# James Grant

James Grant may refer to:

## Politics and law

* Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695), Scottish lawyer
* Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet (1679–1747), Scottish Whig politician
* Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet (1738–1811), Scottish member of parliament
* James Grant, 11th of Glenmoriston (1792–1868), Scottish Highland chieftain
* James Grant (Texas politician) (1793–1836), Texas-Mexico politician, physician and military participant in the Texas Revolution
* James Grant (newspaper editor) (1802–1879), British newspaper editor
* James Grant (Iowa politician) (1812–1891), American political leader in Iowa
* James Macpherson Grant (1822–1885), Victoria (Australia) politician
* James Grant (Ontario politician) (1831–1920), Scottish-born Canadian physician and politician
* James Benton Grant (1848–1911), American governor of Colorado
* Sir James Augustus Grant, 1st Baronet (1867–1932), British Conservative Party member of parliament
* Jim Grant (lawyer) (born 1937), Canadian lawyer
* James W. Grant (born 1943), U.S. congressman from Florida
* J. W. Grant (born 1982), member of the Florida House of Representatives

## Military

* James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720) (1720–1806), British general in Revolutionary War
* James Grant (navigator) (1772–1833), British naval officer, Australian explorer
* James Grant (British Army officer, born 1778) (1778–1852), British major-general who fought at Waterloo
* James Hope Grant (1808–1875), British general
* James Grant (RAF airman) (1899–?), Scottish World War I flying ace
* James Monteith Grant (1903–1981), Scottish officer of arms

## Arts and academia

* James Grant (1822–1887), Edinburgh-born author and historian
* James Ardern Grant (1887–1973), English portrait painter
* James Edward Grant (1905–1966), American short story writer and screenwriter
* James Grant (artist) (1924–1997), California painter and sculptor
* James Grant (finance) (born 1946), American author, journalist, and publisher of Grant's Interest Rate Observer
* Lee Child (born 1954), pseudonym of James D. "Jim" Grant, British thriller author
* James Grant (musician) (born 1964), Scottish musician
* James Grant, member of the duo Ill Blu
* Jim Grant, former principal of Cirencester College

## Religion

* James Grant (Scottish bishop) (1706–1778), Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland
* James Grant (minister) (1800–1890), Scottish cleric and Director of Scottish Widows
* James Grant (Australian bishop) ([fl. 1960–1999), Anglican bishop and Dean of Melbourne in Australia

## Sport

* Jim Grant (baseball) (1894–1985), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Jimmy Grant (1918–1970), Major League Baseball infielder
* Jim Grant (footballer), Scottish footballer
* Mudcat Grant (James Grant, 1935–2021), Major League Baseball pitcher
* James Grant (rugby) (born 1964), Australian rugby football international

## Other

* James William Grant (astronomer) (1788–1865), Scottish astronomer, discoverer of Antares B
* James Augustus Grant (1827–1892), Scottish explorer in East Africa
* James Gordon Stuart Grant (1834–1902), a local eccentric in Dunedin, New Zealand.
* James Shaw Grant (1910–1999), writer and journalist from the Isle of Lewis
* James P. Grant (1922–1995), executive director of UNICEF