James Hay

James Hay may refer to:


 * James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
 * James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester (1564–1609), Scottish landowner and courtier
 * James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble
 * James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612–1660), British noble
 * James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (1726–1778), Scottish nobleman
 * James Hay, Lord Hay (1797–1815), British noble and soldier
 * James Hay (British Army officer) (died 1854), British Army officer of the Napoleonic Era
 * James Hay (cricketer) (1886-1936), New Zealand cricketer
 * James Hay (entrepreneur) (born 1950), Scottish born entrepreneur, chairman of JMH Group
 * James Hay (footballer) (1876–1940), footballer for Barnsley, Chesterfield Town and Stoke
 * James Hay (philanthropist) (1888–1971), New Zealand businessman, local politician and philanthropist
 * James Hay (politician) (1856–1931), U.S. Representative from Virginia
 * James Hay (singer) (1885–1958), Australian tenor in Gilbert and Sullivan operas
 * James Hay Partnership, a British financial services company
 * Jim Hay (1931–2018), ice hockey player
 * Jim Hay (rugby union), Scottish rugby union player
 * Jimmy Hay (1881–1940), Scottish football player
 * Sir James Shaw Hay (1839–1924), Governor of Gambia, Sierra Leone and the Bahamas
 * James Hay (dancer), soloist in the Royal Ballet