James Johnson may refer to:

Arists, authors, and musicians

• James Johnson (musician), minimalist electronic musician
• James Johnson (musicologist), late 18th-century Scottish musicologist
• James P. Johnson (1891-1955), New Jersey jazz musician
• James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), African-American figure in the Harlem Renaissance

Military figures

• James Johnson (World War I), recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I
• James Edmund Johnson, Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
• Johnnie Johnson (pilot) (1915–2001), James E. "Johnnie" Johnson, WWII RAF fighter ace

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

• Jimmy Johnson