There is more than one person with the name James Watson:

• James Watson, participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn
• James Watson , author of the novel Talking in Whispers
• James Watson, U.S. Senator from New York (1797-1801)
• James Watson , painter of 77 portraits held by the U.S. National Portrait Gallery [[1]]
• James Watson , British radical, Chartist, founding member of the London Working Men's Association [2]
• James Watson , professional wrestler who goes under the name of Mikey Whipwreck
• James Craig Watson, astronomer
• James D. Watson, biologist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
• James Eli Watson, U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana
• Sir James Watson , (1801-1889) stockbroker and Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1871-1874.
• James Lopez Watson, U.S. Federal judge (first black judge to head a federal court in the south)