75 Famous People Named James

Based on the clues, name these famous people named James, Jim, Jimmy, Jamie or some variant thereof.

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Clue	Person
Star of "It's a Wonderful Life"	James Stewart
Lead singer of the Doors	Jim Morrison
"Discovered" the east coast of Australia	James Cook
Code name 007	James Bond
Irish author of "Ulysses"	James Joyce
3-times the Oscars host	Jimmy Kimmel
4th U.S. President	James Madison
"Django Unchained" lead actor	Jamie Foxx
Teamsters leader	Jimmy Hoffa
Are you experienced? This guitarist was	Jimi Hendrix
Star Fleet captain	James T. Kirk
This DJ "Jim'll Fix It"	Jimmy Savile
The first "dark horse" candidate in the a U.S. presidential election	James K. Polk
Co-hosted "Top Gear"	James May
Basketball inventor	James Naismith
Coach of the U and the Dallas Cowboys	Jimmy Johnson
"Fifty Shades of Grey" lead actor	Jamie Dornan
"You've Got a Friend" singer	James Taylor
Sheldon Cooper	Jim Parsons
Baseball player, football player, and gold-medal decathlete	Jim Thorpe
Led Zeppelin founder	Jimmy Page
Space telescope namesake	James Webb
Rockets basketballer called "The Beard"	James Harden
Portrayed younger Professor X	James McAvoy
Boxer known as "Bonecrusher"	James Smith
The Late Late Show host	James Corden
British tennis doubles' player whose brother is a former No. 1	Jamie Murray
The chin. Tonight Show.	Jay Leno
He embodied Tony Soprano	James Gandolfini
He portrayed Paul in "Misery" and Sonny in "The Godfather"	James Caan
Quebec's most noble university	James McGill
"Go Tell It on the Mountain" writer	James Baldwin
He directed the "Guardians of the Galaxy" trilogy	James Gunn
Only president to never marry	James Buchanan
Niki Lauda's rival	James Hunt
He improved the steam engine	James Watt
British navy officer for whom the part of Antarctica which New Zealand claims is named	James Clark Ross
Presenter of "The Big Fat Quiz of the Year"	Jimmy Carr

Clue	Person
Peanut farmer to U.S. President	Jimmy Carter
Director of "Titanic"	James Cameron
"Era of Good Feelings" President	James Monroe
Creator of "Garfield"	Jim Davis
Wikipedia co-founder who shares his last name with a Celtic nation	Jimmy Wales
He was a rebel without a cause	James Dean
Miami Heats basketball player nicknamed "Jimmy Buckets"	Jimmy Butler
"127 Hours" star	James Franco
"You're beautiful" said this singer	James Blunt
Famous women's shoe maker	Jimmy Choo
Portrayed Ace Ventura	Jim Carrey
Called the "Godfather of Soul"	James Brown
Talk show host who fake laughs	Jimmy Fallon
Margaret Thatcher succeeded him as prime minister	James Callaghan
Assassinated U.S. president	James A. Garfield
Tennis player with pro most titles	Jimmy Connors
Colombian football star	James Rodríguez
The voice of Darth Vader	James Earl Jones
Author of "The Last of the Mohicans"	James Fenimore Cooper
"The Naked Chef" restaurateur	Jamie Oliver
Singer of "Margaritaville"	Jimmy Buffett
Fictional black character or the segregationist southern U.S. laws	Jim Crow
Caught 51 touchdowns for the Saints as tight end	Jimmy Graham
Creator of the Muppets	Jim Henson
Laurie Strode from "Halloween"	Jamie Lee Curtis
Gotham City police Commissioner	James Gordon
4x Grand Slam tennis champion	Jim Courier
Discovered the structure of DNA	James Watson
Director of "Howards End" and "The Remains of the Day"	James Ivory
Colorado's capital was named in honor of this politician	James W. Denver
Cult leader whose followers drank poisoned Flavor-Aid and committed mass suicide in 1978	Jim Jones
Guitarist from Led Zeppelin	Jimmy Page
Arkansas senator who founded a cultural exchange program	J. William Fulbright
Pam's boyfriend in "The Office"	Jim Halpert
His three initials are the name of a famous speaker manufacturer	James Bullough Lansing
7x Oscar nominated composer; middle name Newton	James Newton Howard
Actor of Cyclops in "X-Men"	James Marsden

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