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First name James
December 4, 2025 to December 24, 2025

James Ransone

American actor

Top 500 #40 Initials JR #1 It: Chapter Two

James A. Garfield

president of the United States in 1881

Top 500 #44 Initials JG #1

James Cameron

Canadian and New-Zealander filmmaker (born 1954)

Top 500 #92 Initials JC #2 Titanic

James Stewart

American actor (1908–1997)

Top 500 #197 Initials JS #1 It's a Wonderful Life

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

Top 500 #446 Initials JC #7 Elf

James Talarico

American politician (born 1989)

Initials JT #3

James Woods

American actor

Initials JW #2 Once Upon a Time in America

James Franco

American actor

Initials JF #1 The Holiday

James VI and I

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

Initials JI #1 Daemonologie

#10

James L. Brooks

American director | writer | and producer (born 1940)

Initials JB #13

#11

James Gandolfini

American actor (1961–2013)

Initials JG #8 Zero Dark Thirty

#12

James Norton

British actor

Initials JN #2 Little Women

#13

James Brolin

American actor

Initials JB #16 Catch Me If You Can

#14

James Remar

American actor

Initials JR #8 Oppenheimer

#15

James Spader

American actor

Initials JS #12

#16

James McAvoy

Scottish actor

Initials JM #9 It: Chapter Two

#17

James Van Der Beek

American actor

Initials JB #22 Scary Movie

#18

James Gunn

American screenwriter and filmmaker

Initials JG #16 Guardians of the Galaxy

#19

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

Initials JD #10

#20

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

Initials JM #15

#21

James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough

English aristocrat and 12th Duke of Marlborough

Initials JM #17

#22

James VII and II

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

Initials JI #6

#23

James Righton

British musician

Initials JR #14

#24

James Marsden

American actor

Initials JM #19 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

#25

James Buchanan

president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Initials JB #36

#26

James Earl Jones

American actor (1931–2024)

Initials JJ #19 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#27

James Faulkner

English actor

Initials JF #15

#28

James Franklin

American college football player | college football coach | quarterback

Initials JF #16

#29

James Harden

American basketball player

Initials JH #21

#30

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

Initials JB #41 The Blues Brothers

#31

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

Initials JH #22

#32

James Garner

American film and television actor (1928–2014)

Initials JG #26 The Notebook

#33

James Acaster

English comedian

Initials JA #20 Ghostbusters

#34

James Hunt

British racing driver (1947–1993)

Initials JH #24

#35

James Baldwin

American writer (1924–1987)

Initials JB #45 Giovanni's Room

#36

James Taylor

American singer and guitarist

Initials JT #22

#37

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

Initials JJ #23 Ulysses

#38

James Milner

English association football player

Initials JM #39

#39

James Cook

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

Initials JC #36

#40

James Monroe

president of the United States from 1817 to 1825

Initials JM #40

#41

James Burke

American gangster (1931–1996)

Initials JB #50

#42

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

Initials JP #16

#43

James Corden

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

Initials JC #46 Ocean's 8

#44

James Haven

American actor

Initials JH #31

#45

James Maddison

English association football player (born 1996)

Initials JM #49

#46

James Cromwell

American actor

Initials JC #50 The Green Mile

#47

James Jordan

American actor (born 1979)

Initials JJ #33 Wind River

#48

James Cook

American football player (born 1999)

Initials JC #36

#49

James Arness

American actor (1923–2011)

Initials JA #23

#50

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

#51

James Purefoy

British actor

Initials JP #24 V for Vendetta

#52

James Badge Dale

American actor

Initials JD #28 The Departed

#53

James May

English television presenter and journalist

Initials JM #57

#54

James Coburn

American actor (1928–2002)

Initials JC #60

#55

James Blunt

English singer-songwriter

Initials JB #69

#56

James G. Blaine

American politician (1830–1893)

Initials JB #72

#57

James David Rodríguez Rubio

Colombian association football player

Initials JR #35

#58

James Honeyman-Scott

British musician

Initials JH #49

#59

James Austin Johnson

American comedian and impressionist

Initials JJ #45 A Complete Unknown

#60

James Mason

British actor (1909–1984)

Initials JM #69 Lolita

#61

James Pierpont

American composer whose songs include Jingle Bells

Initials JP #33

#62

James Eagan Holmes

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

Initials JH #51

#63

James Lance

British actor

Initials JL #50

#64

James Carville

American political consultant

Initials JC #74

#65

James Vanderbilt

American screenwriter

Initials JV #13

#66

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

Initials JC #79

#67

James Horner

American film composer and conductor (1953-2015)

Initials JH #52

#68

James Blake

English singer and record producer (born 1988)

Initials JB #85

#69

James Wan

Malaysian-born Australian film director | screenwriter and producer

Initials JW #41

#70

James Deen

American pornographic actor

Initials JD #45

#71

James Anderson

English cricketer

Initials JA #32

#72

James Hong

American actor (born 1929)

Initials JH #62 Blade Runner

#73

James Wade

English darts player

Initials JW #43

#74

James Burton

American guitarist

Initials JB #98

#75

James Keach

American actor

Initials JK #44 National Lampoon's Vacation

#76

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

Initials JM #97

#77

James O'Keefe

American activist

Initials JO #18

#78

James Harrison

American football player | linebacker

Initials JH #71

#79

James Cosmo

Scottish actor

Initials JC #101 Troy

#80

James D'Arcy

British actor

Initials JD #50 Oppenheimer

#81

James Callaghan

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

Initials JC #105

#82

James Patterson

American author

Initials JP #54 Sundays at Tiffany's

#83

James Comey

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

Initials JC #110

#84

James D. Watson

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

Initials JW #51

#85

James Herriot

veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995)

Initials JH #86

#86

James Fox

English actor (born 1939)

Initials JF #48 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

#87

James Lafferty

American actor

Initials JL #75

#88

James MacArthur

American actor (1937-2010)

Initials JM #123

#89

James Naismith

Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball

Initials JN #20

#90

James Buckley

British actor

Initials JB #127

#91

James Stacy

American actor (1936-2016)

Initials JS #124

#92

James McCartney

British musician (born 1977)

Initials JM #126

#93

James Mattis

United States 26th Secretary of Defense

Initials JM #127

#94

James Tavernier

English association football player

Initials JT #55

#95

James Johnston

Scottish bassist | vocalist | and songwriter

Initials JJ #76

#96

James Trafford

English footballer (born 2002)

Initials JT #59

#97

James Goldsmith

French-British tycoon and politician (1933–1997)

Initials JG #69

#98

James Marsters

American actor

Initials JM #142

#99

James Rudolph Garfield

American lawyer and politician (1865–1950)

Initials JG #71

#100

James Murray

American comedian and actor (born 1976)

Initials JM #145

#101

James Tour

American chemist

Initials JT #63

#102

James Morrison

British singer

Initials JM #149

#103

James Fleet

British actor

Initials JF #58 Sense and Sensibility

#104

James Whitmore

American actor (1921–2009)

Initials JW #70 The Shawshank Redemption

#105

James Vowles

British motorsport engineer

Initials JV #21

#106

James Mangold

American film director | screenwriter

Initials JM #152

#107

James Tarkowski

English association football player

Initials JT #66

#108

James Dyson

British inventor | industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company

Initials JD #80

#109

James Callis

English actor

Initials JC #140 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

#110

James Rothschild

banker

Initials JR #81

#111

James Frain

English stage and screen actor

Initials JF #63 Tron: Legacy

#112

James Bolam

British actor

Initials JB #162

#113

James IV of Scotland

King of Scotland (1473-1513)

Initials JS #156

#114

James Nesbitt

Northern Irish actor

Initials JN #28

#115

James J. Braddock

American boxer (1905-1974)

Initials JB #164

#116

James Sinegal

American businessman

Initials JS #159

#117

James Longstreet

Confederate Army general

Initials JL #100

#118

James Rebhorn

American character actor (1948-2014)

Initials JR #89 The Talented Mr. Ripley

#119

James Tupper

Canadian actor

Initials JT #73

#120

James Hurrell

English darts player

Initials JH #120

#121

James Doohan

Canadian actor (1920–2005)

Initials JD #88

#122

James Murray

English actor (born 1975)

Initials JM #170

#123

James Mitchum

actor from the United States

Initials JM #173

#124

James Arthur

English singer and musician (born 1988)

Initials JA #66

#125

James Redford

American filmmaker (1962–2020)

Initials JR #92

#126

James Darren

American actor | singer (1936–2024)

Initials JD #93

#127

James Brady

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

Initials JB #176

#128

James Dougherty

American police officer and husband of Marilyn Monroe

Initials JD #97

#129

James Iha

American rock musician

Initials JI #27

#130

James Marshall

American actor

Initials JM #182 A Few Good Men

#131

James Packer

Australian businessman | investor | and philanthropist

Initials JP #94

#132

James Best

American actor | musician | artist (1926-2015)

Initials JB #184

#133

James J. Jeffries

American boxer

Initials JJ #114

#134

James Holland

English writer | historian and broadcaster

Initials JH #133

#135

James Baker

American lawyer and statesman (born 1930)

Initials JB #190

#136

James R. Jordan, Sr.

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

Initials JS #186

#137

James Foley

American journalist

Initials JF #76

#138

James III of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #187

#139

James V of Scotland

King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542

Initials JS #190

#140

James Holzhauer

American professional sports gambler and game show contestant

Initials JH #136

#141

James Murphy

American musician

Initials JM #196

#142

James Maslow

American actor and singer

Initials JM #198

#143

James II of Scotland

Scottish king

Initials JS #195

#144

James Brooke

White Rajah of Sarawak

Initials JB #198

#145

James Worthy

American basketball player

Initials JW #104

#146

James I of Scotland

King of Scots

Initials JS #205

#147

James Michael Tyler

American actor (1962-2021)

Initials JT #80

#148

James Bowie

Initials JB #200

#149

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

Initials JW #105

#150

James Phelps

British actor

Initials JP #103 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

#151

James Ingram

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

Initials JI #30

#152

James Ward-Prowse

English association football player (born 1994)

Initials JW #112

#153

James Russo

American film and television actor

Initials JR #118 Django Unchained

#154

James Shigeta

American actor and musician

Initials JS #212 Die Hard

#155

James Butler

American boxer

Initials JB #212

#156

James Robertson Justice

British actor

Initials JJ #123 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

#157

James Toney

American martial artist

Initials JT #88

#158

James L. Dolan

American businessman (born 1955)

Initials JD #113

#159

James Blair

American political advisor

Initials JB #215

#160

James McCaffrey

American actor

Initials JM #212

#161

James Hewitt

British Army officer (born 1958)

Initials JH #152

#162

James Randi

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

Initials JR #122

#163

James Johnson

American basketball player

Initials JJ #132

#164

James Sweeney

American screenwriter | director | and actor

Initials JS #221 Twinless

#165

James Pickens

American actor

Initials JP #114

#166

James Martin

British chef and television presenter

Initials JM #220

#167

James Dreyfus

British actor

Initials JD #121 Notting Hill

#168

James Connolly

Irish republican and socialist leader (1868-1916)

Initials JC #190

#169

James Euringer

lead singer of American band Mindless Self Indulgence

Initials JE #44

#170

James Newton Howard

American composer | conductor | and music producer

Initials JH #154

#171

James Nelson-Joyce

English actor

Initials JN #50

#172

James Daly

American theater | film and television actor

Initials JD #128

#173

James Roosevelt

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

Initials JR #131

#174

James Baxter

British character animator

Initials JB #230

#175

James Mason

American National Socialist

Initials JM #69 Siege

#176

James Arnold Taylor

American voice actor

Initials JT #99

#177

James Denton

American film and television actor

Initials JD #131 Face/Off

#178

James Harrison

Australian blood plasma donor

Initials JH #167

#179

James Murdoch

British media executive

Initials JM #238

#180

James Paxton

American actor

Initials JP #129 Twisters

#181

James O'Neill

American investor

Initials JO #43

#182

James Thornton

British actor

Initials JT #104

#183

James Clavell

American novelist (1921-1994)

Initials JC #210

#184

James Scott

American criminal | born 1969

Initials JS #250

#185

James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell

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

Initials JB #246

#186

James Brayshaw

cricketer

Initials JB #249

#187

James Pearce Jr.

American football player (born 2003)

Initials JJ #150

#188

James Clear

American author and speaker

Initials JC #215 Atomic Habits

#189

James Lipton

poet | talk show host | writer | teacher

Initials JL #154

#190

James Jesus Angleton

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

Initials JA #97

#191

James Develin

American football player

Initials JD #141

#192

James Forrestal

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

Initials JF #112

#193

James Broderick

actor

#194

James Islington

Australian fantasy novelist

Initials JI #37 The Will of the Many

#195

James Kenji Lopez-Alt

American chef and food writer

Initials JL #157

#196

James Wolk

American actor

Initials JW #136 Sonic the Hedgehog 3

#197

James Farentino

American actor

Initials JF #116

#198

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

English nobleman and soldier | illegitimate son of King Charles II

#199

James Tolkan

American actor

Initials JT #112 Back to the Future

#200

James Ellroy

Novelist | short story writer | essayist | memoirist

Initials JE #55

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First name James
December 4, 2025 to December 24, 2025