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James Hickman
James Hickman, English swimmer (born 1976, Stockport), five-time world short-course 200m butterfly champion 1997-2004, short-course world record holder 100m and 200m fly, three-time British Olympian.
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe, born 1986 in Toronto, is a retired Canadian IndyCar driver, six-time race winner, 2011 Rookie of the Year, 2016 Indy 500 pole sitter after a near-fatal 2015 crash, and now a FOX and F1 TV broadcaster.
James Holzhauer
James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, set the Jeopardy! single-game winning record. He holds the fourth-longest winning streak in the show's history.
James Hunt
James Hunt (1947-1993), British Formula 1 driver and 1976 World Champion, beat Niki Lauda by one point at Fuji; 92 Grands Prix, 10 wins, Hesketh and McLaren, later BBC commentator.
James J. Braddock
James J. Braddock (1905–1974), the "Cinderella Man," was an American boxer and world heavyweight champion 1935–1937 who beat Max Baer as a 10-to-1 underdog in 1935 and lost the title to Joe Louis in 1937.
James J. Corbett
James J. Corbett, known as "Gentleman Jim," was an American boxer who held the World Heavyweight Championship from 1892 to 1897 and is remembered as a founder of scientific, movement-based boxing.
James J. Hogan
James J. Hogan (born Jim Cregan), known as Jim Hogan, was an Irish-born distance runner who won the 1966 European Championship marathon and set a 30 km world best.
James J. Jeffries
James J. Jeffries, known as James Jackson Jeffries, was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight championship from 1899 and retired undefeated in 1905.
James Jett
James Jett (born 1970), American sprinter and wide receiver; 1992 Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist and ten-season Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders player (1993-2002), 256 catches, 4,417 yards, 30 touchdowns, NFL Fastest Man 1996.
James Johnson (basketball, born 1987)
James Johnson (born 1987) is an NBA forward drafted 16th overall in 2009; a 16-year veteran of ten teams with a 7-0 MMA record and second-degree black belt.
James Jones
James Harry Jones (Jonah), 1873-1955, English goalkeeper for Upton Park FC; won gold at the 1900 Paris Olympics, keeping a clean sheet in the inaugural Olympic soccer final, a 4-0 win over France; distinct from Canadian shooter James Malcolm Jones.
James Jones (wide receiver)
James Jones (born 1984, San Jose, California) is a former NFL wide receiver, Packers 2007 third-round pick out of San Jose State, Super Bowl XLV champion, 2012 NFL touchdown-catch leader (14), later an NFL Network analyst.
James Justin
James Michael Justin (born 1998, Luton) is an English defender for Leeds United, formerly Luton Town and Leicester City, with one England cap from June 2022.
James Kiplagat Magut
James Kiplagat Magut, also written James Kiplangat Magut, Kenyan 1500m runner born 1990; 2014 Commonwealth Games champion, 2010 silver medallist, and member of Kenya's 14:22.22 world-record 4x1500m relay team.
James Krause (fighter)
James "The James Krause" Krause (born 1986) is an American retired MMA welterweight (28-8, UFC 9-4), Glory MMA & Fitness head coach in Lee's Summit, Missouri, suspended in a 2022 UFC betting scandal.
James Laurinaitis
James Laurinaitis, Ohio State three-time All-American linebacker, Rams all-time leading tackler (852 tackles, 2009–15), Saints 2016, now Ohio State linebackers coach and 2026 College Football Hall of Fame inductee.
James Lofton
James Lofton (born 1956), Stanford wide receiver and 1978 first-round Packers pick; NFL record 14,004 receiving yards on 764 catches, eight Pro Bowls, Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2003, later a Westwood One broadcaster.
James Lowe (rugby union)
James Lowe (born 1992, Nelson, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born rugby union winger for Leinster and Ireland, a former Maori All Black, 2025 British and Irish Lion, and Leinster record try scorer who left for Japan in 2026.
James Lutz
James (Jimmy) Lutz, American compound archer from Montello, Wisconsin; 2019 world champion, 2024 World Cup Final winner, and 719/720 world-record qualifier at the 2026 Gator Cup.
James Macnabb
James Macnabb was a British rower who won the gold medal in the men's coxless four at the 1924 Paris Olympics and later coached both Cambridge and Oxford Boat Race crews.
James Maddison
James Maddison, English attacking midfielder born 1996 in Coventry; ex-Coventry, Norwich, Leicester (2021 FA Cup), Tottenham (2025 Europa League), 7 England caps, notable for long-range goals and ACL recovery.
James Madison Dukes football
James Madison Dukes football: JMU's Harrisonburg, Virginia program, 1972 founding, 2004 FCS (I-AA) national champions, FBS/Sun Belt member since 2022, 2025 Sun Belt champs and first Sun Belt and Virginia team in the College Football Playoff, moving to the American Conference in 2026.
James Magnussen
James Magnussen (The Missile), Australian sprint freestyle swimmer born 1991 in Port Macquarie; first Australian 100m freestyle world champion (2011, 2013), London 2012 Olympic silver, Rio 2016 relay bronze; retired 2019, then finished last in both sprints at the doped 2026 Enhanced Games.
James Matthews (racing driver)
James Matthews (born 1975) is a British former racing driver, 1994 British Formula Renault and Eurocup Formula Renault champion, later British F3 racer, now CEO of Eden Rock Group and a Williams F1 board member; distinct from the 1950s American club racer of the same name.
James McAtee
James McAtee (James John McAtee), Salford-born English attacking midfielder; Manchester City academy graduate, Sheffield United loanee, £30m Nottingham Forest signing, England U21 Euro-winning captain.
James McCarthy (footballer)
James Patrick McCarthy (born 1990, Glasgow) is a Scottish-born Irish central midfielder; Hamilton, Wigan, Everton (£13m record), Crystal Palace, Celtic; 43 Ireland caps, FA Cup 2013.
James McClean
James McClean (born 1989, Derry) is an Irish footballer with 103 Republic of Ireland caps, ex-Sunderland, Wigan, West Brom, Stoke, and Wrexham captain, known for refusing the Remembrance poppy.
James McFadden
James McFadden (born 1983, Glasgow), Scottish forward; Motherwell, Everton, Birmingham City, Sunderland, St Johnstone; 48 Scotland caps; famous 2007 winning goal v France in Paris; later Motherwell assistant manager and BBC pundit.
James Michael McAdoo
James Michael McAdoo, born 1993 in Norfolk, Virginia, is an American forward, UNC Tar Heel 2011-14, undrafted 2014, 111 NBA games with Golden State, two-time NBA champion, related to Bob McAdoo.
James Milner
James Milner, English midfielder (born 1986), retired June 2026 as the Premier League's all-time appearance leader with 658 games for Leeds, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Man City, Liverpool, and Brighton; three league titles, 61 England caps.