James Harris may refer to:

Politics

  • James Harris (grammarian) (1709–1780), English politician and grammarian
  • James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (1746–1820), English diplomat
  • James Harris (Nova Scotia politician) (1777–1848), Canadian politician in Nova Scotia
  • James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807–1889), British statesman
  • James Morrison Harris (1817–1898), United States Representative from Maryland
  • James Harris (North Carolina politician) (1832–1891), African-American North Carolina politician
  • James Charles Harris (1831–1904), British Consul at Nice
  • James E. Harris (1820–1923), American politician, lieutenant governor of Nebraska in 1897–99
  • James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury (1872–1950), British peer and Conservative politician
  • James Harris (Socialist Workers Party politician) (born 1948), 2000 and 2004 United States presidential candidate for the Socialist Workers Party

Science

  • J. Rendel Harris (1852–1941), English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts
  • James Arthur Harris (1880–1930), American botanist and biometrician
  • James Andrew Harris (1932–2000), American scientist, codiscoverer of rutherfordium (1968) and dubnium (1970)
  • James Anthony Harris (born 1968), British philosopher
  • James T. Harris III (living), American educator and academic administrator
  • James S. Harris, professor of electrical engineering, applied physics and material science at Stanford University
  • James Franklin Harris, American philosopher

Sports

American football

  • James "Shack" Harris (born 1947), American football former quarterback and executive
  • James Harris (defensive end) (born 1968), American football former player
  • James Harris (linebacker) (born 1982), American football fullback/linebacker
  • James L. Harris (American football), college football player

Other sports

  • James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury (1778–1841), British hunter
  • Kamala (wrestler) (James Harris, 1950–2020), American professional wrestler
  • James Harris (rugby union) (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player
  • James Harris (baseball) (1858–1939), American baseball infielder
  • James Harris (cricketer, born 1990), Welsh cricketer
  • James Harris (cricketer, born 1838) (1838–1925), English soldier and cricketer
  • James Harris (Kittitian cricketer) (born 1954), Kittitian cricketer
  • James Harris (sprinter) (born 1991), American sprinter and high jumper
  • Jamie Harris (footballer) (born 1979), Welsh footballer
  • Jay Harris (footballer, born 1987) (James William Harris, born 1987), English footballer

Others

  • James Harris (comedy writer) (21st century), British comedian
  • James Harris (solicitor) (1940–2004), British legal scholar
  • James B. Harris (born 1928), American screenwriter, producer and director
  • James H. Harris (1828–1898), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • James L. Harris (1916–1944), American World War II soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • James W. Harris, American linguist
  • Cornbread Harris (James Samuel Harris, born 1927), American musician
  • James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born 1959), member of American R&B and pop production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

See also

  • "The Daemon Lover" aka "James Harris", British ballad
  • James Fisher-Harris (born 1996), New Zealand rugby league footballer
  • Jim Harris (disambiguation)
  • Jimmy Harris (disambiguation)