title: James Atkinson
text: # James Atkinson
  
  James Atkinson may refer to:
  
  ## Sport
  
  * James Atkinson (bobsleigh) (1929–2010), American bobsleigh competitor at the Winter Olympics
  * James Atkinson (footballer) (born 1995), English goalkeeper for Gretna 2008
  * Jamie Atkinson (born 1990), international cricketer for Hong Kong
  * Jim Atkinson (1896–1956), Australian sportsman from Tasmania
  * Jimmy Atkinson (1886 – after 1910), English footballer for Bolton Wanderers and others
  
  ## Other fields
  
  * James Atkinson (Australian politician) (c. 1820–1873), New South Wales politician
  * James Atkinson (inventor) (1846–1914), inventor of the Single-Stroke combustion engine in 1882
  * James Atkinson (JP), first mayor of Crewe, England
  * James Atkinson (Persian scholar) (1780–1852), published one of the earliest translations of the Shahnameh in English
  * James Atkinson (physicist) (1916–2008), radar pioneer
  * James Atkinson (software developer), founder of the phpBB project
  * James Atkinson (surgeon) (1759–1839), English surgeon and bibliographic
  * James Atkinson (theologian) (1914–2011), Church of England priest and academic
  * James Henry Atkinson (1849–1942), British ironmonger who invented the mousetrap
  
  ## Fictional
  
  * James Atkinson (Neighbours), fictional character from the soap opera Neighbours
  