James Harris

James Harris is the name of:

  • James Harris (grammarian) (1709–1780), English politician and grammarian
  • James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (1746–1820), English diplomatist
  • James Harris (Nova Scotia politician) (1777–1848), politician in Nova Scotia
  • James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury (1778–1841), British peer
  • James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807–1889), British statesman
  • James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury (1872–1950), British peer and Conservative politician
  • James Harris (quarterback) (born 1947), first modern black professional American football quarterback to start a season
  • James Harris (politician) (born 1948), 2000 and 2004 United States presidential candidate for the Socialist Workers Party
  • James Harris (defensive end) (born 1968), former professional American football player
  • James Harris (rugby player) (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player
  • James Harris (cricketer) (born 1990), Welsh cricketer
  • James Harris (comedy writer) (living), British comedian
  • James Andrew Harris, American scientist, codiscoverer of rutherfordium and dubnium
  • James Arthur Harris (1880–1930), American botanist and biometrician
  • James B. Harris (born 1928), film-producing partner of Stanley Kubrick
  • James C. Harris, fictional police officer in U.S. TV series Homicide: Life on the Street
  • James Charles Harris (died 1904), KCVO, British Vice-Consul to Nice
  • James H. Harris (1828–1898), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • James H. Harris (NC politician) (1832–1891), African-American North Carolina politician
  • James L. Harris (1916–1944), American World War II soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • James Morrison Harris (1817–1898), United States Representative from Maryland
  • Cornbread Harris (James Samuel Harris, born 1927), American musician
  • James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born 1959), member of American R&B and pop production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
  • James T. Harris III (living), American educator and academic administrator
  • Kamala (wrestler) aka James Harris (born 1950), professional wrestler
  • J. Rendel Harris (1852–1941), English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts

Famous quotes containing the words james and/or harris:

    “The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes.”
    —William James (1842–1910)

    “You see, my dear, it occurred to me that he’d make a delightful coffin follower. That, that expression of melancholy. It’s very interesting, don’t you think so, my love?”
    —Vernon Harris (c. 1910)