James or Jim Holt may refer to: James Holt (MP) (1647–1713), English MP for Lancashire James Maden Holt (1829–1911), English Conservative Party politician, MP for North East Lancashire 1868–1880 James Alan Holt (born 1982), British journalist and radio news reader James Holt (American football) (born 1986), American gridiron player Jim Holt (philosopher), American philosopher, author and essayist James Holt (scholar), British Latter-day Saint scholar James Holt (historian) (1922–2014), British professor of mediaeval history James Richard Holt (1931–1991), British politician Jim Holt (actor) (born 1959), British/Australian actor Jim Holt (baseball) (1944–2019), American baseball player Jim Holt (Arkansas politician) (born 1965), Arkansas politician