James Johnson may refer to:
Arists, authors, and musicians
Military figures
Political figures
- James Johnson (Virginia) (?-1825), U.S. congressman from Virginia
- James Johnson (Kentucky) (1774-1826), U.S. congressman from Kentucky
- James Johnson (Georgia) (1811-1891), U.S. congressman and governor of Georgia
- James Johnson (UK politician), British Labour MP in the 1970s
- James Augustus Johnson (1829-1896), U.S. congressman and lieutenant governor from California
- James D. Johnson, Arkansas politician
- James Hutchins Johnson (1802-1887), U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire
- James Leeper Johnson (1818-1877), U.S. congressman from Kentucky
- James M. Johnson, justice of the Washington Supreme Court
- J. Neely Johnson (1825-1872), governor of California
- James Paul Johnson (1930- ), U.S. congressman from Colorado
Others
- James Johnson, a starting pitcher on the Baltimore Orioles' 40-man roster (as of 2006)
- James Johnson (figure skater), British silver medalist in pairs figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- James Johnson, historical slave figure
- James Wood Johnson, co-founder of the company Johnson and Johnson
- James A. Johnson, chairman of Fannie Mae, the Kennedy Center and the Brookings Institution
- Jim Johnson (jockey), the great Australian jockey
- Jim Johnson (BMA chairman), chairman of the British Medical Association
- Jim Johnson (football coach), American football coach
- Jim Johnson (b.1942), a former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association
- Jim Johnson (b.1962), a former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
- President James Johnson, the fictional 44th President of the United States in Sons of Liberty.
See also