James Hurst

• James Hurst (author), author of "The Scarlet Ibis"
• James Hurst (politician), Tasmanian politician
• James Hurst (footballer), English footballer
• James Hurst (baseball), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• James Hurst (American football), American football offensive tackle
• James Willard Hurst, American legal history scholar
• James Hurst (screenwriter), Canadian television producer and writer
• Jim Hurst, American guitarist