Famous People with Name James

James Anthony McGirt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Anthony McGirt: a professional boxer of the Super middleweight division. He is the son of former IBF Junior welterweight and WBC welterweight champion James "Buddy" McGirt,

James (Bonecrusher) Smith (            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James (Bonecrusher) Smith (: a former American boxer who was briefly WBA heavyweight champion in the late 1980s.

James Batcheller Sumner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Batcheller Sumner: American chemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley.

James John Corbett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James John Corbett: Gentleman Jim", the man who defeated the great John L. Sullivan. He also coached boxing at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. He stood at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), with a reach of 73 inches (190 cm).

James Buster Douglas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Buster Douglas: a former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion who scored one of the most shocking upsets in sports history when he knocked out undefeated champion Mike Tyson on February 11, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan. At the time,

Michael Lamont James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Lamont James: is an American professional basketball player currently with the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA.

Tim O'Connor James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tim O'Connor James: is a former National Basketball Association player who, in a three-year career, played for the Miami Heat, the Charlotte Hornets and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Elmore James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elmore James: was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader. He was known as The King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.ames was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in Holmes County, Mississippi, (not to be confused with two other locations of the same name in Mississippi, one in Humphreys County and the other in Rankin County). He was the illegitimate son of 15-year-old Leola Brooks, a field hand. His father was probably Joe Willie "Frost" James, who moved in with Leola, and so Elmore took this as his name. His parents adopted an orphaned boy, Robert Holston, at some point.

Harry James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harry James: was a popular American musician and band leader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. James was one of the most outstanding instrumentalists of the swing era, employing a bravura playing style that made his trumpet work instantly identifiable. He was also one of the most popular bandleaders of the first half of the 1940s, and he continued to lead his band until just before his death, 40 years later

Mickie Laree James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mickie Laree James: is an American professional wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) appearing on its Raw brand.James began her professional wrestling career in 1999 as a valet on the independent circuit, where she was known under the name Alexis Laree.[8] She trained in several camps to improve her wrestling abilities before working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in June 2002, where she gained national attention.[8][10] After only a few appearances, she joined a stable called The Gathering and was written into angles with the group. She is also the first and only woman to be involved in Clockwork Orange House of Fun matches.[11]