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.

• Several members of the United States Congress have been named James Jones, including one who is the namesake of Jones County, Georgia.