James Adams
James Adams may refer to:
Academia
- James Adams (Jesuit), English philologist
- James Truslow Adams, American historian
- James Luther Adams, American theologian
- James B. Adams (professor), professor at Arizona State University
- James Noel Adams, fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and historian of the Latin language
Arts and entertainment
- James Barton Adams, cowboy poet
- James Adams (entrepreneur), American author and entrepreneur
- James B. Adams (composer), English composer, organist, and cellist
- Jim Adams (musician), American heavy metal guitarist
- James Adams (character), character in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore
Government and politics
- James Adams (MP), British member of parliament and Lord of the Admiralty
- James Adams (Massachusetts politician), mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
- James Hopkins Adams, American governor of South Carolina
- James Uriah Adams, his cousin, American planter and politician South Carolina
- J. M. Adams, American politician in Wisconsin
- James L. Adams, American politician
- James B. Adams, attorney, Texas legislator, and acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- James Adams (diplomat), British diplomat
- W. James Adams, deputy chief technologist at NASA
- James Verne Adams, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives
Religion
- James Adams (archdeacon of Kildare), Irish Anglican priest
- James Adams (Mormon), American lawyer and intimate friend of the Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
- James Adams (chaplain), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Adams (bishop of Barking), bishop of Barking, 1975–1983
- James M. Adams Jr., Episcopal bishop in America
Sports
- James Adams (cricketer, born 1811), English cricketer
- James Adams (cricketer, born 1904), Australian cricketer
- James Adams (cricketer, born 1980), English cricketer
- James Adams (footballer, born 1864), Scottish footballer
- James Adams (footballer, born 1896), English footballer who played for Chesterfield
- James Adams (footballer, born 1908), English footballer who played for West Bromwich Albion
- Jim Adams (baseball), American baseball player
- Jim Adams (lacrosse), American college lacrosse coach
- Jim Adams (soccer), English soccer player
Other
- James "Grizzly" Adams, American hunter, basis of a television program
- James F. Adams, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- James W. Adams, carpenter, builder and designer in Kentucky
- James H. Adams III, United States Marine Corps general