# 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 (comics), British comics artist, see Sláine
* Jim Murray (musician) (1942–2013), San Francisco musician of the 1960s
* 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, 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 (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 (Durham politician) (1887–1965), Member of Parliament
* James Murray (London politician), English Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament 2019–present

### 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

* 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, full name James Patrick Murray
* James Wolfe Murray (cricketer) (1936–2011), Scottish cricketer

### 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), American football executive
* Jimmy Murray (American football) (born 1995), American football offensive lineman

### 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

* Bearcat Murray (Jim Murray, born 1933), Canadian ice hockey trainer
* Jim Murray (ice hockey) (born 1943), Canadian ice hockey player

## 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 M. Murray (fl. 1990s–2020s), director of the U.S. Secret Service
* James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale (died 1658), an Earl of Annandale
* Several Murray baronets, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
* James Murray (loyalist) (1713–1781), loyalist in North Carolina and Boston prior to the American Revolution
* James Boyles Murray (1789–1866), businessman in New York
* James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie (1759–1836), Scottish lawyer
* Jim Murray (trade unionist) (died 2007), British trade union leader
* Jim Murray (whisky writer) (born 1957), English whisky writer
* James Erskine Murray (1810–1844), lawyer, author, and adventurer in Borneo