James Hughes Explained

James, Jamie, Jim or Jimmy Hughes may refer to:

Law and politics

U.S.

• James B. Hughes (1805–1873), American newspaper publisher, state legislator for Ohio
• James Madison Hughes (1809–1861), U.S. Representative from Missouri
• James Hughes (representative) (1823–1873), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• James A. Hughes (1861–1930), U.S. Representative from West Virginia
• James H. Hughes (1867–1953), American lawyer and politician, U.S. Senator from Delaware
• James P. Hughes (1874–1961), American jurist; Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
• James F. Hughes (1883–1940), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
• James W. Hughes (died 1955), American politician and newspaperman from Virginia
• Jim Hughes (politician) (born 1964), Ohio politician

Elsewhere

• James Hughes (British politician) (died 1845), British Member of Parliament for Grantham
• James Joseph Hughes (1856–1941), Canadian Senator and Member of Parliament
• James Hughes (Irish politician) (1895–1948), Irish Fine Gael politician
• Jim Hughes (academic) (born 1959), British political scientist

Sports

Association football (soccer)

• James Hughes (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1948), English footballer who played for Liverpool
• Jimmy Hughes (footballer) (1909–1966), English footballer
• James Hughes (footballer, born 1911) (1911–?), English footballer who played for Bristol City
• Jim Hughes (footballer, born 1960), Scottish footballer
• Jim Hughes (footballer, born 1965), Scottish footballer
• Jamie Hughes (footballer) (born 1977), English footballer

Baseball

• Jay Hughes (a.k.a. Jim Hughes, 1874–1924), American baseball pitcher
• Jim Hughes (1950s pitcher) (1923–2001), American baseball pitcher
• Jim Hughes (1970s pitcher) (born 1951), American baseball pitcher

Other sports

• James Hughes (rugby union) (1886–1943), Australian rugby union player
• James Hughes (ice hockey) (1906–1983), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Jim Hughes (Canadian football) (born 1933), Canadian football player
• James Hughes (boxer) (1965–1995), American flyweight boxer
• Jamie Hughes (darts player) (born 1986), English darts player

Others

• James Hughes (bishop) (1894–1979), British Anglican bishop
• James D. Hughes (1922–2024), American Air Force lieutenant general
• Jimmy Hughes (singer) (born 1938), American soul singer
• Jimmy Hughes (British musician) (born 1958), British punk rock/New Wave bassist
• James Hughes (sociologist) (born 1961), American sociologist and bioethicist

Other uses

• Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop, American television show (1953)

See also

• Hughes (surname)