James Simpson

James, Jim, or Jimmy Simpson may refer to:

Politicians

• James Simpson (Canadian politician) (1873–1938), Canadian trade unionist and mayor of Toronto (1935)
• James Simpson (Ugandan politician) (1908–1994), Minister of Economic Affairs in the first Cabinet of Uganda
• James Simpson Jr. (1905–1960), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Jim Simpson (Australian politician) (1905–1968), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Sportspeople

• Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1873) (1873–?), Scottish footballer
• Jimmy Simpson (American football) (1897–1979), blocking back in the National Football League
• Jimmy Simpson (motorcyclist) (1898–1981), British motorcycle racer
• Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1972), Scottish footballer
• Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2010), English footballer
• Jim Simpson (sportscaster) (1927–2016), American sportscaster
• Jim Simpson (footballer, born 1959), Scottish footballer
• Jimmy Simpson (racing driver) (born 1992), American racing driver
• Jimmy Simpson (North Carolinian racing driver), American racing driver

Other people

• James Simpson (advocate) (1781–1853), Scottish advocate and author
• James Simpson (Scottish architect) (1830-1894)
• James Simpson (British Army officer) (1792–1868), general of the British Army
• James Simpson (civil servant) (c. 1792–1857), early Australian civil servant and property developer
• James Simpson (engineer) (1799–1869), president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1853–1855
• James Young Simpson (1811–1870), Scottish surgeon and pioneer in use of chloroform as anaesthetic
• James H. Simpson (1813–1883), surveyor of the American West for the U.S. Army.
• James Young Simpson (minister) (c. 1843–1898), Methodist minister in South Australia; nephew of the surgeon
• James Simpson (priest) (1865–1948), Dean of Peterborough (1928–1942)
• James Young Simpson (diplomat) (1873–1934), Scottish professor of natural science and a diplomat; great nephew of the surgeon
• James Simpson (explorer) (1911–2002), polar explorer
• James B. Simpson (1927–2002), American journalist and Episcopal priest, known for Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
• James E. Simpson Jr. (1928–1999), Kentucky politician
• James Jenkins Simpson, British entomologist and marine biologist
• James Simpson (academic) (born 1954), Australian academic
• James Simpson (minister) (fl. 1970s–1990s), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
• Jimmi Simpson (born 1975), American actor
• James Simpson (government official) (fl. 2010s), New Jersey Department of Transportation commissioner and former Federal Transit Administrator for the United States DOT
• Jimbo Simpson (?–2018), Northern Irish paramilitary
• James Alexander Simpson (1805–1880), American painter

See also

• James Simson (1740–1770), medical academic
• James Simson (surgeon) (1795–1876), Edinburgh surgeon
• Jamie Simpson (born 1986), Australian rugby league coach with the Central Queensland Capras