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First name James
March 24, 2026

James Talarico

American politician (born 1989)

Top 500 #15 Initials JT #1

James Van Der Beek

American actor (1977–2026)

Top 500 #205 Initials JB #5 Scary Movie

James A. Garfield

president of the United States in 1881

Top 500 #483 Initials JG #6

James Marsden

American actor

Initials JM #4 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

James Franco

American actor

Initials JF #2 Spider-Man

James Fishback

American investor

Initials JF #4

James VI and I

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

Initials JI #1

James Gandolfini

American actor (1961–2013)

Initials JG #8 Zero Dark Thirty

James Ransone

American actor (1979–2025)

Initials JR #4 The Black Phone

#10

James Spader

American actor

Initials JS #10 Secretary

#11

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

Initials JC #18 The Godfather

#12

James Brolin

American actor

Initials JB #17 Catch Me If You Can

#13

James Cameron

Canadian and New-Zealander filmmaker (born 1954)

Initials JC #22 Titanic

#14

James Harden

American basketball player

Initials JH #7

#15

James Woods

American actor

Initials JW #7 Scary Movie

#16

James Norton

British actor

Initials JN #4 Little Women

#17

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

Initials JD #10

#18

James McAvoy

Scottish actor (born 1979)

Initials JM #20 Atonement

#19

James Milner

English association football player

Initials JM #22

#20

James Carville

American political consultant

Initials JC #27

#21

James McCartney

British musician (born 1977)

Initials JM #23

#22

James VII and II

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

Initials JI #5

#23

James Stewart

American actor (1908–1997)

Initials JS #17

#24

James Taylor

American singer and guitarist

Initials JT #15

#25

James Earl Jones

American actor (1931–2024)

Initials JJ #16 Scary Movie

#26

James Madison

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

Initials JM #30

#27

James Garner

American film and television actor (1928–2014)

Initials JG #20 The Notebook

#28

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

Initials JB #30 The Blues Brothers

#29

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

Initials JH #18

#30

James Baldwin

American writer (1924–1987)

Initials JB #36 Giovanni's Room

#31

James Gunn

American screenwriter and filmmaker

Initials JG #24 Guardians of the Galaxy

#32

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

#33

James Blake

English singer and record producer (born 1988)

Initials JB #42

#34

James Cromwell

American actor

Initials JC #46 I | Robot

#35

James Blunt

English singer-songwriter

Initials JB #44

#36

James Cook

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

Initials JC #47

#37

James Watt

British entrepreneur; co-founder of BrewDog

Initials JW #18

#38

James Buchanan

president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Initials JB #47

#39

James Botham

Welsh rugby union player

Initials JB #50

#40

James Vanderbilt

American screenwriter

Initials JV #6

#41

James K. Polk

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

Initials JP #25

#42

James Murdoch

British media executive

Initials JM #44

#43

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

Initials JJ #23 Ulysses

#44

James Neesham

New Zealand cricketer

Initials JN #8

#45

James Badge Dale

American actor

Initials JD #21 The Departed

#46

James Monroe

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

Initials JM #47

#47

James Burke

American gangster (1931–1996)

Initials JB #57

#48

James Patterson

American author

Initials JP #27 Sundays at Tiffany's

#49

James Foley

American journalist

Initials JF #19

#50

James David Rodríguez Rubio

Colombian association football player

Initials JR #29

#51

James Corden

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

Initials JC #64

#52

James Purefoy

British actor

Initials JP #35 V for Vendetta

#53

James Mattis

United States 26th Secretary of Defense

Initials JM #61

#54

James Coburn

American actor (1928–2002)

Initials JC #66

#55

James Remar

American actor

Initials JR #36 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

#56

James Arness

American actor (1923–2011)

Initials JA #25

#57

James Wan

Malaysian-born Australian film director | screenwriter and producer

Initials JW #34

#58

James Mason

British actor (1909–1984)

Initials JM #74

#59

James Nesbitt

Northern Irish actor

Initials JN #17

#60

James Hunt

British racing driver (1947–1993)

Initials JH #45

#61

James May

English television presenter and journalist

Initials JM #76

#62

James Hong

American actor (born 1929)

Initials JH #46 Everything Everywhere All at Once

#63

James Acaster

English comedian (born 1985)

Initials JA #26 Ghostbusters

#64

James Righton

British musician

Initials JR #46

#65

James Lafferty

American actor

Initials JL #56

#66

James Pearce Jr.

American football player (born 2003)

Initials JJ #42

#67

James Buckley

British actor

Initials JB #84 Mother's Pride

#68

James Tupper

Canadian actor

Initials JT #33

#69

James Haven

American actor

Initials JH #50 Monster's Ball

#70

James MacArthur

American actor (1937-2010)

Initials JM #94

#71

James Fox

English actor (born 1939)

Initials JF #33 Effie

#72

James Callaghan

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

Initials JC #96

#73

James David Bevan

British diplomat

Initials JB #100

#74

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

Initials JC #98

#75

James Rothschild

banker

Initials JR #56

#76

James Herriot

veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995)

Initials JH #55

#77

James Rubin

American diplomat and journalist

Initials JR #57

#78

James Austin Johnson

American comedian and impressionist

Initials JJ #51 A Complete Unknown

#79

James Eagan Holmes

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

Initials JH #57

#80

James Wade

English darts player

Initials JW #48

#81

James Deen

American pornographic actor

Initials JD #47

#82

James Comey

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

Initials JC #111

#83

James Vaughan

English association football player (born 1988)

Initials JV #15

#84

James Murray

English actor (born 1975)

Initials JM #113

#85

James Cosmo

Scottish actor

Initials JC #120 Highlander

#86

James D'Arcy

British actor

Initials JD #53 Oppenheimer

#87

James L. Brooks

American director | writer | and producer (born 1940)

Initials JB #121

#88

James Tarkowski

English association football player

Initials JT #48

#89

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

Initials JM #115

#90

James Maddison

English association football player (born 1996)

Initials JM #117

#91

James Horner

American film composer and conductor (1953-2015)

Initials JH #67

#92

James Boswell

Scottish lawyer | diarist and author

Initials JB #126

#93

James Bolam

British actor

Initials JB #127

#94

James Jordan

American actor (born 1979)

Initials JJ #64 Wind River

#95

James Marsters

American actor

Initials JM #124

#96

James Lankford

American politician (born 1968)

Initials JL #82

#97

James Doohan

Canadian actor (1920–2005)

Initials JD #57

#98

James McCaffrey

American actor

Initials JM #126

#99

James Murray

American comedian and actor (born 1976)

Initials JM #128

#100

James Paxton

Canadian baseball player

Initials JP #64

#101

James Naismith

Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball

Initials JN #29

#102

James Tavernier

English association football player

Initials JT #53

#103

James Forrestal

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

Initials JF #44

#104

James Pickens

American actor

Initials JP #68

#105

James Fleet

British actor

Initials JF #47

#106

James Whitmore

American actor (1921–2009)

Initials JW #73 The Shawshank Redemption

#107

James Maslow

American actor and singer

Initials JM #140

#108

James Keach

American actor (born 1947)

Initials JK #65

#109

James Stacy

American actor (1936-2016)

Initials JS #138

#110

James Darren

American actor | singer (1936–2024)

Initials JD #69

#111

James Packer

Australian businessman | investor | and philanthropist

Initials JP #79

#112

James D. Watson

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

Initials JW #81

#113

James Vowles

British motorsport engineer

Initials JV #17

#114

James Garner (footballer, born 2001)

English association football player (born 2001)

#115

James Rebhorn

American character actor (1948-2014)

Initials JR #87 The Talented Mr. Ripley

#116

James Bowie

Initials JB #162

#117

James R. Jordan, Sr.

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

Initials JS #155

#118

James Best

American actor | musician | artist (1926-2015)

Initials JB #167

#119

James IV of Scotland

King of Scotland (1473-1513)

Initials JS #165

#120

James Worthy

American basketball player

Initials JW #89

#121

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

Initials JW #90

#122

James Dougherty

American police officer and husband of Marilyn Monroe

Initials JD #80

#123

James Mangold

American film director | screenwriter

Initials JM #160

#124

James Iha

American rock musician

Initials JI #31

#125

James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough

English aristocrat and 12th Duke of Marlborough

Initials JM #163

#126

James Brady

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

Initials JB #189

#127

James Ward-Prowse

English association football player (born 1994)

Initials JW #100

#128

James Redford

American filmmaker (1962–2020)

Initials JR #110

#129

James Baker

American lawyer and statesman (born 1930)

Initials JB #192

#130

James Barry

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

Initials JB #193

#131

James II of Scotland

Scottish king

Initials JS #187

#132

James Newton Howard

American composer | conductor | and music producer

Initials JH #116

#133

James Johnson

American basketball player

Initials JJ #102

#134

James Longstreet

Confederate Army general

Initials JL #108

#135

James Holzhauer

American professional sports gambler and game show contestant

Initials JH #120

#136

James J. Braddock

American boxer (1905-1974)

Initials JB #198

#137

James Ingram

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

Initials JI #35

#138

James III of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #194

#139

James Dickens

British boxer

Initials JD #99

#140

James Michael Tyler

American actor (1962-2021)

Initials JT #68

#141

James I of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #196

#142

James Lance

British actor

Initials JL #112 Marie Antoinette

#143

James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell

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

Initials JB #207

#144

James Jesus Angleton

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

Initials JA #79

#145

James Frain

English stage and screen actor

Initials JF #71

#146

James Russo

American film and television actor

Initials JR #116 Django Unchained

#147

James Dyson

British inventor | industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company

Initials JD #111

#148

James Randi

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

Initials JR #120

#149

James Nelson-Joyce

English actor

Initials JN #49

#150

James Dreyfus

British actor

Initials JD #112 Notting Hill

#151

James Farentino

American actor

Initials JF #76

#152

James V of Scotland

King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542

Initials JS #209

#153

James Martin

British chef and television presenter

Initials JM #190

#154

James Rallison

American YouTuber and animator

Initials JR #126

#155

James Trafford

English footballer (born 2002)

Initials JT #77

#156

James Marshall

American actor

Initials JM #198 A Few Good Men

#157

James Harrison

American football player | linebacker

Initials JH #137

#158

James Morrison

association football player

Initials JM #200

#159

James Murphy

American musician

Initials JM #201

#160

James Hewitt

British Army officer (born 1958)

Initials JH #139

#161

James Goldsmith

French-British tycoon and politician (1933–1997)

Initials JG #111

#162

James Callis

English actor

Initials JC #189

#163

James Burton

American guitarist

Initials JB #224

#164

James Arthur

English singer and musician (born 1988)

Initials JA #88

#165

James Broderick

actor

Initials JB #228 Dog Day Afternoon

#166

James Walkinshaw

American politician

Initials JW #120

#167

James Duval

American actor

Initials JD #125 Donnie Darko

#168

James Kenji Lopez-Alt

American chef and food writer

Initials JL #124

#169

James Stavridis

US Navy admiral

Initials JS #227

#170

James Stagg

British meteorologist (1900-1975)

Initials JS #228

#171

James Connolly

Irish republican and socialist leader (1868-1916)

Initials JC #197

#172

James Clavell

American novelist (1921-1994)

Initials JC #199

#173

James Sweeney

American screenwriter | director | and actor

Initials JS #229

#174

James Cleverly

British politician (born 1969)

Initials JC #201

#175

James G. Blaine

American politician (1830–1893)

Initials JB #235

#176

James Paxton

American actor

Initials JP #121 Twisters

#177

James Patrick Stuart

American actor

Initials JS #234 Pretty Woman

#178

James Hiroyuki Liao

actor

Initials JL #129

#179

James Mason

American National Socialist

Initials JM #74 Siege

#180

James O'Keefe

American investigative journalist | filmmaker | and political activist

Initials JO #45

#181

James Gammon

American actor

Initials JG #125

#182

James Franciscus

actor (1934-1991)

Initials JF #91

#183

James Daly

American theater | film and television actor

Initials JD #133

#184

James Stockdale

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient

Initials JS #244

#185

James Ford

English musical composer | record producer and musician

Initials JF #92

#186

James Sinegal

American businessman

Initials JS #248

#187

James Arnold Taylor

American voice actor

Initials JT #93

#188

James LeGros

American actor

Initials JL #138 Zodiac

#189

James Drury

Former actor; oil and natural gas business

Initials JD #141

#190

James Ellroy

Novelist | short story writer | essayist | memoirist

Initials JE #48

#191

James Anderson

English cricketer

Initials JA #102

#192

James O'Brien

British radio presenter

Initials JO #47

#193

James Toney

American martial artist

Initials JT #99

#194

James Gregory

actor

Initials JG #135

#195

James DeBarge

American singer

Initials JD #147

#196

James Faulkner

English actor

Initials JF #99

#197

James Hinchcliffe

Canadian race car driver

Initials JH #175

#198

James Bevel

1960s Civil Rights Movement Leader

#199

James Carpinello

American actor

Initials JC #235

#200

James Dobson

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

Initials JD #149

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First name James
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