James Morris
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Arts
- James Morris (bass-baritone) (born 1947), American opera singer
- James Shepherd Morris (1931–2006), Scottish architect, partner in Morris and SteedmanMorris and SteedmanMorris and Steedman was an architecture firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The firm was founded by James Shepherd Morris and Robert Russell Steedman in the 1950s...
- James Corbitt Morris (1907–1998), US musician known as Jimmy DriftwoodJimmy DriftwoodJames Corbitt Morris , known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was a prolific American folk music songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud"...
- Jan MorrisJan MorrisJan Morris CBE is a Welsh nationalist, historian, author and travel writer. She is known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy, a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, notably Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong, and New York City.With an English mother and Welsh father,...
(born 1926), British historian, author and travel writer formerly known as James Morris
Military
- James Morris IIIJames Morris IIIJames Morris III was a Continental Army officer from Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War and founder of the Morris Academy, a pioneer in coeducation....
(1752–1820), Revolutionary War officer, coeducation pioneer, namesake of Morris, Connecticut - James Nicoll MorrisJames Nicoll MorrisVice-Admiral Sir James Nicoll Morris KCB was a Royal Navy officer with a history of distinguished service during the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars, especially at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where the majority of his ship's crew were killed or...
(1763–1830), British admiral
Politics
- James Morris (British politician)James Morris (British politician)James George Morris is a Conservative Party politician in England. He is the Member of Parliament for Halesowen and Rowley Regis, having won the Labour-held seat at the 2010 general election with a majority of 2,023 over the Labour Party candidate...
, MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis - James Morris (Canada West politician)James Morris (Canada West politician)James Morris was a businessman, banker and political figure in Canada West.He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1798, settled with his family at Elizabethtown in Upper Canada in 1808 and was educated at Sorel in Lower Canada. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1825...
(1798–1865), Canadian politician and banker - James Morris (Quebec politician)James Morris (Quebec politician)James Morris was a farmer, marble and granite dealer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Châteauguay in the Canadian House of Commons from 1913 to 1917 as a Conservative....
(1857–1931), farmer, marble and granite dealer and political figure in Quebec - James R. MorrisJames R. MorrisJames Remley Morris was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of Joseph Morris.Born in Rogersville, Pennsylvania, Morris attended the public schools.He moved with his parents to Waynesburg, Ohio, in 1829....
(1819–1899), U.S. Representative from Ohio
Sports
- James Morris (chess player)James Morris (chess player)James A. Morris is an Australian chess player who holds the International Master title. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, and currently lives in the suburb of Glen Huntly, Melbourne, and is attending the University High School....
(born 1994), Australian chess player - James Morris (baseball)James Morris (baseball)James A. Morris was a professional baseball player who played pitcher and outfielder in the Major Leagues in 1884 for the Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association. He appeared in one game for the Monumentals, and was hitless in three at-bats....
, 19th-century baseball player - James Morris (cricketer)James Morris (cricketer)James Calum Morris is an English cricketer. Morris is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.-Berkshire career:...
(born 1985), English cricketer - Jamie MorrisJamie MorrisJames Walter "Jamie" Morris is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and a record-setting running back in college for the University of Michigan Wolverines...
(born 1965), American football player
Others
- James H. MorrisJames H. MorrisJames Hiram Morris is a Professor of Computer Science. He was previously Dean of the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science and Dean of Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley.-Biography:...
(born 1941), American computer scientist - James Ward MorrisJames Ward MorrisJames Ward Morris was a United States federal judge.Born in Smithfield, North Carolina, Morris received an A.B. from the University of North Carolina in 1912. He attended the University of North Carolina School of Law, but read law to enter the bar in 1913. He was in private practice in Tampa,...
(1890–1960), United States federal judge
See also
- Jim Morris (disambiguation)Jim Morris (disambiguation)Jim Morris is a former professional baseball player and subject of the 2002 film The Rookie.Jim Morris may also refer to:*Jim Morris , head baseball coach at the University of Miami...
- James MoriceJames MoriceJames Morice was an English politician.He was born 1539, the eldest son of William Morice of Chipping Ongar by Anne Isaac of Kent and educated at the Middle Temple.He was chosen as the Member of Parliament for Wareham in 1563...
(1539–1597), English MP for Colchester