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First name James
October 1, 2025 to October 21, 2025

James Franklin

American college football player | college football coach | quarterback

Top 500 #60 Initials JF #2

James Norton

British actor

Top 500 #91 Initials JN #1 Little Women

James Gunn

American screenwriter and filmmaker

Top 500 #252 Initials JG #3 Guardians of the Galaxy

James Talarico

American politician (born 1989)

Initials JT #3

James VI and I

King of Scotland (r. 1567–1625); King of England and Ireland (r. 1603–25)

Initials JI #1

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

Initials JD #5

James Franco

American actor

Initials JF #4 Alien: Covenant

James Gandolfini

American actor (1961–2013)

Initials JG #12 Zero Dark Thirty

James A. Garfield

president of the United States in 1881

Initials JG #13

#10

James Cameron

Canadian and New-Zealander filmmaker (born 1954)

Initials JC #16 Titanic

#11

James Comey

American lawyer and 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1960)

Initials JC #17

#12

James Spader

American actor

Initials JS #10 Baby Boom

#13

James Righton

British musician

Initials JR #7

#14

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

Initials JC #25 The Godfather

#15

James Van Der Beek

American actor

Initials JB #20 Scary Movie

#16

James Buchanan

president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Initials JB #25

#17

James Stewart

American actor (1908–1997)

Initials JS #23 Vertigo

#18

James Brolin

American actor

Initials JB #30 Catch Me If You Can

#19

James McAvoy

Scottish actor

Initials JM #26 It: Chapter Two

#20

James Marsden

American actor

Initials JM #28 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

#21

James Wan

Malaysian-born Australian film director | screenwriter and producer

Initials JW #13

#22

James Earl Jones

American actor

Initials JJ #18 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#23

James Taylor

American singer and guitarist

Initials JT #16

#24

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

Initials JB #34 The Blues Brothers

#25

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

Initials JM #34

#26

James Woods

American actor

Initials JW #15 Casino

#27

James Garner

American film and television actor (1928–2014)

Initials JG #27 The Notebook

#28

James Tupper

Canadian actor

Initials JT #17

#29

James Remar

American actor

Initials JR #18 Oppenheimer

#30

James Earl Ray

American criminal | convicted for the murder of civil rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968

Initials JR #20

#31

James Corden

English actor | comedian | singer and television host (born 1978)

Initials JC #41

#32

James Badge Dale

American actor

Initials JD #16 The Departed

#33

James Baldwin

American writer (1924–1987)

Initials JB #43 Giovanni's Room

#34

James Cook

British explorer | cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)

Initials JC #42

#35

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

Initials JH #24

#36

James Harden

American basketball player

Initials JH #25

#37

James May

English television presenter and journalist

Initials JM #43

#38

James VII and II

King of England | Scotland | and Ireland (1633–1701)

Initials JI #6

#39

James Mattis

United States 26th Secretary of Defense

Initials JM #46

#40

James Cromwell

American actor

Initials JC #51 The Green Mile

#41

James Ransone

American actor

Initials JR #28 The Black Phone

#42

James Mitchum

actor from the United States

Initials JM #52

#43

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

Initials JJ #30 Ulysses

#44

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

Initials JP #28

#45

James Monroe

president of the United States from 1817 to 1825

Initials JM #58

#46

James Arness

American actor (1923–2011)

Initials JA #24

#47

James Morrison

British singer

Initials JM #67

#48

James Milner

English association football player

Initials JM #68

#49

James Coburn

American actor (1928–2002)

Initials JC #68

#50

James Cook

American football player (born 1999)

Initials JC #42

#51

James Marion Sims

American physician and gynecologist (1813-1883)

Initials JS #67

#52

James Hunt

British racing driver (1947–1993)

Initials JH #46

#53

James David Rodríguez Rubio

Colombian association football player

Initials JR #39

#54

James Acaster

English comedian

Initials JA #27 Ghostbusters

#55

James Purefoy

British actor

Initials JP #36 V for Vendetta

#56

James Burke

American gangster (1931–1996)

Initials JB #83

#57

James Herriot

veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995)

Initials JH #51

#58

James Callaghan

former prime minister of the United Kingdom (1912–2005)

Initials JC #82

#59

James Blunt

English singer-songwriter

Initials JB #88

#60

James Mason

British actor (1909–1984)

Initials JM #82

#61

James D'Arcy

British actor

Initials JD #36 Oppenheimer

#62

James Sweeney

American screenwriter | director | and actor

Initials JS #80 Twinless

#63

James Redford

American filmmaker (1962–2020)

Initials JR #45

#64

James Fox

English actor (born 1939)

Initials JF #29 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

#65

James Eagan Holmes

American mass murderer | perpetrator of the July 20 | 2012 mass shooting at a Century movie theater in Aurora | Colorado

Initials JH #58

#66

James Buckley

British actor

Initials JB #96

#67

James Austin Johnson

American comedian and impressionist

Initials JJ #52 A Complete Unknown

#68

James Deen

American pornographic actor

Initials JD #44

#69

James Whitmore

American actor (1921–2009)

Initials JW #42 The Shawshank Redemption

#70

James Hong

American actor (born 1929)

Initials JH #64 Blade Runner

#71

James Cosmo

Scottish actor

Initials JC #104 Highlander

#72

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

Initials JC #105

#73

James Haven

American actor

Initials JH #70

#74

James Goldsmith

Anglo-French billionaire financier and tycoon (1933-1997)

Initials JG #60

#75

James Horner

American film composer and conductor (1953-2015)

Initials JH #75

#76

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

Initials JM #117

#77

James Stacy

American actor (1936-2016)

Initials JS #110 Something Wicked This Way Comes

#78

James L. Brooks

American director | writer | and producer

Initials JB #116

#79

James Frain

English stage and screen actor

Initials JF #44 Tron: Legacy

#80

James Callis

English actor

Initials JC #117 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

#81

James Harrison

American football player | linebacker

Initials JH #84

#82

James Lafferty

American actor

Initials JL #78

#83

James Iha

American rock musician

Initials JI #20

#84

James Marsters

American actor

Initials JM #131

#85

James Patterson

American author

Initials JP #67 Sundays at Tiffany's

#86

James Bolam

British actor

Initials JB #127

#87

James Carville

American political consultant

Initials JC #125

#88

James Vanderbilt

American screenwriter

Initials JV #18

#89

James Blake

English singer and record producer (born 1988)

Initials JB #138

#90

James Baker

American lawyer and statesman (born 1930)

Initials JB #141

#91

James Dobson

American Evangelical Christian psychologist | author | and radio broadcaster (1936–2025)

Initials JD #71

#92

James Barry

19th century British surgeon known for medical reforms and personal life

Initials JB #146

#93

James Keach

American actor

Initials JK #61

#94

James Foley

American journalist

Initials JF #57

#95

James Mangold

American film director | screenwriter

Initials JM #139

#96

James Doohan

Canadian actor (1920–2005)

Initials JD #76

#97

James Best

American actor | musician | artist (1926-2015)

Initials JB #154

#98

James Murray

American comedian and actor (born 1976)

Initials JM #141

#99

James Trafford

English footballer (born 2002)

Initials JT #62

#100

James MacArthur

American actor (1937-2010)

Initials JM #145

#101

James Maddison

English association football player (born 1996)

Initials JM #146

#102

James Dyson

British inventor | industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company

Initials JD #87

#103

James McCartney

British musician (born 1977)

Initials JM #149

#104

James Thornton

British actor

Initials JT #67

#105

James D. Watson

American molecular biologist | geneticist | and zoologist (born 1928)

Initials JW #80

#106

James Maslow

American actor and singer

Initials JM #152

#107

James Dreyfus

British actor

Initials JD #90

#108

James Murdoch

British media executive

Initials JM #158

#109

James Nesbitt

Northern Irish actor

Initials JN #37 Match Point

#110

James Lance

British actor

Initials JL #109

#111

James IV of Scotland

King of Scotland (1473-1513)

Initials JS #159

#112

James Marshall

American actor

Initials JM #164 A Few Good Men

#113

James Pickens

American profesor

Initials JP #90

#114

James Bourne

British musician

Initials JB #180

#115

James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough

English aristocrat and 12th Duke of Marlborough

Initials JM #166

#116

James Naismith

Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball

Initials JN #39

#117

James Jude Courtney

American actor and stunt performer

Initials JC #159 Halloween Ends

#118

James Dougherty

American police officer and husband of Marilyn Monroe

Initials JD #95

#119

James R. Jordan, Sr.

murder victim | father of basketball player Michael Jordan (1936-1993)

Initials JS #174

#120

James Darren

American actor | singer (1936–2024)

Initials JD #96

#121

James Longstreet

Confederate Army general

Initials JL #115

#122

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

Initials JW #90

#123

James Brady

White House Press Secretary under Ronald Reagan (1940-2014)

Initials JB #186

#124

James Bowie

Initials JB #187

#125

James McClean

Irish association football player

Initials JM #176

#126

James Ward-Prowse

English association football player (born 1994)

Initials JW #97

#127

James V of Scotland

King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542

Initials JS #187

#128

James Russo

American film and television actor

Initials JR #108 Django Unchained

#129

James Scott

American criminal | born 1969

Initials JS #189

#130

James Randi

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

Initials JR #111

#131

James Newton Howard

American composer | conductor | and music producer

Initials JH #124

#132

James Tarkowski

English association football player

Initials JT #81

#133

James Nelson-Joyce

English actor

Initials JN #44

#134

James III of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #196

#135

James II of Scotland

Scottish king

Initials JS #198

#136

James Meredith

American civil rights movement figure | a writer | and a political adviser

Initials JM #193

#137

James Michael Tyler

American actor (1962-2021)

Initials JT #83

#138

James Whale

film director

Initials JW #105

#139

James I of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #199

#140

James Bowen

author and musician

Initials JB #204

#141

James Hewitt

British Army officer (born 1958)

Initials JH #132

#142

James Gammon

American actor

Initials JG #121

#143

James Holzhauer

American professional sports gambler and game show contestant

Initials JH #133

#144

James J. Braddock

American boxer (1905-1974)

Initials JB #206

#145

James Houston

American football player (born 1998)

Initials JH #135

#146

James Walkinshaw

American politician

Initials JW #111

#147

James Ingram

American singer-songwriter and record producer (1952–2019)

Initials JI #29

#148

James Jordan

American actor (born 1979)

Initials JJ #120 Wind River

#149

James Packer

Australian businessman | investor | and philanthropist

Initials JP #111

#150

James Forrestal

United States Navy officer and civil servant | Undersecretary of the Navy

Initials JF #83

#151

James Fleet

British actor

Initials JF #84

#152

James Frey

American writer

Initials JF #85 A Million Little Pieces

#153

James Tedesco

Australian rugby league player

Initials JT #87

#154

James Cleverly

British politician (born 1969)

Initials JC #185

#155

James Shaffer

American musician

Initials JS #210

#156

James Connolly

Irish republican and socialist leader (1868-1916)

Initials JC #188

#157

James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell

1st Duke of Orkney and third and final husband of Mary | Queen of Scots

Initials JB #213

#158

James Stockdale

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient

Initials JS #213

#159

James Tavernier

English association football player

Initials JT #88

#160

James Jesus Angleton

chief of the CIA's counterintelligence (CI) staff from 1954 to 1975

Initials JA #93

#161

James Worthy

American basketball player

Initials JW #117

#162

James Euringer

lead singer of American band Mindless Self Indulgence

Initials JE #43

#163

James Rubin

American diplomat and journalist

Initials JR #121

#164

James Anderson

English cricketer

Initials JA #94

#165

James Franciscus

actor (1934-1991)

Initials JF #90

#166

James Rothschild

banker

Initials JR #125

#167

James O'Keefe

American activist

Initials JO #39

#168

James Denton

American film and television actor

Initials JD #127

#169

James Watkins

British writer and film director

Initials JW #121

#170

James Arthur

English singer and musician (born 1988)

Initials JA #100

#171

James Clavell

American novelist (1921-1994)

Initials JC #205

#172

James Faulkner

English actor

Initials JF #94

#173

James Farentino

American actor

Initials JF #95

#174

James Toney

American martial artist

Initials JT #94

#175

James B. Donovan

American diplomat and politician

Initials JD #135

#176

James O'Connor

Australian rugby union player

Initials JO #43

#177

James Gregory

actor

Initials JG #136

#178

James Rebhorn

American character actor (1948-2014)

Initials JR #135 The Talented Mr. Ripley

#179

James Broderick

actor

Initials JB #234 Dog Day Afternoon

#180

James LeGros

American actor

Initials JL #143 Zodiac

#181

James Kenji Lopez-Alt

American chef and food writer

Initials JL #144

#182

James Waterston

American actor

Initials JW #126 Dead Poets Society

#183

James Duval

American actor

Initials JD #139 Donnie Darko

#184

James Slipper

Australian rugby union player

Initials JS #239

#185

James McCaffrey

American actor

Initials JM #238

#186

James Mason

American National Socialist

Initials JM #82 Siege

#187

James Roosevelt

son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1907-1991)

Initials JR #143

#188

James L. Dolan

American businessman (born 1955)

Initials JD #144

#189

James van Riemsdyk

ice hockey player

Initials JR #145

#190

James Neesham

New Zealand cricketer

Initials JN #55

#191

James Fenimore Cooper

American author

Initials JC #227 The Last of the Mohicans

#192

James Murphy

American musician

Initials JM #249

#193

James Holland

English writer | historian and broadcaster

Initials JH #176

#194

James Matthews

British former professional racing driver | hedge fund manager | and heir to the Scottish title of Laird of Glen Affric

#195

James A. Michener

American author

#196

James Sinegal

American businessman

#197

James Karen

American actor

Initials JK #118 Mulholland Drive

#198

James Lankford

American politician (born 1968)

Initials JL #162

#199

James Martin

British chef and television presenter

#200

James Phelps

British actor

Initials JP #145 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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First name James
October 1, 2025 to October 21, 2025