolinian racing driver), American racing driver
* James Simpson (wheelchair rugby league), English wheelchair rugby league footballer

## Other people

* James Simpson (advocate) (1781–1853), Scottish advocate and author
* James Simpson (businessman), Scottish-American businessman (1874–1939)
* James Simpson (Scottish architect) (1830–1894), Scottish architect
* James Simpson (British Army officer) (1792–1868), general of the British Army
* James Simpson (civil servant) (c. 1792–1857), early Australian civil servant and property developer
* James Simpson (engineer) (1799–1869), president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1853–1855
* James Young Simpson (1811–1870), Scottish surgeon and pioneer in use of chloroform as anaesthetic
* James Simpson (Bible Christian) (1812–1859), English deacon and activist
* James H. Simpson (1813–1883), surveyor of the American West for the U.S. Army.
* James Young Simpson (minister) (c. 1843–1898), Methodist minister in South Australia; nephew of the surgeon
* James Simpson (priest) (1865–1948), Dean of Peterborough (1928–1942)
* James Young Simpson (diplomat) (1873–1934), Scottish professor of natural science and a diplomat; great nephew of the surgeon
* James Simpson (explorer) (1911–2002), polar explorer
* James B. Simpson (1927–2002), American journalist and Episcopal priest, known for Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
* James E. Simpson Jr. (1928–1999), Kentucky politician
* James Jenkins Simpson (1881–1936), British entomologist and marine biologist
* James Simpson (academic) (born 1954), Australian academic
* James Simpson (minister) (fl. 1970s–1990s), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
* Jimmi Simpson (born 1975), American actor
* James Simpson (government official) (fl. 2010s), New Jersey Department of Transportation commissioner and former Federal Transit Administrator for the United States DOT
* Jimbo Simpson (?–2018), Northern Irish paramilitary
* James Alexander Simpson (1805–1880), American painter
* Jim Simpson, founder of Brum Beat, Big Bear Records and Henry's Blueshouse and former manager of Black Sabbath