James Kay

James Kay may refer to:


 * James Kay (British inventor) (1774–1857), British inventor
 * James J. Kay (1954–2004), ecological scientist and policy-maker
 * Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baronet (1804–1877), British politician and educationalist
 * James Kay (artist) (1858–1942), Scottish artist
 * James Franklin Kay (born 1948), American professor
 * James Ellsworth De Kay (1792–1851), American zoologist
 * James Kay (Kentucky politician) (born 1982), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
 * James Kay (golfer) (1855–1927), Scottish golfer