James Scott may refer to:
Entertainment
James Scott (composer) (1885–1938), African-American ragtime composer
James Scott (director) (born 1941), British filmmaker
James Scott (actor) (born 1979), British television actor
James Scott (Shortland Street), character on the TV soap opera Shortland Street
James Honeyman-Scott (1956–1982), British guitarist and member of The Pretenders
Military
James Scott (marine) (died 1796), Sergeant of Marines in the New South Wales Marine Corps
James Scott (Royal Navy officer) (1790–1872), British naval officer
James Bruce Scott (1892–1974), officer in the British Indian Army
James Robinson Scott (died 1821), Scottish naval surgeon and noted amateur botanist
James Stanley Scott (1889–1975), Royal Canadian Air Force officer
Politics
United Kingdom
James Scott of Balwearie (died 1606), Scottish landowner and supporter of the rebel earls
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649–1685), noble recognized by some as James II of England
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (1674–1705), English nobleman and politician
James Scott (1671–1732), British MP, 1710–1711
James Scott (British Army officer, died 1747) (c. 1672–1747), MP for Kincardineshire 1713–1734
James Scott (Bridport MP) (1776–1855), British MP, 1820–1826
James Winter Scott (1799–1873), MP for North Hampshire, 1832–1837
James Scott (Liberal politician) (1876–1939), British MP, 1929–1931
Sir James Sibbald David Scott, 3rd Baronet (1814–1885), 3rd Scott baronets, of Dunninald
Sir James Sibbald Scott, 1st Baronet (died 1819), 1st Scott baronets, of Dunninald
Elsewhere
James Scott (Australian politician) (1810–1884), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Jim Scott (Australian politician) (born 1946, James Alan Scott), Australian politician
James Scott (American politician), Arizona state senator
James A. Scott (born 1942), member of the Florida Senate
James F. Scott (West Virginia), delegate to the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861
James George Scott (1851–1935), Scottish journalist and colonial administrator who introduced football to Burma
James Reid Scott (1839–1877), explorer and colonial administrator in the Australian colony of Tasmania
James George Scott (1851–1935), colonial administrator in Burma
James M. Scott (Canadian politician) (1860–1943), Canadian politician
Jim Scott (Virginia politician) (James Martin Scott, 1938–2017), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Sports
James Scott (basketball) (born 1972), American professional basketball player
James Scott (cricketer) (born 1978), English cricketer
James Scott (footballer, born 1881) (1881–?), Scottish footballer
James Scott (footballer, born 1882) (1882–?), Scottish footballer
James Scott (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1916), Scottish footballer
James Scott (footballer, born 1905) (1905–?), Scottish footballer
James Scott (footballer, born 2000), Scottish footballer
James Melvin Scott (1911–2001), American Senior Olympian, author, inventor
James Scott (boxer) (1947–2018), American light heavyweight fighter
James Scott (gridiron football) (born 1952), NFL wide receiver
James Scott (rugby union) (born 1999), English rugby union player
Jumbo Scott (James William Scott, 1903—1949), Scottish international rugby union player
Other
James Scott (antiquarian) (1733–1818), minister in Perth and antiquarian
James Brown Scott (1866–1943), American authority on international law
James C. Scott (1936–2024), American political scientist and agrarian studies scholar
James F. Scott (1942–2020), American physicist and FRAM pioneer
James Hope-Scott (1812–1873), English barrister and Tractarian
James M. Scott, American military historian
James Maurice Scott (1906–1986), British explorer and writer
James Robb Scott (1882–1965), Scottish architect
James Scott (cardiologist) (born 1946), British cardiologist
James Scott (criminal) (born 1969), American, convicted of contributing to the Great Flood of 1993