Historians, Scholars and Clergymen
- James Harvey Robinson (1863–1936), American historian and co-founder/first director of New School for Social Research
- James Herman Robinson (1907-1972), American clergyman and humanitarian
- James A. Robinson, American academic, president of University of West Florida
- James M. Robinson (born 1924), American biblical scholar, author, editor and professor
- James Robinson (economist), American academic at Harvard University; see Economic growth
- James C. Robinson (health economist), professor at the University of California, Berkeley
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