James Baker (disambiguation)
Appearance
James Baker III (born 1930) is an American attorney and statesman.
James, Jim(mie), Jimmy, or Jamie Baker may also refer to:
Public officials
- James McNair Baker (1821–1892), American jurist and Whig politician; served in Confederate Senate during Civil War
- James Addison Baker the elder (1821–1897), American jurist and politician in Texas
- James A. Baker (justice) (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 (mayor) (born 1942), American political figure; Democratic mayor of Wilmington, Delaware since 2001
- James Marion Baker (1861–1940), 11th Secretary of the United States Senate
- James A. Baker (government attorney), American Department of Justice official; Counsel for Intelligence Policy
- James H. Baker (1829–1913), Republican politician who was Ohio Secretary of State and Minnesota Secretary of State
- Jim Baker (politician), Canadian legislator; Progressive Conservative from Labrador West; in Newfoundland/Labrador House of Assembly
- James E. Baker (born 1960), Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- James Baker (Roundhead) (died 1689), English lawyer and politician
- James O Baker, candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2010
Athletes
- James Baker (English cricketer) (1792–1839), English cricketer, played first-class cricket 1816–28, mostly for Sussex
- James Baker (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1988), New Zealand cricketer who plays for Northern Districts
- James Clark Baker (1866–1939), New Zealand cricketer
- Jim Baker (footballer) (1891–1966), English professional centre back during the 1910s and 1920s; first captain of Leeds United A.F.C.
- Jimmy Baker (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1979), Welsh-born football wing half who played for Coventry City
- James Baker (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1974), English football player
- Jimmie Baker (basketball) (born 1953), American basketball player
- Jamie Baker (ice hockey) (born 1966), Canadian professional hockey centre and sports broadcaster
- Jamie Baker (tennis) (born 1986), former British tennis player
- Jim Baker (bowls) (born 1958), Northern Irish and combined Irish lawn and indoor bowls player
- James Mitchell-Baker (1878–1956), South African Olympic runner
Musicians
- James Baker (composer), and percussionist with the New York City Ballet Orchestra
- James "Iron Head" Baker and Moses "Clear Rock" Platt, African American traditional folk singers
- James Baker (musician) (born 1954), Australian rock drummer and songwriter
- James Baker (born 1996), American musician known professionally as BlocBoy JB
Religious figures
- James Chamberlain Baker (1879–1969), American Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church and United Methodist Church
- Father Yod (James Edward Baker, 1922–1975), American alternative/counterculture spiritual leader; also known as YaHoWha
Actors
- Jim B. Baker (1941–2014), American actor
- Jim Baker (actor) (born 1966), English television actor
Lawyers
- James Addison Baker the elder (1821–1897), American attorney, Texas judge and Texas legislator
- James A. Baker (born 1857) (1857–1941), American attorney and banker in Houston, Texas
- James A. Baker, Jr. (1892–1973), American attorney
Other people
- A. J. Baker (1922–2017), known as Jim, Australian philosopher
- James A. Baker (trade unionist) (before 1875–after 1903), Canadian miner; official of Western Federation of Miners
- James Gilbert Baker (1914–2005), American astronomer and optics expert; designed U-2 spy plane lenses; over 50 patents
- James M. Baker (Marine), U.S. Marine who won the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I
- James Robert Baker (1947–1997), American author of satirical, gay-themed transgressional fiction set in Southern California
- James K. Baker, founder of Dragon Systems
- D. James Baker (born 1937), American oceanographer
- Jim Baker (frontiersman) (1818–1898), American trapper, scout and guide; considered one of the most colorful figures of the Old West
- Jimmy Baker (artist) (born 1980), American artist
See also
- 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)