James Wood Explained

James or Jim Wood may refer to:

Politics and government

James Wood (governor) (1741–1813), Governor of Virginia and officer in the American Revolutionary War
James Wood (New York politician) (1820–1892), New York politician and Union Army general
James Wood (Irish politician) (1865–1936), Member of Parliament for East Down, 1902–1906
Jim Wood (California politician) (born 1960), member of the California State Assembly
Jim Wood (Arkansas politician) (fl. late 20th century), State Auditor of Arkansas
Sebastian Wood (James Sebastian Lamin Wood, born 1961), British Ambassador to Germany

James Wood (baseball) (born 2002), American baseball player
James Wood (footballer) (1893–?), professional footballer, who played for South Shields, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool
James Wood (Lancashire cricketer) (1933–1977), English cricketer for Lancashire 1954–56
James Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1854–1937), New Zealand cricketer
James Wood (South African cricketer) (born 1985), South African cricketer, played for Durham UCCE
Jamie Wood (born 1978), footballer
Jim Wood (American football) (born 1936), American gridiron football player and coach
Jim Wood (biathlete) (1952–2020), British Olympic biathlete
Jim Wood (Sussex cricketer) (1914–1989), English cricketer, played for Sussex 1936–55
Jimmy Wood (1842–1927), American baseball player and manager

James Wood (mathematician) (1760–1839), Dean of Ely 1820–1839
James Wood (minister) (1672–1759), Presbyterian minister of Atherton and Chowbent Chapels in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England
James Frederick Wood (1813–1883), Archbishop of Philadelphia
James Julius Wood (1800–1877), Scottish minister

James Wood (Canadian admiral) (born 1934), Canadian admiral
James Athol Wood (1756–1829), British rear-admiral
James W. Wood (1924–1990), U.S. Air Force colonel and senior test pilot on the Dyna-Soar program
Sir James Wood, 2nd Baronet (died 1738), Scottish officer of the Dutch States Army and later the British Army
James Wood (Royal Navy officer) (died 1860), commander of HMS Pandora during its commission at the Royal Navy's Pacific Station

James Wood (musician) (born 1953), British composer and percussionist
James Wood (critic) (born 1965), British literary critic and novelist
James Wood (encyclopaedist) (1820–1901), British editor of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
James Wood, Lord Irwin (born 1977), British courtesy peer
James Edward Wood (1947–2004), American murderer
James N. Wood (1941–2010), American director of the Art Institute of Chicago
James Roland Wood (born 1941), Australian Royal Commissioner and jurist
James Rushmore Wood (1816–1882), American physician
Jim Wood (fiddler) (born 1964), American fiddler
James Wood (engineer), American engineer
James Wood Bush (c. 1844–1906), Hawaiian-American Civil War combatant
James Wood (screenwriter), British screenwriter