James Oliver

James Oliver may refer to:

  • Jamie Oliver (born 1975), English chef
  • Jamie Oliver (musician), keyboards player of Welsh band Lostprophets
  • James C. Oliver (1895–1986), American politician
  • James Harrison Oliver (1857–1928), American admiral and governor of the United States Virgin Islands
  • Michael Oliver (Lord Mayor) (James Michael Yorrick Oliver), Lord Mayor of London 2001–2002
  • Jim Oliver (novelist), American novelist
  • Jim Oliver (footballer) (born 1941), Scottish former footballer
  • Jimmy Oliver (born 1969), American basketball player
  • James Oliver (inventor) (1823–1908), American inventor and industrialist

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    You desire to embrace it, to caress it, to possess it; and finally a soft sense of possession grows up and your visit becomes a perpetual love affair.
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

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