James Caird

James Caird may refer to:
 * Sir James Caird (politician) (1816–1892), Scottish writer and politician
 * Sir James Caird, 1st Baronet, of Belmont Castle (1837–1916), Scottish jute baron and philanthropist who sponsored Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition
 * Sir James Caird, 1st Baronet, of Glenfarquhar (1864–1954), Scottish shipowner, founder of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
 * James Caird (boat), a whaleboat named after the jute baron, used by Sir Ernest Shackleton