The name James Hamilton can refer to several different persons.
- James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton (d. 1479), Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran (c. 1475 - 1529), Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton of Finnart (d. 1540), military engineer, illegitimate son of the 1st earl and guardian to the 2nd
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (c. 1516 - 1575), Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (c. 1537 - 1609), Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn (c. 1575 - 1618), Sheriff of Linlithgow
- James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606 - 1649), heir to the throne of Scotland
- James Inglis Hamilton (d. 1803), Major General in the British Army
- James Inglis (Anderson) Hamilton (1777 - 1815), British army colonial
- James Hamilton Jr. (1786 - 1857), Governor and Representative for South Carolina
- James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811 - 1885), twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838 - 1913), British nobleman and diplomat
- James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869 - 1953), the first Governor of Northern Ireland
- James Stevenson-Hamilton (1867 - 1957), founder of the Kruger National Park, South Africa
- James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904 - 1979), Northern Irish senator
- James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (b. 1934), Northern Irish politician
- James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (b. 1942), member of the Scottish Parliament
- James Hamilton (jurist) (fl. 2000s), Irish
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