James Mitchell may refer to:

Entertainment

  • James Mitchell (actor) (1920–2010), American actor who played Palmer Cortlandt on All My Children
  • James Mitchell (writer) (1926–2002), British writer whose works include the TV series Callan and When The Boat Comes In
  • James "Jim" Mitchell, American porn director who killed his brother; see Mitchell brothers
  • James Leslie Mitchell, British author who used the pseudonym Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Politics

  • James Mitchell (Australian politician) (1866–1951), Premier of Western Australia 1919–1924 and 1930–1933
  • James Mitchell (Canadian politician) (1843–1897), legislator from New Brunswick
  • James Mitchell (Covenanter) (died 1678), Scottish fanatic who tried to murder an archbishop
  • James Mitchell (loyalist) (1920–2008), Ulster loyalist and Royal Ulster Constabulary officer
  • James Mitchell (New South Wales politician) (1789 or 1792–1869), New South Wales surgeon, businessman and politician
  • James Coffield Mitchell (1786–1843), U.S. Congressman from Tennessee
  • James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (1931–2021), prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • James George Mitchell (1847–1919), Pennsylvania state senator and United States soldier
  • James L. Mitchell (1834–1894), mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana
  • James P. Mitchell (1900–1964), American politician, Secretary of Labor in the Eisenhower administration
  • James S. Mitchell (1784–1844), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania
  • James Mitchell (Arkansas politician), served in Arkansas General Assembly, 1860

Sports

  • James Mitchell (American football) (born 1999), American football player
  • James Mitchel (1864–1921), Irish-American athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics
  • James Mitchell (basketball) (born 1991), Australian basketball player
  • James Mitchell (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1958), Scottish footballer for Kilmarnock and Scotland
  • James Mitchell (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1975), English international footballer
  • James Mitchell (rugby union) (born 1995), English rugby player
  • Father James Mitchell (born 1965), American wrestling manager

Other

  • James Mitchell (herald) (1836–1898), Scottish officer of arms
  • James Mitchell (Methodist minister) (1818–1903), also Commissioner of Emigration
  • James Mitchell (poker player) (born 1989), English poker player
  • James Mitchell (Scottish minister) (1830–1911), Scottish minister and social organizer
  • James C. Mitchell (settler) (1810–1860), founder of the town of Florence, Nebraska
  • J. Clyde Mitchell (1918–1995), British anthropologist
  • James Elmer Mitchell (born 1952), American psychologist and interrogation consultant
  • James G. Mitchell (born 1943), Canadian computer scientist
  • James Hart Mitchell (1899–1921), English World War I flying ace
  • James T. Mitchell (1834–1915), Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

See also

  • Jamie Mitchell (disambiguation)
  • Jim Mitchell (disambiguation)