James Young may refer to: In business James R. Young (UP) (1952–2014), president, CEO and chairman of Union Pacific Railroad James R. Young (North Carolina politician) (1853–1937), Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina James Webb Young (1886–1973), American advertising executive In medicine and science James Young (physician) (1929–2008), American White House physician James Young (chemist) (1811–1883), Scottish chemist; distilled paraffin from coal James Whitney Young (born 1941), American astronomer James Edward Young, American physicist In politics James Young (Canadian politician) (1835–1913), member of the Canadian House of Commons James Young (congressman) (1866–1942), U.S. Representative from Texas James Young (mayor) (born 1955), first African American to be elected mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi, 2009 James Young (New Brunswick politician) (1841–1907), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada James Young (Upper Canada politician) (1777–1831), political figure in Upper Canada James Young (trade unionist) (1887–1975), Scottish politician and trade unionist James Addison Young (1815–1875), American politician from Iowa Alexander Young (New Zealand politician) (James Alexander Young, 1875–1956), New Zealand politician James H. Young (1860–1921), African-American North Carolina politician James Henry Young (1834–1908), colonial Australian businessman and politician James Young (Missouri politician) (1800–1878), lieutenant governor of Missouri who also served in the Tennessee House of Representatives James R. Young (Pennsylvania politician) (1847–1924), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania James M. Young (politician), American state legislator from Mississippi In sports James Young (American football) (born 1950), former professional American football defensive end James Young (basketball) (born 1995), American basketball player James Young (cricketer) (1913–1994), South African cricketer James Young (footballer, born 1882) (1882–1922), Scottish footballer, played for Celtic F.C. and Scotland James Young (footballer, born 1891) (1891–?), Scottish footballer James Young (hurler), hurling player from County Laois, Ireland Jamie Young (born 1985), Anglo-Australian soccer goalkeeper In the arts James Young (American musician) (born 1949), guitarist for the band Styx James Young (British musician) (born 1952), author and musical collaborator with Nico James Young (comedian) (1918–1974), Northern Irish comedian James Young (album), a comedy album by James Young James Young (director) (1872–1948), American film director and actor James Hardy Vaux (1782–?), wrote the first Australian dictionary and used James Young as an alias In the judiciary and academia James Scott Young (1848–1914), United States federal judge James Sterling Young (1927–2013), American historian and professor James Drummond Young, Lord Drummond Young (born 1950), judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland James Fred Young, president of Elon University In the military