Notable people with the name James Johnstone include: James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (1602–1653), Scottish peer and royalist James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale (c. 1687–1730), Scottish peer Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet (1697–1772), Scottish MP for Dumfries Burghs 1743–1754 Sir James Johnstone, 4th Baronet (1726–1794), Scottish MP for Dumfries Burghs 1784–1790 and Weymouth & Melcombe Regis James Johnstone (explorer) (1759–1823), master, later lieutenant, aboard HMS Chatham during George Vancouver's 1791–95 expedition James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun (1741–1816), Scottish representative peer and Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire Chevalier de Johnstone (1719–c. 1791), actually James Johnstone, Jacobite army officer James Johnstone (1801–1888), Scottish MP for Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire James Johnstone (publisher) (1815–1878), British newspaper proprietor James Johnstone (biologist) (1870–1932), British biologist and oceanographer James Johnstone (stock breeder) (1859–1933), New Zealand businessman and stock breeder Jim Johnstone (poet) (born 1978), Canadian physiologist and poet Jim Johnstone (umpire) (1872–1927), American baseball umpire Jim Johnstone (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player Jimmy Johnstone (1944–2006), Scottish footballer James Johnstone (footballer), Scottish footballer James Johnstone (rugby union) (born 1990), Scottish rugby union player