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James Robertson (Trotskyist) James Robertson is the National Chairman of the Spartacist League in the United States and leader of the International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist), an international organization of small Trotskyist groups.
James Rogers James Rogers (June 2, 1875 - October 28,1961) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Rollins James Rollins is the pen-name of American veterinarian Jim Czajkowski (born 1961), author of bestselling fantasy and action-packed adventure-thrillers such as Shadowfall (2005), Hinterland (2006), Subterranean (1999), Excavation (2000), Deep Fathom (2001), Amazonia (2002), Ice Hunt (2003), Sandstorm (2004), Map of Bones (2005) and Black Order (2006). He sold his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California, to concentrate full-time on writing.
James Romberger Pastel drawings of the ravaged landscape of the Lower East Side of New York and its citizens by James Romberger are in many prominent collections, including the Metropolitan and Brooklyn Museums in New York City. Solo and collaborative exhibitions have appeared at such venues as the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Gracie Mansion, The Proposition, and the New Museum.
James Rood Doolittle James Rood Doolittle (January 3, 1815 – July 23, 1897) was an American politician who served as a senator from the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1869. He was a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the American Civil War.
James Roosevelt, Sr. James Roosevelt (July 16 1828 – December 8 1900) was a businessman and father of the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was born in Hyde Park, New York to Isaac Roosevelt (1790–1863) and his wife Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809–1886).
James Ross Island James Ross Island () is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to 1,630 m, it is irregularly shaped and extends 40 miles in a north-south direction.
James Rothman James Rothman is the Clyde and Helen Wu Professor of Chemical Biology at Columbia University. He has received many honors, including the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 2002 and the King Faisal Award.
James Rousseau James Rousseau (born James Rousseau Osborne December 19, 1980) is an English supermodel. He is descended from the family of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), the philosopher whose writings influenced the French revolutionary movement.
James Rowland (Australia) Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland, AC, KBE, DFC, AFC KStJ (Armidale, November 1, 1922 – May 27, 1999) was Chief of Air Force (March 1975 - March 1979) and Governor of New South Wales January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989. In honour of Sir James Rowland, Northholm Grammar School In NSW, named one of their four houses after him.
James Rumsey James Rumsey (1743-1792) was an American mechanical engineer who exhibited a boat propelled by machinery in 1787 on the Potomac River at what is now Shepherdstown, West Virginia, before a crowd of local notables, including Horatio Gates. A pump driven by steam power ejected a stream of water from the stern of the boat and thereby propelled the boat forwards.
James Ruse James Ruse (1759 – 5 September 1837), pioneer of agriculture in Australia, was born on a farm in Cornwall. In 1782 he was tried at Bodmin Assizes and sentenced to death for "burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Thomas Olive and stealing thereout 2 silver watches, value 5 pounds.
James Ruse Agricultural High School James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. The school was founded as a comprehensive high school in 1958, but was changed into an agricultural high school a year later in 1959.
James Russell Wiggins James Russell Wiggins (December 4, 1903 in Luverne, Minnesota – November 19, 2000 in Brooklin, Maine) was the managing editor of The Washington Post from 1947 to 1966. He was president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1959-60.
James Russo James Russo (born James Vincent Russo in New York City, New York on April 23, 1953) is an American character actor who stars in film and has appeared on television shows. James has starred on over 90 films in 3 decades.
James Ryan O'Neill James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart in Melbourne, Victoria 1947) is a convicted Tasmanian murderer serving a life sentence about whom allegations have been made that he murdered a number of children in several Australian states from the mid 1960s whilst he was still a teenager through to the murder that he was imprisoned for in 1975. He is currently Tasmania's longest serving prisoner for a single offence.
James S. Albus Dr. James Sacra Albus is a Senior NIST Fellow, Founder and former Chief of the Intelligent Systems Division of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
James S. Green James Stephen Green (February 28, 1817 - January 19, 1870 was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri. Born near Rectortown, Virginia, he attended the common schools and moved to Alabama and then to Missouri about 1838.
James S. Hutchinson James Sather Hutchinson (1867-1959) was a lawyer in San Francisco. He was most noted for being an explorer of the Sierra Nevada, attaining the first ascent of several peaks, including Mount Sill, North Palisade, and Mount Humphreys.
James S. Lithgow James Smith Lithgow (November 29 1812 — February 21 1902) was the sixteenth Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from December 1865 to February 1867. He was born in Pittsburgh and apprenticed as a coppersmith there.
James S. Parker James Southworth Parker (June 3, 1867 - December 19, 1933) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools and was graduated from Cornell University in 1887.
James S. Sherman James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was a United States Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States. He was one of few vice presidents to wear eyeglasses, the others being Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Nelson Rockefeller, George H.
James S. Stewart James Stuart Stewart (1896-1990) was a gifted Scottish preacher who taught New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh (New College). He also served as Chaplain to the Queen in Scotland and as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
James Sallis James Sallis (born 21 December 1944 in Helena, Arkansas) is an author, poet, musician, and respiratory therapist best known for his series of crime novels featuring the character Lew Griffin and set in New Orleans, LA.
James Samuel James Samuel (1824 – 1874) was a railway engineer who was appointed engineer to the Eastern Counties Railway in 1846. He held two important patents: the first mechanism for the compounding of steam locomotives, granted in 1850, and the railway fishplate of 1844.
James Samuel Emerson James Samuel Emerson (VC),(August 3, 1895-December 6, 1917) born in Collon, Drogheda, County Louth he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Sandecker In the Dirk Pitt adventure novels by acclaimed novelist Clive Cussler, Admiral James Sandecker is the Director of NUMA, the National Underwater and Marine Agency. In later novels, he was appointed as the Vice President of the United States after the Vice President's death while in office.
James Saunders James Saunders (1925-2004) was an English playwright born in London. He wrote the play Next Time I'll Sing To You which garned him the Evening Standard's award for "Most Promising Playwright" in 1963.
James Saxon James Saxon was a distinctive British character actor whose career was all too brief. He was born on 6 April 1954 in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK: and died on 2 July 2003 in Chichester, England, UK of a heart attack.
James Scott Bowerbank James Scott Bowerbank (July 14, 1797 - March 8, 1877) was a British naturalist and palaeontologist. Bowerbank was born in Bishopsgate, London, and succeeded in conjunction with his brother to his father's distillery, in which he was actively engaged until 1847.
James Scott Richardson James Scott Richardson, (May 15, 1974) is a former member of the Tri-City Skins, associate of Alex Kulbashian of Toronto, and leader of the Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team (CECT) With Kulbashian, Richardson operated two websites which brought the two men to the attention of Richard Warman] who filed a human rights complaint against the two men and their organization. The two websites were found by the [[Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to have encouraged violence against immigrants and visible minorities.
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth James Crofts, later James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and of Buccleuch (April 9, 1649 – July 15, 1685) was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter, who had followed him into continental exile after the execution of Charles II's father, King Charles I.
James Scullin James Henry Scullin (September 18, 1876 – January 28, 1953), Australian politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in the small town of Trawalla in western Victoria, the son of a railway worker of Irish Catholic descent. He was educated at state primary schools and then worked as a grocer in Ballarat while studying at night school and privately in public libraries and honing his public speaking skills in local debating clubs.
James Seale (Ku Klux Klan member) James Ford Seale (born 1936) is a former American sheriff's deputy and Ku Klux Klan member who was charged on January 24, 2007 with the murder of two Black Civil Rights workers in 1964.two men, Charles Eddie Moore] and [[Henry Hezekiah Dee were abducted by White Supremacists while hitchhiking on May 1 1964.
James Seay James Seay (born 9 September 1914 in Pasadena, California – died 10 October 1992 in Capistrano Beach, California) was an American character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials of one kind or another.
James Seddon James Alexander Seddon (July 13, 1815 – August 19, 1880), born in Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia, was an American lawyer and politician who was appointed Confederate States Secretary of War by Jefferson Davis in the American Civil War. Before the Civil War, he served two terms in the U.
James Sellar James Sellar, born March 24 1989 in Adelaide, is an Australian rules footballer, who was selected at the 2006 AFL Draft by the Adelaide Crows. At 195cms height and weighing 89kgs, Sellar is a key position forward who can also help out with some ruck duties.
James Seng Seng Ching Hong (commonly referred to as James Seng) is one of the Internet pioneers in Singapore and is recognized as an international expert in the Internet arena. He gave regular speeches at various forums on several Internet issues such as IDN, VoIP, IPv6, spam, OSS and Internet governance issues.
James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline (d. December 26, 1694) was the second son of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, and succeeded to the title at the death of his brother, Alexander Seton, 3rd Earl of Dunfermline, at some point in 1677.
James Shaffer James Christian 'Munky' Shaffer (born June 6, 1970 in Rosedale, California) is the nu metal band Korn's guitarist, generally filling rhythm and lead guitar duties before his bandmate Brian 'Head' Welch left the group. He also does live backing vocals.
James Shankar Singh James Shankar Singh was a Fiji Indian farmer, businessman social worker and politician who served as a Minister in the Alliance Government of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. Like many Fiji Indian politicians of the era, he joined the Alliance Party with a belief in mutiracialism, but was disappointed with the Alliance Party's appeal to Fijian nationalism after 1977 and left the Alliance to join the National Federation Party.
James Shapiro James Shapiro, MD was born in Leeds, England and obtained his medical degree at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is currently a Canadian Research Chair in transplantation and the Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
James Sharp (footballer) James Sharp (born January 21976 in Reading) is an English professional football (soccer) player, currently with Rochdale. He typically plays as a left-sided centre-back but has occasionally been used as a left-back.
James Sheafe James Sheafe (November 16, 1755 - December 5, 1829) was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, he completed preparatory studies and graduated from Harvard College in 1774.
James Sheakley James Sheakley (April 24, 1829–December 11, 1917) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1893 to 1897. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1877.
James Shelby Downard James Shelby Downard (1909-1996) was an American conspiracy theorist whose works, most of which have been published in various anthologies from Feral House, examined perceived occult symbolism and synchronicity behind historical events in the 20th century.
James Sheridan James Sheridan (born 24 November 1952) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. In the 2005 General Election, Sheridan was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley & Renfrewshire North, Scotland.
James Shri Krishna James Shri Krishna is a former Fijian politician of Indian descent. He represented the Labasa Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, which he held for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the parliamentary elections of 2001, but retired from politics at the 2006 election and was succeeded by Kamlesh Reddy, also of the FLP.
James Schamus James Allan Schamus is an American screenwriter and film producer, noted for his work on critically acclaimed independent films such as Safe, The Brothers McMullen and the Academy Award winning film Brokeback Mountain. He is perhaps best known, however, for his longtime collaboration with writer/director Ang Lee, with whom he co-wrote and produced such films as Eat Drink Man Woman, The Ice Storm, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
James Schureman James Schureman (February 12, 1756– January 22, 1824) was an American merchant and statesman from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress as well as the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate.
James Schuyler James Schuyler (9 November 1923 – 12 April 1991) was a major American poet in the late 20th centuryJames Schuyler Exihbit at The Academy of American Poets. He was a central figure in the New York School and is often associated with fellow New York School of poets, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, and Barbara Guest.
James Sie James Sie (born December 18, 1962, Summit, New Jersey) is an American voice actor. He has provided voices for numerous animated television series, including Avatar: The Last Airbender as The Cabbage Merchant, Danny Phantom, Jackie Chan Adventures as Shendu, King of the Hill, and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance as Fin Fang Foom.
James Silas James Edward Silas (born February 11, 1949 in Tallulah, Louisiana) is a former professional basketball player, a guard who played the majority of his career with the San Antonio Spurs. His nicknames include "The Snake," "Captain Late," and "The Late Mr.
James Simeon McCuaig James Simeon McCuaig (September 29 1819 – August 4 1888) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1872, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1882.
James Simon Gallery The James Simon Gallery will be a new, centrally located vistor centre between the Neues Museum and the Kupfergraben on the Museum Island in Berlin. Designed by architect David Chipperfield, the gallery is named after James Simon (1851-1932) who brought worldwide fame to the Berlin State Museums with his lavish donations.
James Simpson (politician) James "Jimmy" Simpson was a Canadian trade unionist and left wing politician in Toronto, Ontario. He was a long time member of Toronto's city council and served as Mayor of Toronto in 1935, the first member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation to serve in that capacity.
James Singleton (basketball) James Singleton (born July 20 1981, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. He stands 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm) and weighs 215 pounds (97.
James Sites James Neil Sites (born on March 20, 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American novelist. James Sites served 3 1/2 years in the Merchant Marine during World War II, mainly in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
James Skead James Skead (December 31 1817 – July 5 1884) was an Ontario businessman and politician. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Rideau division from 1867 to 1881 and from 1881 until his death in 1884.
James Skinner (Writer) James Skinner (1964~) Author of the 9 Steps of Success, a best selling self-help book in Japanese and Korean; also translator of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, the 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management, and other works from English into Japanese. The first non-Asian ever certified as a management consultant in Japan.
James Skivring Smith James Skivring Smith (born 1825, died after 1871) was the President of Liberia from November 4, 1871 to January 1, 1872 when the newly-elected President Joseph Jenkins Roberts returned to the office he had held from 1848 to 1856, as Liberia's first president.
James Slee James Slee (1957 - August 14, 1983) was a young man who died during a session of Werner Erhard's Erhard Seminars Training. His family later sued Erhard Seminars Training, but the jury did not rule for damages to be delivered to the family.
James Small (rugby player) James Small (born 10 February 1969) is a former South African rugby union footballer who played on the wing for the Springboks. His international debut was against the All Blacks in 1992 and he made his final appearance against Scotland in 1997.
James Smillie Bold textScottish born (1944), James was to emigrate from the Glasgow tenements to carve out a highly successful career in Australia before returning to the UK to star in London's West End. A dynamic & versatile leading man, he has played the starring role in 'Kiss Me Kate' at the Old Vic for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is known internationally as Dr Dan Marshall, the bearded plastic surgeon from the blockbusting television series 'Return to Eden'.
James Smith (boxer) James (Bonecrusher) Smith (born April 3, 1953) is a former American boxer who was briefly heavyweight champion in the late 1980s. He was the first heavyweight champion with a college degree (Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko later achieved this distinction as well).
James Smith (Canadian politician) James Smith was commissioner of the Yukon Territory from November 7 1966 to June 30 1976. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the creation of Kluane National Park and Reserve and the designation of the Chilkoot Trail as a National Historic Site.
James Smith (VC) James Smith (1871][[]- 18 March 1946) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Smith McDonnell James Smith McDonnell (April 9, 1899 - August 22, 1980) was an aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, later McDonnell Douglas. McDonnell (or "Mac" as he was often referred) was a graduate of Princeton University and earned a Master's of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from MIT.
James Smithson James Smithson, FRS, MA (1764 – June 27, 1829) was a British mineralogist and chemist noted for having left a bequest in his will to the United States of America, which was used to fund the Smithsonian Institution.
James Somers James Somers (June 12, 1884 - May 7, 1918 born in Belturbet, County Cavan was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Somersett James Somerset or Somersett was a young African slave who was purchased by Charles Stuart in Virginia in 1749. Stuart was involved in English government service and traveled as part of his duties accompanied by Somerset, who at the time did not have a first name.
James Somerville (Canadian politician, Brant) James Somerville (June 7 1834 – May 24 1916) was an Ontario journalist, newspaper editor and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons who represented Brant North from 1882 to 1896 and Wentworth North and Brant from 1896 to 1900.
James Somerville (Canadian politician, Bruce) James Somerville (January 31 1826 – September 19 1898) was an Ontario businessman, notary public and political figure. He represented Bruce West in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1882 to 1887.
James Soong James Chu-yu Soong (宋楚瑜 Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'u-yü; pinyin: Sòng Chǔyú; born March 16, 1942) is a politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. He founded and chairs the People First Party, which favors eventual Chinese reunification.
James Sowerby James Sowerby (March 21, 1757 - October 25, 1822) was a British naturalist and illustrator. He was born in London, where he studied art at the Royal Academy and worked with William Curtis, whose Flora londinensis he illustrated.
James Spaulding James Spaulding (born July 30, 1937 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. He can be heard on the albums The Jody Grind, Purple Night,Components, Patterns, Karma (Pharoah Sanders album), and others.
James Spearman Winter Sir James Spearman Winter, KCMG (1 January 1845 – 6 October 1911) was a Newfoundland politician and Premier. Winter served in the Conservative government of Sir William Whiteway as Solicitor-General from 1882 to 1885 when he resigned along with a number of other Protestants as a result of sectarian riots at Harbour Grace.
James Spence James Spence was a Liverpool merchant who wrote a series of commissioned pro-Confederacy letters to The Times; described there as "the Confederacy financial adviser in England" (History of The Times, II, 380 and n and 384).
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn GCB PC (1762–1837), known as Sir James St Clair-Erskine from 1765 until 1805, was a Scottish soldier, Tory politician, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on behalf of King George IV.
James Stacy (US soldier) James Stacy was a soldier in the United States Army. He was the senior non-commissioned officer in the 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion, from September 2 2003, until his unexpected death on January 2 2004.
James Stephen Smith James Stephen Smithbetter known as Steve Smith, (born April 30], [[1963, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1984-85 to 2000-01.
James Stevens (musician) James Stevens (1892–[[December 31, 1971]]) was an American author and composer. Among his literary works were "Brawny Man" (1926), "Mattock" (1927), "Homer in the Sagebrush" (1928), "The Saginaw Paul Bunyan" (1932), "Paul Bunyan Bears" (1947), "Big Jim Turner" (1948), and "Tree Treasure" (1950).
James Stevenson (actor) James Stevenson is an American Actor, currently appearing on the NBC daytime drama Passions in the role of Jared Casey. Stevenson is dating former Days of our Lives star Nadia Bjorlin, who also appeared on the now defunct Sex, Love and Secrets with him.
James Stevenson-Hamilton Major James Stevenson-Hamilton (October 2 1867 - December 10 1957) born in Ireland was the eldest of 9 children and heir to a family title and home at Fairholm, by Larkhall in Scotland. He is considered the father of the Kruger National Park, in South Africa.
James Stewart (actor) Brigadier General James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Oscars, winning one in competition and one life achievement.
James Stewart (football player) James Ottis Stewart (born December 27, 1971 in Morristown, Tennessee), was a former American professional football player who was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft. A 6'1", 226 lbs.
James Stewart (politician) James Stewart (1775 - 1821) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Scotland November 11, 1775; received a liberal education; immigrated to the United States and settled near Stewartsville, North Carolina; engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of commons in 1798 and 1799; served in the State senate 1802-1804 and 1813-1815; elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander McMillan and served from January 5, 1818, to March 3, 1819; resumed mercantile and agricultural pursuits; died near Laurinburg, North Carolina, on December 29, 1821; interment in the Old Stewartsville Cemetery, near Laurinburg.
James Stewart filmography From the beginning of James Stewart's career in 1935 through his final theatrical project in 1991, Stewart appeared in 92 films, television programs and shorts. Through the course of his career, he appeared in many landmark and critically acclaimed films, including such classics as: Mr.
James Stewart Jr. James Stewart (formerly known as James "Bubba" Stewart) (born December 21, 1985) is a professional motocross racer sometimes referred to as the Tiger Woods of supercross. He is known for his tenacity, speed and being the first African American to dominate the sport of motocross.
James Stewart Perry James Stewart Perry (November 20, 1947, in New York City) is a former sculptor whose works appeared in the Whitney Biennial and who resides in Princeton, New Jersey. Currently, James Perry serves as a graphics editor for The New York Times.
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan Sir James "Hearty James" Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan of the third creation (1442-1499), the second son of Sir James Stewart, "the Black Knight of Lorne," by Joan Beaufort the widow of James I of Scotland.
James Stewart, Duke of Ross James Stewart, Duke of Ross (March 1476 - January 1504) was the son of King James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark. He was made Marquess of Ormonde at his baptism, Earl of Ross in 1481, and Duke of Ross in 1488.
James Still James Still (July 16, 1906 – April 28, 2001) was an Appalachian poet, novelist and folklorist who lived most of his life in a log house along the Dead Mare Branch of Little Carr Creek, Knott County, Kentucky. He was best known for the novel River of Earth which depicted the struggles of coal mining in eastern Kentucky.
James Stirling (architect) If Le Corbusier was the most important architect of the first half of the twentieth century, Sir James Frazer Stirling (22 April 1926 in Glasgow – 25 June 1992 in London) was surely the most important and influential architect of the second half, admired by all the other architects of the time and now, in the XXI century, by a new generation. He is perhaps best known for his questioning and subverting of the compositional precepts of the first Modern Movement, and his development of an agitated, mannered reinterpretation of those precepts, into which - much influenced by his friend and teacher, the important architectural theorist and urbanist Colin Rowe - he introduced an eclectic spirit that allowed him to make allusions to the whole sweep of architectural history, from ancient Rome and the Baroque, to the many manifestations of the modern period, from Frank Lloyd Wright to Alvar Aalto.
James Stirling (Australian governor) Admiral Sir James Stirling (January 28 1791–April 23 1865) was a British marine officer and colonial administrator. He was the first Governor of Western Australia (1828–38) and on his own initiative signed Britain's first limited treaty with Japan in 1854.
James Stirratt Topping Kennedy James Stirratt Topping Kennedy GC (1930 - 21 December 1973) was a Scottish security guard for British Rail Engineering Limited in Glasgow (St Rollox?) who was posthumously awarded the George Cross when he was killed by armed robbers who were stealing BREL's payroll whilst trying to stop them.
James Stockdale Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy. Shot down over enemy territory in 1965, Stockdale was the highest ranking naval officer held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
James Stokes James Stokes (6 February 1915-1 March 1945) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown (born 19 March 1954) is a British peer and politician. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 and sits for the Conservatives.
James Storm James Allan Black (born June 1, 1978) (Mentions his age on his MySpace) is an American professional wrestler who competes under the ring name "Tennessee Cowboy" James Storm. He is best known for his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is a seven time NWA World Tag Team Champion.
James Rogers James Rogers (June 2, 1875 - October 28,1961) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Rollins James Rollins is the pen-name of American veterinarian Jim Czajkowski (born 1961), author of bestselling fantasy and action-packed adventure-thrillers such as Shadowfall (2005), Hinterland (2006), Subterranean (1999), Excavation (2000), Deep Fathom (2001), Amazonia (2002), Ice Hunt (2003), Sandstorm (2004), Map of Bones (2005) and Black Order (2006). He sold his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California, to concentrate full-time on writing.
James Romberger Pastel drawings of the ravaged landscape of the Lower East Side of New York and its citizens by James Romberger are in many prominent collections, including the Metropolitan and Brooklyn Museums in New York City. Solo and collaborative exhibitions have appeared at such venues as the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Gracie Mansion, The Proposition, and the New Museum.
James Rood Doolittle James Rood Doolittle (January 3, 1815 – July 23, 1897) was an American politician who served as a senator from the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1869. He was a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the American Civil War.
James Roosevelt, Sr. James Roosevelt (July 16 1828 – December 8 1900) was a businessman and father of the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was born in Hyde Park, New York to Isaac Roosevelt (1790–1863) and his wife Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809–1886).
James Ross Island James Ross Island () is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to 1,630 m, it is irregularly shaped and extends 40 miles in a north-south direction.
James Rothman James Rothman is the Clyde and Helen Wu Professor of Chemical Biology at Columbia University. He has received many honors, including the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 2002 and the King Faisal Award.
James Rousseau James Rousseau (born James Rousseau Osborne December 19, 1980) is an English supermodel. He is descended from the family of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), the philosopher whose writings influenced the French revolutionary movement.
James Rowland (Australia) Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland, AC, KBE, DFC, AFC KStJ (Armidale, November 1, 1922 – May 27, 1999) was Chief of Air Force (March 1975 - March 1979) and Governor of New South Wales January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989. In honour of Sir James Rowland, Northholm Grammar School In NSW, named one of their four houses after him.
James Rumsey James Rumsey (1743-1792) was an American mechanical engineer who exhibited a boat propelled by machinery in 1787 on the Potomac River at what is now Shepherdstown, West Virginia, before a crowd of local notables, including Horatio Gates. A pump driven by steam power ejected a stream of water from the stern of the boat and thereby propelled the boat forwards.
James Ruse James Ruse (1759 – 5 September 1837), pioneer of agriculture in Australia, was born on a farm in Cornwall. In 1782 he was tried at Bodmin Assizes and sentenced to death for "burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Thomas Olive and stealing thereout 2 silver watches, value 5 pounds.
James Ruse Agricultural High School James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. The school was founded as a comprehensive high school in 1958, but was changed into an agricultural high school a year later in 1959.
James Russell Wiggins James Russell Wiggins (December 4, 1903 in Luverne, Minnesota – November 19, 2000 in Brooklin, Maine) was the managing editor of The Washington Post from 1947 to 1966. He was president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1959-60.
James Russo James Russo (born James Vincent Russo in New York City, New York on April 23, 1953) is an American character actor who stars in film and has appeared on television shows. James has starred on over 90 films in 3 decades.
James Ryan O'Neill James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart in Melbourne, Victoria 1947) is a convicted Tasmanian murderer serving a life sentence about whom allegations have been made that he murdered a number of children in several Australian states from the mid 1960s whilst he was still a teenager through to the murder that he was imprisoned for in 1975. He is currently Tasmania's longest serving prisoner for a single offence.
James S. Albus Dr. James Sacra Albus is a Senior NIST Fellow, Founder and former Chief of the Intelligent Systems Division of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
James S. Green James Stephen Green (February 28, 1817 - January 19, 1870 was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri. Born near Rectortown, Virginia, he attended the common schools and moved to Alabama and then to Missouri about 1838.
James S. Hutchinson James Sather Hutchinson (1867-1959) was a lawyer in San Francisco. He was most noted for being an explorer of the Sierra Nevada, attaining the first ascent of several peaks, including Mount Sill, North Palisade, and Mount Humphreys.
James S. Lithgow James Smith Lithgow (November 29 1812 — February 21 1902) was the sixteenth Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from December 1865 to February 1867. He was born in Pittsburgh and apprenticed as a coppersmith there.
James S. Parker James Southworth Parker (June 3, 1867 - December 19, 1933) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools and was graduated from Cornell University in 1887.
James S. Sherman James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was a United States Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States. He was one of few vice presidents to wear eyeglasses, the others being Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Nelson Rockefeller, George H.
James S. Stewart James Stuart Stewart (1896-1990) was a gifted Scottish preacher who taught New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh (New College). He also served as Chaplain to the Queen in Scotland and as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
James Sallis James Sallis (born 21 December 1944 in Helena, Arkansas) is an author, poet, musician, and respiratory therapist best known for his series of crime novels featuring the character Lew Griffin and set in New Orleans, LA.
James Samuel James Samuel (1824 – 1874) was a railway engineer who was appointed engineer to the Eastern Counties Railway in 1846. He held two important patents: the first mechanism for the compounding of steam locomotives, granted in 1850, and the railway fishplate of 1844.
James Samuel Emerson James Samuel Emerson (VC),(August 3, 1895-December 6, 1917) born in Collon, Drogheda, County Louth he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Sandecker In the Dirk Pitt adventure novels by acclaimed novelist Clive Cussler, Admiral James Sandecker is the Director of NUMA, the National Underwater and Marine Agency. In later novels, he was appointed as the Vice President of the United States after the Vice President's death while in office.
James Saunders James Saunders (1925-2004) was an English playwright born in London. He wrote the play Next Time I'll Sing To You which garned him the Evening Standard's award for "Most Promising Playwright" in 1963.
James Saxon James Saxon was a distinctive British character actor whose career was all too brief. He was born on 6 April 1954 in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK: and died on 2 July 2003 in Chichester, England, UK of a heart attack.
James Scott Bowerbank James Scott Bowerbank (July 14, 1797 - March 8, 1877) was a British naturalist and palaeontologist. Bowerbank was born in Bishopsgate, London, and succeeded in conjunction with his brother to his father's distillery, in which he was actively engaged until 1847.
James Scott Richardson James Scott Richardson, (May 15, 1974) is a former member of the Tri-City Skins, associate of Alex Kulbashian of Toronto, and leader of the Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team (CECT) With Kulbashian, Richardson operated two websites which brought the two men to the attention of Richard Warman] who filed a human rights complaint against the two men and their organization. The two websites were found by the [[Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to have encouraged violence against immigrants and visible minorities.
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth James Crofts, later James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and of Buccleuch (April 9, 1649 – July 15, 1685) was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter, who had followed him into continental exile after the execution of Charles II's father, King Charles I.
James Scullin James Henry Scullin (September 18, 1876 – January 28, 1953), Australian politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in the small town of Trawalla in western Victoria, the son of a railway worker of Irish Catholic descent. He was educated at state primary schools and then worked as a grocer in Ballarat while studying at night school and privately in public libraries and honing his public speaking skills in local debating clubs.
James Seale (Ku Klux Klan member) James Ford Seale (born 1936) is a former American sheriff's deputy and Ku Klux Klan member who was charged on January 24, 2007 with the murder of two Black Civil Rights workers in 1964.two men, Charles Eddie Moore] and [[Henry Hezekiah Dee were abducted by White Supremacists while hitchhiking on May 1 1964.
James Seay James Seay (born 9 September 1914 in Pasadena, California – died 10 October 1992 in Capistrano Beach, California) was an American character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials of one kind or another.
James Seddon James Alexander Seddon (July 13, 1815 – August 19, 1880), born in Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia, was an American lawyer and politician who was appointed Confederate States Secretary of War by Jefferson Davis in the American Civil War. Before the Civil War, he served two terms in the U.
James Sellar James Sellar, born March 24 1989 in Adelaide, is an Australian rules footballer, who was selected at the 2006 AFL Draft by the Adelaide Crows. At 195cms height and weighing 89kgs, Sellar is a key position forward who can also help out with some ruck duties.
James Seng Seng Ching Hong (commonly referred to as James Seng) is one of the Internet pioneers in Singapore and is recognized as an international expert in the Internet arena. He gave regular speeches at various forums on several Internet issues such as IDN, VoIP, IPv6, spam, OSS and Internet governance issues.
James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline (d. December 26, 1694) was the second son of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, and succeeded to the title at the death of his brother, Alexander Seton, 3rd Earl of Dunfermline, at some point in 1677.
James Shaffer James Christian 'Munky' Shaffer (born June 6, 1970 in Rosedale, California) is the nu metal band Korn's guitarist, generally filling rhythm and lead guitar duties before his bandmate Brian 'Head' Welch left the group. He also does live backing vocals.
James Shankar Singh James Shankar Singh was a Fiji Indian farmer, businessman social worker and politician who served as a Minister in the Alliance Government of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. Like many Fiji Indian politicians of the era, he joined the Alliance Party with a belief in mutiracialism, but was disappointed with the Alliance Party's appeal to Fijian nationalism after 1977 and left the Alliance to join the National Federation Party.
James Shapiro James Shapiro, MD was born in Leeds, England and obtained his medical degree at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is currently a Canadian Research Chair in transplantation and the Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
James Sharp (footballer) James Sharp (born January 21976 in Reading) is an English professional football (soccer) player, currently with Rochdale. He typically plays as a left-sided centre-back but has occasionally been used as a left-back.
James Sheafe James Sheafe (November 16, 1755 - December 5, 1829) was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, he completed preparatory studies and graduated from Harvard College in 1774.
James Sheakley James Sheakley (April 24, 1829–December 11, 1917) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1893 to 1897. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1877.
James Shelby Downard James Shelby Downard (1909-1996) was an American conspiracy theorist whose works, most of which have been published in various anthologies from Feral House, examined perceived occult symbolism and synchronicity behind historical events in the 20th century.
James Sheridan James Sheridan (born 24 November 1952) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. In the 2005 General Election, Sheridan was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley & Renfrewshire North, Scotland.
James Shri Krishna James Shri Krishna is a former Fijian politician of Indian descent. He represented the Labasa Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, which he held for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the parliamentary elections of 2001, but retired from politics at the 2006 election and was succeeded by Kamlesh Reddy, also of the FLP.
James Schamus James Allan Schamus is an American screenwriter and film producer, noted for his work on critically acclaimed independent films such as Safe, The Brothers McMullen and the Academy Award winning film Brokeback Mountain. He is perhaps best known, however, for his longtime collaboration with writer/director Ang Lee, with whom he co-wrote and produced such films as Eat Drink Man Woman, The Ice Storm, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
James Schureman James Schureman (February 12, 1756– January 22, 1824) was an American merchant and statesman from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress as well as the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate.
James Schuyler James Schuyler (9 November 1923 – 12 April 1991) was a major American poet in the late 20th centuryJames Schuyler Exihbit at The Academy of American Poets. He was a central figure in the New York School and is often associated with fellow New York School of poets, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, and Barbara Guest.
James Sie James Sie (born December 18, 1962, Summit, New Jersey) is an American voice actor. He has provided voices for numerous animated television series, including Avatar: The Last Airbender as The Cabbage Merchant, Danny Phantom, Jackie Chan Adventures as Shendu, King of the Hill, and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance as Fin Fang Foom.
James Silas James Edward Silas (born February 11, 1949 in Tallulah, Louisiana) is a former professional basketball player, a guard who played the majority of his career with the San Antonio Spurs. His nicknames include "The Snake," "Captain Late," and "The Late Mr.
James Simeon McCuaig James Simeon McCuaig (September 29 1819 – August 4 1888) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1872, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1882.
James Simon Gallery The James Simon Gallery will be a new, centrally located vistor centre between the Neues Museum and the Kupfergraben on the Museum Island in Berlin. Designed by architect David Chipperfield, the gallery is named after James Simon (1851-1932) who brought worldwide fame to the Berlin State Museums with his lavish donations.
James Simpson (politician) James "Jimmy" Simpson was a Canadian trade unionist and left wing politician in Toronto, Ontario. He was a long time member of Toronto's city council and served as Mayor of Toronto in 1935, the first member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation to serve in that capacity.
James Singleton (basketball) James Singleton (born July 20 1981, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. He stands 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm) and weighs 215 pounds (97.
James Sites James Neil Sites (born on March 20, 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American novelist. James Sites served 3 1/2 years in the Merchant Marine during World War II, mainly in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
James Skead James Skead (December 31 1817 – July 5 1884) was an Ontario businessman and politician. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Rideau division from 1867 to 1881 and from 1881 until his death in 1884.
James Skinner (Writer) James Skinner (1964~) Author of the 9 Steps of Success, a best selling self-help book in Japanese and Korean; also translator of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, the 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management, and other works from English into Japanese. The first non-Asian ever certified as a management consultant in Japan.
James Skivring Smith James Skivring Smith (born 1825, died after 1871) was the President of Liberia from November 4, 1871 to January 1, 1872 when the newly-elected President Joseph Jenkins Roberts returned to the office he had held from 1848 to 1856, as Liberia's first president.
James Slee James Slee (1957 - August 14, 1983) was a young man who died during a session of Werner Erhard's Erhard Seminars Training. His family later sued Erhard Seminars Training, but the jury did not rule for damages to be delivered to the family.
James Small (rugby player) James Small (born 10 February 1969) is a former South African rugby union footballer who played on the wing for the Springboks. His international debut was against the All Blacks in 1992 and he made his final appearance against Scotland in 1997.
James Smillie Bold textScottish born (1944), James was to emigrate from the Glasgow tenements to carve out a highly successful career in Australia before returning to the UK to star in London's West End. A dynamic & versatile leading man, he has played the starring role in 'Kiss Me Kate' at the Old Vic for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is known internationally as Dr Dan Marshall, the bearded plastic surgeon from the blockbusting television series 'Return to Eden'.
James Smith (boxer) James (Bonecrusher) Smith (born April 3, 1953) is a former American boxer who was briefly heavyweight champion in the late 1980s. He was the first heavyweight champion with a college degree (Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko later achieved this distinction as well).
James Smith (Canadian politician) James Smith was commissioner of the Yukon Territory from November 7 1966 to June 30 1976. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the creation of Kluane National Park and Reserve and the designation of the Chilkoot Trail as a National Historic Site.
James Smith (VC) James Smith (1871][[]- 18 March 1946) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Smith McDonnell James Smith McDonnell (April 9, 1899 - August 22, 1980) was an aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, later McDonnell Douglas. McDonnell (or "Mac" as he was often referred) was a graduate of Princeton University and earned a Master's of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from MIT.
James Smithson James Smithson, FRS, MA (1764 – June 27, 1829) was a British mineralogist and chemist noted for having left a bequest in his will to the United States of America, which was used to fund the Smithsonian Institution.
James Somers James Somers (June 12, 1884 - May 7, 1918 born in Belturbet, County Cavan was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Somersett James Somerset or Somersett was a young African slave who was purchased by Charles Stuart in Virginia in 1749. Stuart was involved in English government service and traveled as part of his duties accompanied by Somerset, who at the time did not have a first name.
James Somerville (Canadian politician, Brant) James Somerville (June 7 1834 – May 24 1916) was an Ontario journalist, newspaper editor and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons who represented Brant North from 1882 to 1896 and Wentworth North and Brant from 1896 to 1900.
James Somerville (Canadian politician, Bruce) James Somerville (January 31 1826 – September 19 1898) was an Ontario businessman, notary public and political figure. He represented Bruce West in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1882 to 1887.
James Soong James Chu-yu Soong (宋楚瑜 Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'u-yü; pinyin: Sòng Chǔyú; born March 16, 1942) is a politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. He founded and chairs the People First Party, which favors eventual Chinese reunification.
James Sowerby James Sowerby (March 21, 1757 - October 25, 1822) was a British naturalist and illustrator. He was born in London, where he studied art at the Royal Academy and worked with William Curtis, whose Flora londinensis he illustrated.
James Spaulding James Spaulding (born July 30, 1937 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. He can be heard on the albums The Jody Grind, Purple Night,Components, Patterns, Karma (Pharoah Sanders album), and others.
James Spearman Winter Sir James Spearman Winter, KCMG (1 January 1845 – 6 October 1911) was a Newfoundland politician and Premier. Winter served in the Conservative government of Sir William Whiteway as Solicitor-General from 1882 to 1885 when he resigned along with a number of other Protestants as a result of sectarian riots at Harbour Grace.
James Spence James Spence was a Liverpool merchant who wrote a series of commissioned pro-Confederacy letters to The Times; described there as "the Confederacy financial adviser in England" (History of The Times, II, 380 and n and 384).
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn GCB PC (1762–1837), known as Sir James St Clair-Erskine from 1765 until 1805, was a Scottish soldier, Tory politician, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on behalf of King George IV.
James Stacy (US soldier) James Stacy was a soldier in the United States Army. He was the senior non-commissioned officer in the 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion, from September 2 2003, until his unexpected death on January 2 2004.
James Stephen Smith James Stephen Smithbetter known as Steve Smith, (born April 30], [[1963, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1984-85 to 2000-01.
James Stevens (musician) James Stevens (1892–[[December 31, 1971]]) was an American author and composer. Among his literary works were "Brawny Man" (1926), "Mattock" (1927), "Homer in the Sagebrush" (1928), "The Saginaw Paul Bunyan" (1932), "Paul Bunyan Bears" (1947), "Big Jim Turner" (1948), and "Tree Treasure" (1950).
James Stevenson (actor) James Stevenson is an American Actor, currently appearing on the NBC daytime drama Passions in the role of Jared Casey. Stevenson is dating former Days of our Lives star Nadia Bjorlin, who also appeared on the now defunct Sex, Love and Secrets with him.
James Stevenson-Hamilton Major James Stevenson-Hamilton (October 2 1867 - December 10 1957) born in Ireland was the eldest of 9 children and heir to a family title and home at Fairholm, by Larkhall in Scotland. He is considered the father of the Kruger National Park, in South Africa.
James Stewart (actor) Brigadier General James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Oscars, winning one in competition and one life achievement.
James Stewart (football player) James Ottis Stewart (born December 27, 1971 in Morristown, Tennessee), was a former American professional football player who was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft. A 6'1", 226 lbs.
James Stewart (politician) James Stewart (1775 - 1821) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Scotland November 11, 1775; received a liberal education; immigrated to the United States and settled near Stewartsville, North Carolina; engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of commons in 1798 and 1799; served in the State senate 1802-1804 and 1813-1815; elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander McMillan and served from January 5, 1818, to March 3, 1819; resumed mercantile and agricultural pursuits; died near Laurinburg, North Carolina, on December 29, 1821; interment in the Old Stewartsville Cemetery, near Laurinburg.
James Stewart filmography From the beginning of James Stewart's career in 1935 through his final theatrical project in 1991, Stewart appeared in 92 films, television programs and shorts. Through the course of his career, he appeared in many landmark and critically acclaimed films, including such classics as: Mr.
James Stewart Jr. James Stewart (formerly known as James "Bubba" Stewart) (born December 21, 1985) is a professional motocross racer sometimes referred to as the Tiger Woods of supercross. He is known for his tenacity, speed and being the first African American to dominate the sport of motocross.
James Stewart Perry James Stewart Perry (November 20, 1947, in New York City) is a former sculptor whose works appeared in the Whitney Biennial and who resides in Princeton, New Jersey. Currently, James Perry serves as a graphics editor for The New York Times.
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan Sir James "Hearty James" Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan of the third creation (1442-1499), the second son of Sir James Stewart, "the Black Knight of Lorne," by Joan Beaufort the widow of James I of Scotland.
James Stewart, Duke of Ross James Stewart, Duke of Ross (March 1476 - January 1504) was the son of King James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark. He was made Marquess of Ormonde at his baptism, Earl of Ross in 1481, and Duke of Ross in 1488.
James Still James Still (July 16, 1906 – April 28, 2001) was an Appalachian poet, novelist and folklorist who lived most of his life in a log house along the Dead Mare Branch of Little Carr Creek, Knott County, Kentucky. He was best known for the novel River of Earth which depicted the struggles of coal mining in eastern Kentucky.
James Stirling (architect) If Le Corbusier was the most important architect of the first half of the twentieth century, Sir James Frazer Stirling (22 April 1926 in Glasgow – 25 June 1992 in London) was surely the most important and influential architect of the second half, admired by all the other architects of the time and now, in the XXI century, by a new generation. He is perhaps best known for his questioning and subverting of the compositional precepts of the first Modern Movement, and his development of an agitated, mannered reinterpretation of those precepts, into which - much influenced by his friend and teacher, the important architectural theorist and urbanist Colin Rowe - he introduced an eclectic spirit that allowed him to make allusions to the whole sweep of architectural history, from ancient Rome and the Baroque, to the many manifestations of the modern period, from Frank Lloyd Wright to Alvar Aalto.
James Stirling (Australian governor) Admiral Sir James Stirling (January 28 1791–April 23 1865) was a British marine officer and colonial administrator. He was the first Governor of Western Australia (1828–38) and on his own initiative signed Britain's first limited treaty with Japan in 1854.
James Stirratt Topping Kennedy James Stirratt Topping Kennedy GC (1930 - 21 December 1973) was a Scottish security guard for British Rail Engineering Limited in Glasgow (St Rollox?) who was posthumously awarded the George Cross when he was killed by armed robbers who were stealing BREL's payroll whilst trying to stop them.
James Stockdale Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy. Shot down over enemy territory in 1965, Stockdale was the highest ranking naval officer held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
James Stokes James Stokes (6 February 1915-1 March 1945) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown (born 19 March 1954) is a British peer and politician. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 and sits for the Conservatives.
James Storm James Allan Black (born June 1, 1978) (Mentions his age on his MySpace) is an American professional wrestler who competes under the ring name "Tennessee Cowboy" James Storm. He is best known for his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is a seven time NWA World Tag Team Champion.
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