Notable people by the name of James Jones:
- James Jones, 20th century American novelist
- James Warren "Jim" Jones, leader of the People's Temple religious movement during its infamous mass suicide
- James Earl Jones, actor
- James Jones , former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
- James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps General and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe of NATO
- James Jones , NBA basketball player
- James Kimbrough Jones, chairman of the Democratic National Committee
- James T. Jones , Southwest Missouri State University professor who has written extensively on the work of Jack Kerouac
- James Jones , astronomer at University of Western Ontario
- the Right Reverend James Jones , Bishop of Liverpool, UK.
