James Baker (disambiguation)

James Baker (born 1930) is an American attorney, politician, political administrator, and political advisor.

James Baker, Jim Baker, or Jamie Baker may also refer to:

Public officials

• James McNair Baker (1821–1892), American jurist and politician; Whig from Florida; served in Confederate Senate during the Civil War
• James Addison Baker the elder (1821–1897), American jurist and politician in Texas
• James A. Baker (1931–2008), American jurist who served on the Texas Supreme Court from 1995 to 2003
• James Baker (Canadian politician) (1830–1906), British soldier and politician in British Columbia, Canada
• James M. Baker (born 1942), American political figure; Democratic mayor of Wilmington, Delaware since 2001
• James Marion Baker (1861–1940), Eleventh Secretary of the United States Senate
• James A. Baker (government attorney), American government official at Department of Justice; Counsel for Intelligence Policy since 2001
• Jim Baker (politician), Canadian legislator; Progressive Conservative from Labrador West; in Newfoundland/Labrador House of Assembly

Sports personalities

• James Baker (cricketer) (1792–1839), English cricketer who played for Sussex, Kent, and The B's
• Jim Baker (footballer) (1891–1966), English professional centre back during the 1910s and 1920s; first captain of Leeds United A.F.C.
• James Baker (footballer born 1911) (1911–1974), English soccer player
• Jimmie Baker (born 1953), American basketball player
• Jamie Baker (ice hockey) (born 1966), Canadian professional hockey centre whose career lasted from 1989 to 1999; sports broadcaster since 2005
• Jamie Baker (tennis) (born 1986), Scottish professional player; in 2008, the second-top-ranked British singles competitor

Others

• A. J. Baker (philosopher)
• James Baker (composer) and percussionist with the New York City Ballet Orchestra
• James Baker, American convict, known as "Iron Head"; was recorded in 1933 performing African-American work song "Black Betty"
• James Baker (musician) (born 1954), Australian rock drummer and songwriter
• James A. Baker, Sr. (1857–1941), American attorney and banker in Houston, Texas
• James A. Baker, Jr. (1892–1973), American attorney
• James A. Baker (trade unionist) (before 1875–after 1903), Canadian miner in British Columbia; official of Western Federation of Miners
• James Chamberlain Baker (1879–1969), American religious leader; Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church and United Methodist Church
• James Edward Baker (also known as Father Yod), (1922–1975), American alternative/counterculture spiritual leader; also known as YaHoWha
• James Gilbert Baker (1914–2005), American astronomer and optics expert; designed U-2 spy plane lenses; over 50 patents
• James M. Baker, educator, author of Crossroads: A Popular History of Malaysia and Singapore
• James Robert Baker (1947–1997), American author of satirical, gay-themed transgressional fiction set in Southern California
• Jim Baker (frontiersman) (1818–1898), American trapper, scout and guide; considered one of the most colorful figures of the Old West

See also

• Jimmy Baker (disambiguation)
• James Baker Institute, public policy think tank at Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States
• James B. Baker House, historic home in Aberdeen, Maryland, United States
• Jim Bakker (born 1940), American televangelist at the center of a sex scandal and accounting fraud
• Baker (surname)