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James King, 4th Baron Kingston (1693–1761), British peer •
James King (priest) (1715–1795), Canon of Windsor and Dean of Raphoe •
James King, 5th Earl of Kingston (1800–1869), Irish peer and barrister •
James King (pioneer) (1800–1857), Scottish-born Australian businessman and winemaker •
James King of William (1822–1856), American newspaper editor •
Sir James King, 1st Baronet (1830–1911), Scottish businessman, and Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1886–89 •
James King (architect) (fl. 1860s–1892), American architect •
James M. King (1839–1907), American Methodist minister, writer, and political activist •
James Albert King (1864–1933), paternal grandfather of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. •
James E. King Jr. (1874–1947), American physician, biological son of Grover Cleveland •
James L. King (engineer) (1922–c. 1995), British engineer •
James Lawrence King (born 1927), United States federal judge •
James Roger King (1927–1991), American ornithologist ==Fictional==