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A 17th century CE portrait of James II of Scotland (r. 1437-1460 CE). (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)

A statue of James I of Scotland (r. 1406-1437 CE) on the exterior of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.

A statue of James II of England (r. 1685-1688) as a Roman Emperor, designed by Peter van Dievoet and Laurens van der Meulen, 1686. Trafalgar Square, London.

A silver groat of James V of Scotland (r. 1513-1542) showing a portrait of the king and the royal arms. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

Statue of James Bonham, photograph by Larry D. Moore, 2018. Created by sculptor Allie Tenant in 1938, this statue, located in the eponymous city of Bonham, Texas, commemorates James Butler Bonham (1807-1836), who brought word on 3 March...

A c. 1682 portrait by Peter Lely of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (b. 1649). Monmouth was the illegitimate son of Charles I of England and led the failed Monmouth Rebellion against James II of England. He was executed for treason in 1685...

James Mooney (l. 1861-1921), American ethnographer who helped preserve the literature, language, and culture of the Cherokee nation. Plate 1 in The Swimmer Manuscript by James Mooney and Frans M. Olbrechts, Smithsonian Institution. Bureau...

A c. 1720 portrait of James II of England’s exiled son James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766), also known as the Old Pretender since he claimed the crown of Great Britain which had since passed on to the House of Hanover and George I of...

The Rev. James MacGregor Monument, Pictou, Nova Scotia. James MacGregor (1759-1830) was a Presbyterian minister and abolitionist who wrote the first anti-slavery tract in Canada and helped fugitive slaves arriving there from the USA. Photograph...

Henry Hudson (c. 1570-1611) was an English navigator and maritime explorer. He is known for his four voyages between 1607 and 1610 in search of a northwest passage via the Arctic Ocean to the Far East. The lure of a northwest passage became...