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First name James
November 19, 2025 to December 9, 2025

James A. Garfield

president of the United States in 1881

Top 500 #8 Initials JG #1

James Cameron

Canadian and New-Zealander filmmaker (born 1954)

Top 500 #266 Initials JC #4 Titanic

James Franklin

American college football player | college football coach | quarterback

Top 500 #400 Initials JF #1

James Franco

American actor

Initials JF #2 Oz the Great and Powerful

James VI and I

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

Initials JI #1 Daemonologie

James Gandolfini

American actor (1961–2013)

Initials JG #9 Zero Dark Thirty

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

Initials JC #11 The Godfather

James Stewart

American actor (1908–1997)

Initials JS #5 It's a Wonderful Life

James Norton

British actor

Initials JN #2 Little Women

#10

James Spader

American actor

Initials JS #9 Stargate

#11

James Brolin

American actor

Initials JB #22 Catch Me If You Can

#12

James Harden

American basketball player

Initials JH #14

#13

James Remar

American actor

Initials JR #10 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

#14

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

Initials JH #16

#15

James McAvoy

Scottish actor

Initials JM #15 It: Chapter Two

#16

James Comey

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

Initials JC #23

#17

James VII and II

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

Initials JI #5

#18

James G. Blaine

American politician (1830–1893)

Initials JB #26

#19

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

Initials JD #10

#20

James Gunn

American screenwriter and filmmaker

Initials JG #22 Guardians of the Galaxy

#21

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

Initials JM #18

#22

James Earl Jones

American actor (1931–2024)

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

#23

James Righton

British musician

Initials JR #12

#24

James Buchanan

president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Initials JB #33

#25

James Marsden

American actor

Initials JM #22 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

#26

James Van Der Beek

American actor

Initials JB #34 Scary Movie

#27

James L. Brooks

American director | writer | and producer (born 1940)

Initials JB #36

#28

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

Initials JB #37 The Blues Brothers

#29

James Woods

American actor

Initials JW #15 Casino

#30

James Garner

American film and television actor (1928–2014)

Initials JG #29 The Notebook

#31

James Corden

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

Initials JC #36 Ocean's 8

#32

James Cook

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

Initials JC #37

#33

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

Initials JJ #24 Ulysses

#34

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

Initials JP #16

#35

James Monroe

president of the United States from 1817 to 1825

Initials JM #34

#36

James Cook

American football player (born 1999)

Initials JC #37

#37

James Taylor

American singer and guitarist

Initials JT #18

#38

James Baldwin

American writer (1924–1987)

Initials JB #49 Giovanni's Room

#39

James Talarico

American politician (born 1989)

Initials JT #21

#40

James Cromwell

American actor

Initials JC #50 The Green Mile

#41

James Burke

American gangster (1931–1996)

Initials JB #56

#42

James Hunt

British racing driver (1947–1993)

Initials JH #32

#43

James Coburn

American actor (1928–2002)

Initials JC #56

#44

James Vanderbilt

American screenwriter

Initials JV #10

#45

James Blunt

English singer-songwriter

Initials JB #69

#46

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 #28

#47

James Acaster

English comedian

Initials JA #22 Ghostbusters

#48

James Rudolph Garfield

American lawyer and politician (1865–1950)

Initials JG #43

#49

James Haven

American actor

Initials JH #41 Monster's Ball

#50

James David Rodríguez Rubio

Colombian association football player

Initials JR #31

#51

James Blake

English singer and record producer (born 1988)

Initials JB #76

#52

James Badge Dale

American actor

Initials JD #28 Only the Brave

#53

James May

English television presenter and journalist

Initials JM #61

#54

James Purefoy

British actor

Initials JP #27 V for Vendetta

#55

James Wan

Malaysian-born Australian film director | screenwriter and producer

Initials JW #34

#56

James Jordan

American actor (born 1979)

Initials JJ #47 Wind River

#57

James Arness

American actor (1923–2011)

Initials JA #25

#58

James D. Watson

American molecular biologist | geneticist | zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)

Initials JW #37

#59

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

Initials JC #71

#60

James Mason

British actor (1909–1984)

Initials JM #70

#61

James Carville

American political consultant

Initials JC #79

#62

James Hong

American actor (born 1929)

Initials JH #58 The Day the Earth Stood Still

#63

James D'Arcy

British actor

Initials JD #38 Oppenheimer

#64

James Fox

English actor (born 1939)

Initials JF #32 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

#65

James Callaghan

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

Initials JC #92

#66

James Ransone

American actor

Initials JR #53 It: Chapter Two

#67

James Anderson

English cricketer

Initials JA #35

#68

James Deen

American pornographic actor

Initials JD #43

#69

James Eagan Holmes

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

Initials JH #69

#70

James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough

English aristocrat and 12th Duke of Marlborough

Initials JM #95

#71

James Milner

English association football player

Initials JM #96

#72

James Horner

American film composer and conductor (1953-2015)

Initials JH #73

#73

James Patterson

American author

Initials JP #44 Sundays at Tiffany's

#74

James Cosmo

Scottish actor

Initials JC #110 Troy

#75

James Packer

Australian businessman | investor | and philanthropist

Initials JP #49

#76

James Mattis

United States 26th Secretary of Defense

Initials JM #113

#77

James Herriot

veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995)

Initials JH #87

#78

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

Initials JM #115

#79

James Harrison

American football player | linebacker

Initials JH #90

#80

James Stacy

American actor (1936-2016)

Initials JS #116

#81

James Murray

English actor (born 1975)

Initials JM #117

#82

James McCartney

British musician (born 1977)

Initials JM #119

#83

James Morrison

British singer

Initials JM #126

#84

James Keach

American actor

Initials JK #62

#85

James MacArthur

American actor (1937-2010)

Initials JM #128

#86

James Bolam

British actor

Initials JB #136

#87

James Austin Johnson

American comedian and impressionist

Initials JJ #83 A Complete Unknown

#88

James Marsters

American actor

Initials JM #130

#89

James Callis

English actor

Initials JC #126 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

#90

James Holzhauer

American professional sports gambler and game show contestant

Initials JH #100

#91

James Brady

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

Initials JB #140

#92

James Trafford

English footballer (born 2002)

Initials JT #54

#93

James Tarkowski

English association football player

Initials JT #58

#94

James Murray

British politician and Labour MP

Initials JM #137

#95

James Lafferty

American actor

Initials JL #85

#96

James Dyson

British inventor | industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company

Initials JD #74

#97

James Lance

British actor

Initials JL #88

#98

James R. Jordan, Sr.

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

Initials JS #142

#99

James Whitmore

American actor (1921–2009)

Initials JW #72 The Shawshank Redemption

#100

James Russo

American film and television actor

Initials JR #79 Django Unchained

#101

James Tupper

Canadian actor

Initials JT #64

#102

James Iha

American rock musician

Initials JI #29

#103

James Murray

American comedian and actor (born 1976)

Initials JM #145

#104

James Naismith

Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball

Initials JN #30

#105

James Arthur

English singer and musician (born 1988)

Initials JA #57

#106

James Rothschild

banker

Initials JR #88

#107

James Phelps

British actor

Initials JP #82 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

#108

James Maddison

English association football player (born 1996)

Initials JM #148

#109

James Garner (footballer, born 2001)

English footballer (born 2001)

#110

James Faulkner

English actor

Initials JF #57

#111

James Darren

American actor | singer (1936–2024)

Initials JD #87

#112

James IV of Scotland

King of Scotland (1473-1513)

Initials JS #151

#113

James Buckley

British actor

Initials JB #166

#114

James Doohan

Canadian actor (1920–2005)

Initials JD #92

#115

James Mangold

American film director | screenwriter

Initials JM #154

#116

James Fleet

British actor

Initials JF #60 Sense and Sensibility

#117

James Hewitt

British Army officer (born 1958)

Initials JH #121

#118

James Vowles

British motorsport engineer

Initials JV #22

#119

James Rebhorn

American character actor (1948-2014)

Initials JR #94 Scent of a Woman

#120

James Pickens

American actor

Initials JP #87

#121

James Dougherty

American police officer and husband of Marilyn Monroe

Initials JD #94

#122

James S. Tisch

American businessperson | corporate director. President and CEO | Loews

Initials JT #71

#123

James Best

American actor | musician | artist (1926-2015)

Initials JB #176

#124

James Sinegal

American businessman

Initials JS #165

#125

James Goldsmith

French-British tycoon and politician (1933–1997)

Initials JG #95

#126

James Worthy

American basketball player

Initials JW #88

#127

James J. Braddock

American boxer (1905-1974)

Initials JB #181

#128

James Harrison

Australian blood plasma donor

Initials JH #126

#129

James Nesbitt

Northern Irish actor

Initials JN #40

#130

James V of Scotland

King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542

Initials JS #172

#131

James Redford

American filmmaker (1962–2020)

Initials JR #96

#132

James Longstreet

Confederate Army general

Initials JL #110

#133

James Dreyfus

British actor

Initials JD #97

#134

James Whale

film director

Initials JW #95

#135

James Frain

English stage and screen actor

Initials JF #70 Tron

#136

James Foley

American journalist

Initials JF #73

#137

James Baker

American lawyer and statesman (born 1930)

Initials JB #196

#138

James N. Rowe

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Initials JR #106

#139

James Ingram

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

Initials JI #34

#140

James III of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #187

#141

James Toney

American martial artist

Initials JT #77

#142

James Matthews

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

Initials JM #168

#143

James II of Scotland

Scottish king

Initials JS #191

#144

James Bowie

Initials JB #200

#145

James Michael Tyler

American actor (1962-2021)

Initials JT #78

#146

James Tavernier

English association football player

Initials JT #80

#147

James Marriott

British judge and politician

Initials JM #173

#148

James Kenji Lopez-Alt

American chef and food writer

Initials JL #122

#149

James Hinchcliffe

Canadian race car driver

Initials JH #130

#150

James Denton

American film and television actor

Initials JD #106

#151

James Holland

English writer | historian and broadcaster

Initials JH #132

#152

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

Initials JW #104

#153

James Islington

Australian fantasy novelist

Initials JI #35 The Will of the Many

#154

James I of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #199

#155

James Tolkan

American actor

Initials JT #84 Back to the Future

#156

James Rubin

American diplomat and journalist

Initials JR #120

#157

James Maslow

American actor and singer

Initials JM #190

#158

James Sweeney

American screenwriter | director | and actor

Initials JS #210 Twinless

#159

James Randi

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

Initials JR #122

#160

James Broderick

actor

Initials JB #223 Dog Day Afternoon

#161

James Murphy

American musician

Initials JM #196

#162

James Newton Howard

American composer | conductor | and music producer

Initials JH #143

#163

James Carse

Zimbabwean cricketer

Initials JC #197

#164

James Marshall

American actor

Initials JM #203 A Few Good Men

#165

James Connolly

Irish republican and socialist leader (1868-1916)

Initials JC #202

#166

James O'Keefe

American activist

Initials JO #41

#167

James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell

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

Initials JB #227

#168

James Euringer

lead singer of American band Mindless Self Indulgence

Initials JE #43

#169

James Mason

American National Socialist

Initials JM #70 Siege

#170

James White

American football player | born 1992

Initials JW #119

#171

James Brown

American sportscaster known for being the studio host of The NFL Today and Thursday Night Football on CBS Sports and NFL Network

Initials JB #37

#172

James Martin

British chef and television presenter

Initials JM #209

#173

James Lilja

American musician

Initials JL #147

#174

James L. Dolan

American businessman (born 1955)

Initials JD #126

#175

James Goldstein

American basketball superfan

Initials JG #126

#176

James Murdoch

British media executive

Initials JM #216

#177

James Ward-Prowse

English association football player (born 1994)

Initials JW #124

#178

James Monroe Iglehart

American actor

Initials JI #42

#179

James Roosevelt

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

Initials JR #132

#180

James Daly

American theater | film and television actor

Initials JD #132 Planet of the Apes

#181

James McClean

Irish association football player

Initials JM #223

#182

James Clavell

American novelist (1921-1994)

Initials JC #219

#183

James McFadden

Scottish association football player

Initials JM #227

#184

James Jesus Angleton

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

Initials JA #86

#185

James Forrestal

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

Initials JF #104

#186

James McCaffrey

American actor

Initials JM #233

#187

James Brooke

White Rajah of Sarawak

#188

James Taylor

American singer and actor; member of Kool & the Gang

Initials JT #103

#189

James Nelson-Joyce

English actor

Initials JN #60

#190

James Stockdale

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient

#191

James O'Brien

British radio presenter

Initials JO #46

#192

James Mitchum

actor from the United States

Initials JM #246

#193

James Fenimore Cooper

American author

Initials JC #238 The Last of the Mohicans

#194

James Robertson Justice

British actor

Initials JJ #158 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

#195

James DeBarge

American singer

Initials JD #147

#196

James McAtee

English footballer

#197

James LeGros

American actor

Initials JL #166 Zodiac

#198

James Arnold Taylor

American voice actor

Initials JT #110

#199

James Forten

American businessman

Initials JF #111

#200

James Files

Self confessed Grassy knoll shooter

Initials JF #112

First name JamesNovember 19, 2025 to December 9, 2025

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First name James
November 19, 2025 to December 9, 2025