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First name James
August 7, 2026

James David Rodríguez Rubio

Colombian association football player

Top 500 #49 Initials JR #1

James Norton

British actor

Top 500 #435 Initials JN #2 Rush

James Van Der Beek

American actor (1977–2026)

Top 500 #496 Initials JB #10 Scary Movie

James A. Garfield

president of the United States in 1881

Initials JG #6

James Marsden

American actor

Initials JM #9 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

James Gandolfini

American actor (1961–2013)

Initials JG #7

James Talarico

American politician (born 1989)

Initials JT #5

James Cameron

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

Initials JC #11 Titanic

James Gunn

American screenwriter and filmmaker (born 1966)

Initials JG #9 Guardians of the Galaxy

#10

James Franco

American actor (born 1978)

Initials JF #3 Spider-Man

#11

James VI and I

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

Initials JI #1

#12

James Taylor

American singer and guitarist

Initials JT #12

#13

James Spader

American actor

Initials JS #10 Lincoln

#14

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)

Initials JM #14

#15

James Stewart

American actor and military officer (1908–1997)

Initials JS #12 Vertigo

#16

James Woods

American actor

Initials JW #4 Casino

#17

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

Initials JC #22 The Godfather

#18

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

Initials JH #6

#19

James Garner

American film and television actor (1928–2014)

Initials JG #15 The Notebook

#20

James Earl Jones

American actor (1931–2024)

Initials JJ #12 The Hunt for Red October

#21

James Fishback

American political activist

Initials JF #6

#22

James Hunt

British racing driver (1947–1993)

Initials JH #7

#23

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

Initials JD #9

#24

James Brolin

American actor (born 1940)

Initials JB #24 Catch Me If You Can

#25

James Handy

American actor (1945–2026)

Initials JH #11 Top Gun: Maverick

#26

James VII and II

King of England | Scotland | and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 (1633–1701)

Initials JI #5

#27

James McAvoy

Scottish actor (born 1979)

Initials JM #25 Speak No Evil

#28

James Monroe

president of the United States from 1817 to 1825 (1758–1831)

Initials JM #26

#29

James Stagg

British meteorologist (1900-1975)

Initials JS #26

#30

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

Initials JB #33 The Blues Brothers

#31

James S.C. Chao

Chinese-American businessman

Initials JC #30

#32

James Remar

American actor (born 1953)

Initials JR #15 Oppenheimer

#33

James Purnell

BBC's Director of Radio and Education | former Labour minister

Initials JP #11

#34

James Buchanan

president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Initials JB #38

#35

James Corden

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

Initials JC #34 Ocean's 8

#36

James Trafford

English footballer (born 2002)

Initials JT #22

#37

James Harden

American basketball player

Initials JH #23

#38

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849 (1795–1849)

Initials JP #14

#39

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

Initials JC #42

#40

James Baldwin

American writer (1924–1987)

Initials JB #49 Giovanni's Room

#41

James Cromwell

American actor (born 1940)

Initials JC #47 I | Robot

#42

James Carville

American political consultant

Initials JC #49

#43

James Purefoy

British actor

Initials JP #19 Masters of the Universe

#44

James Ransone

American actor (1979–2025)

Initials JR #23 The Black Phone

#45

James Cook

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

Initials JC #50

#46

James May

English television presenter and journalist

Initials JM #46

#47

James Burrows

American television director

Initials JB #55

#48

James Wan

Malaysian-born Australian film director | screenwriter and producer

Initials JW #19

#49

James Coburn

American actor (1928–2002)

Initials JC #55

#50

James L. Dolan

American businessman (born 1955)

Initials JD #27

#51

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

Initials JJ #32 Ulysses

#52

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 #32

#53

James J. Braddock

American boxer (1905-1974)

Initials JB #64

#54

James Nesbitt

Northern Irish actor

Initials JN #14

#55

James Arness

American actor (1923–2011)

Initials JA #29

#56

James Milner

English association football player

Initials JM #68

#57

James Burke

American gangster (1931–1996)

Initials JB #70

#58

James Fox

English actor (born 1939)

Initials JF #25 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

#59

James Vanderbilt

American screenwriter

Initials JV #12

#60

James Acaster

English comedian (born 1985)

Initials JA #32

#61

James Holder

businessman

Initials JH #54

#62

James Blunt

English singer-songwriter

Initials JB #78

#63

James Callaghan

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

Initials JC #81

#64

James Badge Dale

American actor

Initials JD #36 The Departed

#65

James Lafferty

American actor

Initials JL #57

#66

James Mason

British actor (1909–1984)

Initials JM #76 North by Northwest

#67

James Righton

British musician

Initials JR #45

#68

James Hong

American actor (born 1929)

Initials JH #60 Blade Runner

#69

James Longstreet

Confederate Army general (1821–1904)

Initials JL #66

#70

James Haven

American actor

Initials JH #63

#71

James David Manning

American clergyman

Initials JM #86

#72

James Duval

American actor

Initials JD #45 Independence Day

#73

James Rebhorn

American character actor (1948-2014)

Initials JR #57 Independence Day

#74

James Darren

American actor | singer (1936–2024)

Initials JD #51

#75

James Patterson

American author

Initials JP #53 Sundays at Tiffany's

#76

James Blake

English singer and record producer (born 1988)

Initials JB #101

#77

James Buckley

British actor

Initials JB #102

#78

James Eagan Holmes

Mass murderer convicted of 2012 Aurora shooting

Initials JH #77

#79

James D'Arcy

British actor

Initials JD #56 Oppenheimer

#80

James Dyson

British inventor | industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company

Initials JD #58

#81

James MacArthur

American actor (1937-2010)

Initials JM #104

#82

James Horner

American film composer and conductor (1953-2015)

Initials JH #82

#83

James Deen

American pornographic actor

Initials JD #61

#84

James Wood

American baseball player

Initials JW #46

#85

James Bolam

British actor

Initials JB #119

#86

James Best

American actor | musician | artist (1926-2015)

Initials JB #120

#87

James Cosmo

Scottish actor

Initials JC #137 Troy

#88

James Pankow

American musician | member of Chicago

Initials JP #69

#89

James Maddison

English association football player (born 1996)

Initials JM #116

#90

James Stacy

American actor (1936-2016)

Initials JS #140

#91

James Marsters

American actor (born 1962)

Initials JM #122

#92

James Watkins

British writer and film director

Initials JW #55

#93

James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern

Lord Chancellor | 1987-1997

Initials JC #145

#94

James L. Brooks

American director | writer | and producer (born 1940)

Initials JB #128

#95

James Watt

British entrepreneur; co-founder of BrewDog

Initials JW #63

#96

James Iha

American rock musician

Initials JI #23

#97

James Whitmore

American actor (1921–2009)

Initials JW #67 The Shawshank Redemption

#98

James Tupper

Canadian actor

Initials JT #53

#99

James Keach

American actor (born 1947)

Initials JK #68

#100

James Mangold

American film director | screenwriter

Initials JM #136

#101

James Michael Tyler

American actor (1962-2021)

Initials JT #54

#102

James Murray

American comedian and actor (born 1976)

Initials JM #138

#103

James Fleet

British actor

Initials JF #47

#104

James Bimby Aquino-Yap

Filipino child actor

Initials JA #58

#105

James Dougherty

American police officer and husband of Marilyn Monroe (1921–2005)

Initials JD #76

#106

James Hewitt

British Army officer (born 1958)

Initials JH #105

#107

James Naismith

Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball

Initials JN #37

#108

James Murray

British politician and Labour MP

Initials JM #147

#109

James Lance

British actor

Initials JL #103

#110

James Dreyfus

British actor

Initials JD #79

#111

James Barry

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

Initials JB #167

#112

James Goldstein

American basketball superfan

Initials JG #84

#113

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

Initials JM #153

#114

James Worthy

American basketball player

Initials JW #81

#115

James Blake

American tennis player

Initials JB #170

#116

James Anderson

English cricketer

Initials JA #63

#117

James Mitchum

actor from the United States

Initials JM #154

#118

James McCartney

British musician (born 1977)

Initials JM #155

#119

James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough

English aristocrat and 12th Duke of Marlborough

Initials JM #156

#120

James Mattis

United States 26th Secretary of Defense

Initials JM #158

#121

James Doohan

Canadian actor (1920–2005)

Initials JD #87

#122

James Jordan

American actor (born 1979)

Initials JJ #97 Wind River

#123

James Comey

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

Initials JC #167

#124

James Bowie

Initials JB #184

#125

James DeBarge

American singer

Initials JD #94

#126

James Cleverly

British politician (born 1969)

Initials JC #170

#127

James Strom Thurmond Jr.

American politician | son of Strom Thurmond

Initials JJ #102

#128

James Herriot

veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995)

Initials JH #119

#129

James R. Jordan, Sr.

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

Initials JS #179

#130

James II of Scotland

Scottish king

Initials JS #185

#131

James Tolkan

American actor

Initials JT #65 Back to the Future

#132

James Frain

English stage and screen actor

Initials JF #60

#133

James Arthur

English singer and musician (born 1988)

Initials JA #75

#134

James I of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #191

#135

James Austin Johnson

American comedian and impressionist

Initials JJ #112 A Complete Unknown

#136

James Ingram

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

Initials JI #33

#137

James Redford

American filmmaker (1962–2020)

Initials JR #103

#138

James Baker

American lawyer and statesman (born 1930)

Initials JB #202

#139

James Sinegal

American businessman

Initials JS #205

#140

James Broderick

actor

Initials JB #207 Dog Day Afternoon

#141

James Holland

English writer | historian and broadcaster

Initials JH #134

#142

James Patrick Stuart

American actor

Initials JS #212 Pretty Woman

#143

James Nelson-Joyce

English actor

Initials JN #49

#144

James Murdoch

British media executive (born 1972)

Initials JM #183

#145

James Maslow

American actor and singer

Initials JM #185

#146

James Coonan

American gangster

Initials JC #189

#147

James Mason

American National Socialist

Initials JM #76 Siege

#148

James Harrison

American football player | linebacker

Initials JH #138

#149

James Russo

American film and television actor

Initials JR #107 Django Unchained

#150

James Rouse

American businessman

Initials JR #108

#151

James III of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #218

#152

James G. Blaine

American politician (1830–1893)

Initials JB #212

#153

James Brady

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

Initials JB #213

#154

James Rothschild

banker

Initials JR #109

#155

James Newton Howard

American composer | conductor | and music producer

Initials JH #145

#156

James Jesus Angleton

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

Initials JA #86

#157

James Marion Sims

American physician and gynecologist (1813-1883)

Initials JS #221

#158

James Ellroy

Novelist | short story writer | essayist | memoirist

Initials JE #38

#159

James Johnson

American basketball player

Initials JJ #127

#160

James Holzhauer

American professional sports gambler and game show contestant

Initials JH #153

#161

James Foley

American journalist

Initials JF #82

#162

James Paxton

American actor

Initials JP #113

#163

James Euringer

lead singer of American band Mindless Self Indulgence

Initials JE #41

#164

James Gammon

American actor

Initials JG #125 The Man in the Iron Mask

#165

James D. Watson

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

Initials JW #116

#166

James Marshall

American actor

Initials JM #208 A Few Good Men

#167

James Callis

English actor

Initials JC #203

#168

James LeGros

American actor

Initials JL #144 Born on the Fourth of July

#169

James Goldsmith

French-British tycoon and politician (1933–1997)

Initials JG #130

#170

James Gregory

actor

Initials JG #131

#171

James Randi

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

Initials JR #124

#172

James Franciscus

actor (1934-1991)

Initials JF #87

#173

James A. Michener

American author

Initials JM #213

#174

James Arnold Taylor

American voice actor

Initials JT #93

#175

James Toney

American martial artist

Initials JT #94

#176

James Pickens

American actor

Initials JP #120

#177

James Sweeney

American screenwriter | director | and actor

Initials JS #243

#178

James Nnaji

Nigerian basketball player

Initials JN #61

#179

James Roosevelt

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

Initials JR #128

#180

James Sie

American actor

#181

James Denton

American film and television actor

Initials JD #131

#182

James Daly

American theater | film and television actor

Initials JD #133

#183

James Penrice

association football player

Initials JP #126

#184

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

Initials JW #122

#185

James Fenimore Cooper

American author

Initials JC #218 The Last of the Mohicans

#186

James IV of Scotland

King of Scotland (1473-1513)

#187

James Tavernier

English association football player

Initials JT #99

#188

James Carpinello

American actor

Initials JC #221

#189

James McCaffrey

American actor

Initials JM #225

#190

James Farentino

American actor

Initials JF #98

#191

James Taylor

American singer and actor; member of Kool & the Gang

Initials JT #100

#192

James Tedesco

Australian rugby league player

Initials JT #101

#193

James Pearce Jr.

American football player (born 2003)

Initials JJ #152

#194

James Connolly

Irish republican and socialist leader (1868-1916)

Initials JC #233

#195

James Ward-Prowse

English association football player (born 1994)

Initials JW #133

#196

James Garner (footballer, born 2001)

English association football player (born 2001)

#197

James Waterston

American actor

Initials JW #134 Dead Poets Society

#198

James Thornton

British actor

Initials JT #107

#199

James Drury

Former actor; oil and natural gas business

Initials JD #144

#200

James Dobson

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

Initials JD #145

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