James Simpson

James, Jim, or Jimmy Simpson may refer to:

  • James Simpson (explorer) (1911–2002), polar explorer
  • James Young Simpson (1811–1870), Scottish doctor and pioneer in use of chloroform as anaesthetic
  • James Young Simpson (scientist) (1873–1934), Scottish professor of natural science and a diplomat; great nephew of the above
  • James Simpson (politician) (1873–1938), Canadian trade unionist and mayor of Toronto, 1935
  • Jim Simpson (Australian politician) (1905–1968), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
  • James Simpson (civil servant) (c. 1792 – 1857), early Australian civil servant and property developer
  • James H. Simpson (1813–1883), surveyor of the American West for the U.S. Army.
  • James Simpson (government official), New Jersey Department of Transportation commissioner and former Federal Transit Administrator for the United States DOT
  • James Simpson, Jr. (1905–1960), U.S. Representative from Illinois
  • James Simpson (engineer) (1799–1869), president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1853–1855
  • James Simpson (composer), music theatre composer, performer and musical director, co-writer of Give My Regards to Broady
  • Jim Simpson (director) (born 1956), American theatre and film director
  • Jim Simpson (sportscaster) (born 1927), American sportscaster
  • Jim Simpson (footballer), English footballer
  • Jimmy Simpson (footballer) (1908–1972), Scottish footballer
  • Jimmy Simpson (American football) (1897–?), blocking back in the National Football League
  • William James Simpson (born 1954), commonly known as James Simpson, academic
  • James Simpson (British Army officer) (1792–1868), general of the British Army
  • James Simpson (advocate) (1781–1853), Scottish advocate and author
  • James Simpson (minister), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
  • James B. Simpson (died 2002), American journalist and Episcopal priest, known for Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
  • James Simpson (priest) (1865–1948), Dean of Peterborough, 1928–1942

Famous quotes containing the words james and/or simpson:

    “Happy you poets who can be present and so present by a simple flicker of your genius, and not, like the clumsier race, have to lay a train and pile up faggots that may not after prove in the least combustible!”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    “The sun is shining.
    The shadows of the lovers have disappeared.
    They are all eyes; they have some demand on me—
    They want me to be more serious than I want to be.”
    —Louis Simpson (b. 1923)