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