James Barnes

James, Jim, or Jimmy Barnes may refer to:

Politics

 * James Barnes (Canadian politician) (1842–1924), farmer, lumberman, railway contractor and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
 * James M. Barnes (politician) (1899–1958), U.S. Representative from Illinois
 * James Strachey Barnes (1890–1955), British Fascist Party member and diarist
 * Sir Jim Barnes (politician) (1908–1995), New Zealand politician

Sport

 * James Barnes (cricketer) (1886–1963), English cricketer
 * Jim Barnes (1886–1966), English professional golfer
 * Jim Barnes (offensive guard), American football player
 * Jim Barnes (American football, born 1959), American football player and coach
 * Jim "Bad News" Barnes (1941–2002), American basketball player

The arts

 * James Barnes (author) (1866–1936), American author
 * James Barnes (composer) (born 1949), American composer
 * James Barnes (television director) (born 1979), English television director
 * Jim Barnes (writer) (born 1933), Native American writer
 * Jimmy Barnes (born 1956), Scottish-Australian rock musician

Other people

 * James Barnes (engineer) (1740–1819), English Canal engineer
 * Sir James Barnes (civil servant) (1891–1969), English civil servant
 * James Barnes (general) (1801–1869), American railroad executive and Union Army general in the American Civil War
 * James Barnes Wyngaarden (1924–2019), American medical researcher
 * James William Barnes Steveni (1859–1944), British correspondent in Russia
 * A. James Barnes (born 1942), American attorney, dean and professor
 * James Barnes (murderer) (1962–2023), American convicted murderer
 * James Stevenson Barnes (1756–1823), British colonel who served in the Napoleonic Wars
 * James Antonio Barnes (born 1944), American serial killer

Characters

 * Bucky Barnes also known as James Barnes, sidekick of Captain America and inheritor of the name

Other

 * James B. Barnes House, a historic site in Cambridge, Massachusetts