'''James Burns''' may refer to: {{tocright}} ==Business== * James Burns (Australian shipowner) (1846–1923), Australian businessman * James W. Burns (1921–2019), Canadian businessman * James Burns (merchant), Glasgow-born merchant of the 17th century * James Burns (publisher) (1808–1871), Scottish publisher and author * James Burns (Scottish shipowner) (1789–1871) * James D. Burns (1865–1928), American businessman and owner of the Detroit Tigers * James Ormston Burns (1925–1998), founder of Burns London, a guitar and amplifier company
==Entertainment== * James MacGregor Burns (1918–2014), American biographer * Jim Burns (born 1948), Welsh artist * Jim Burns (poet) (born 1936), English poet * Jim Burns (television producer) (1952–2017), American television producer and writer * Jim Burns (''Oz''), character on the HBO series ''Oz'' * Jimmy Burns (born 1943), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
==Religion== * James Burns (Spiritualist) (1835–1894), Scottish journalist and publisher * James A. Burns (1867–1940), American priest and president of the University of Notre Dame * James Anderson Burns (1865–1945), founder of the Oneida Baptist Institute * James Chalmers Burns (1809–1892), Scottish minister * James Drummond Burns (1823–1864), Scottish Presbyterian minister and poet
==Sports== * James Burns (cricketer) (1866–1957), English cricketer * Farmer Burns (baseball) (James Joseph Burns, 1876–?), American baseball player * Jamie Burns (born 1984), English footballer * Jim Burns (baseball) (died 1909), 19th-century baseball player * Jim Burns (basketball) (1945–2020), American basketball player, lawyer, and politician * Jim Burns (footballer) (1943–2025), Scottish footballer * Jim Burns (rugby union), Welsh international rugby union player
==Other== * James Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde (1864–1919) * James Glencairn Burns, son of poet Robert Burns * J. H. Burns (James Henderson Burns, 1921–2012), Scottish historian * J. Irving Burns (1843–1925), American lawyer and politician * James M. Burns (judge) (1924–2001), U.S. federal judge * James M. Burns (Medal of Honor) (1845–1910), Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War * James Richard Henry Burns (1916–2002), English police officer who became a nobleman in Brunei
==See also== * James Burn (1849–?), Australian cricketer * James Burnes (disambiguation) * James Byrnes (disambiguation) * James Byrne (disambiguation)
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