James Hughes

James Hughes may refer to:

Sports

• James Hughes (rugby union) (c. 1885–c. 1943), Australian rugby union player
• James Hughes (ice hockey) (1906–1983), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• James Hughes (footballer born 1885), English footballer who played for Liverpool F.C.
• Jay Hughes (1874–1924), also known as Jim Hughes, American Major League Baseball pitcher, who played four seasons from 1898 to 1902
• Jim Hughes (1950s pitcher) (1923–2001), American baseball pitcher
• Jim Hughes (1970s pitcher) (born 1951), American baseball pitcher
• James Hughes (boxer) (1965–1995), American flyweight boxer
• Jimmy Hughes (footballer) (1909–1966), English footballer
• Jamie Hughes (born 1977), former professional English footballer

Politicians

• James Hughes (British politician) (died 1845), British Member of Parliament for Grantham
• James B. Hughes (1805–1873), American newspaper publisher, state legislator for Ohio
• James Madison Hughes (1809–1861), U.S. Representative from Missouri
• James Hughes (representative) (1823–1873), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• James Joseph Hughes (1856–1941), Canadian Senator and Member of Parliament
• James A. Hughes (1861–1930), U.S. Representative from West Virginia
• James H. Hughes (1867–1953), American lawyer and politician, U.S. Senator from Delaware
• James F. Hughes (1883–1940), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
• James Hughes (Irish politician) (died 1948), Irish Fine Gael politician
• Jim Hughes (politician) (born 1964), Ohio politician

Others

• James Hughes (bishop) (1894–1979), Anglican bishop
• Jimmy Hughes (singer) (born 1938), American soul singer
• Jimmy Hughes (musician) (born 1958), British punk rock/New Wave bassist
• James Hughes (sociologist), American sociologist and bioethicist
• James D. Hughes, retired American Air Force lieutenant general