# James Young

James Young may refer to:

## Business

* James R. Young (UP) (1952–2014), president, CEO and chairman of Union Pacific Railroad
* James R. Young (North Carolina politician) (1853–1937), Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina
* James Webb Young (1886–1973), American advertising executive

## Medicine and science

* James Young (physician) (1929–2008), American White House physician
* James Young (chemist) (1811–1883), Scottish chemist; distilled paraff from coal
* James Whitney Young (born 1941), American astronomer
* James Edward Young, American physicist

## Politics

* James Young (Canadian politician) (1835–1913), member of the Canadian House of Commons
* James Young (Texas politician) (1866–1942), U.S. Representative from Texas
* James Young (mayor) (born 1955), first African American to be elected mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi, 2009
* James Young (New Brunswick politician) (1841–1907), merchant and political figure New Brunswick, Canada
* James Young (Upper Canada politician) (1777–1831), political figure Upper Canada
* James Young (trade unionist) (1887–1975), Scottish politician and trade unionist
* James Addison Young (1815–1875), American politician from Iowa
* Alexander Young (New Zealand politician) (James Alexander Young, 1875–1956), New Zealand politician
* James H. Young (1860–1921), African-American North Carolina politician
* James Henry Young (1834–1908), colonial Australian businessman and politician
* James Young (Missouri politician) (1800–1878), lieutenant governor of Missouri who also served the Tennessee House of Representatives
* James R. Young (Pennsylvania politician) (1847–1924), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
* James M. Young (politician), American state legislator from Mississippi

## Sports

* James Young (American football) (born 1950), former professional American football defensive end
* James Young (basketball) (born 1995), American basketball player
* James Young (cricketer) (1913–1994), South African cricketer
* James Young (footballer, born 1882) (1882–1922), Scottish footballer, played for Celtic F.C. and Scotland
* James Young (footballer, born 1891) (1891–?), Scottish footballer
* James Young (hurler), hurling player from County Laois, Ireland
* Jamie Young (born 1985), Anglo-Australian soccer goalkeeper

## Arts

* James Young (American musician) (born 1949), guitarist for the band Styx
* James Young (British musician) (born 1952), author and musical collaborator with Nico
* James Young (comedian) (1918–1974), Northern Irish comedian
** James Young (album), a comedy album by James Young
* James Young (director) (1872–1948), American film director and actor
* James Hardy Vaux (1782–?), wrote the first Australian dictionary and used James Young as an alias

## Judiciary and academia

* James Scott Young (1848–1914), United States federal judge
* James Sterling Young (1927–2013), American historian and professor
* James Drummond Young, Lord Drummond Young (born 1950), judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
* James Fred Young, president of Elon University

## Military

* James Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1717) (1717–1789), Royal Navy officer
* James Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1762) (1762–1833), Royal Navy officer
* James M. Young (1843–1913), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* James Young (British Army officer) (1858–1926), British general

## Others

* James Jubilee Young (1887–1962), Baptist minister
* James Harvey Young (1915–2006), social historian
* James Young (Arizona pioneer) (1844–1935), African-American boxer and Arizona pioneer