The people named James Minchin who are currently alive that I know of are:
- James N Minchin (me), computer programmer in Perth, Western Australia
- James R Minchin III, a photographer (mainly of music-related stuff) in Los Angeles
- James E Minchin, who in 2000 had some connection to King's College London
- Father James Minchin, Anglican priest at Melbourne's St Kilda parish, and author of respected book on Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, No Man Is an Island. Interviewed on Lateline, on Australian national tv in 2002.