James Bruce (disambiguation)

James Bruce (1730–1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer.

James Bruce may also refer to:


 * James Bruce (bishop) (died 1447), Bishop of Dunkeld, Chancellor of Scotland and Bishop of Glasgow
 * James Bruce (minister) ( c.  1660–1730), Irish Presbyterian minister
 * James Bruce (comptroller) (c. 1670 – c. 1732), Member of Parliament for Marlborough and joint comptroller of British Army accounts
 * Sir James Bruce (Chief Justice) (1691–1749), Chief Justice of Barbados
 * Sir James Bruce, 2nd Baronet (1788–1836), Irish soldier
 * Jacob Bruce (1669–1735), or James Bruce, Russian field-marshal, founder of the Russian branch of the Scottish family
 * James Bruce (1732–1791), Governor general of Saint Petersburg and last male member of the Russian branch
 * James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811–1863), Anglo-Scottish diplomat
 * Sir James Andrew Thomas Bruce (1846–1921), Royal Navy admiral
 * James Bruce (English cricketer) (born 1979), English cricketer
 * James Bruce (Zimbabwean cricketer) (born 1993), Zimbabwean cricketer
 * James Bruce (farmer) (1927–2013), Scottish farmer and forester
 * James Bruce (1769–1798), Member of Parliament for Marlborough
 * James E. Bruce (1927–2008), politician in the American state of Kentucky
 * James Cabell Bruce (1892–1980), American businessman and banker, and U.S. ambassador to Argentina
 * J. W. Bruce (James William Bruce, born 1952), British mathematician