James Maxwell

James Maxwell may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * James Maxwell (actor) (1929–1995), American-British actor and theatre director
 * Jim Maxwell (commentator) (born 1950), Australian sports commentator
 * Jimmy Maxwell (bandleader) (born 1953), musician and bandleader
 * Jimmy Maxwell (trumpeter) (1917–2002), American trumpeter
 * James Maxwell (1838–1893), architect, one of the founders of Maxwell and Tuke

Science and medicine

 * James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), Scottish physicist and proponent of Maxwell's equations
 * James Maxwell (colonial administrator) (1869–1932), British physician and colonial administrator
 * James Laidlaw Maxwell Jr (1876–1951), English Presbyterian medical missionary to China, son of James Laidlaw Maxwell

Sport

 * James Maxwell (cricketer) (1883–1967), English cricket
 * James Maxwell (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1917), Scottish footballer
 * James Maxwell (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1964), Scottish footballer
 * Bud Maxwell (James Morton Maxwell, 1913–1990), Scottish footballer
 * James Maxwell (footballer, born 2001), Scottish footballer
 * Jim Maxwell (American football) (born 1981), American football linebacker
 * Jimmy Maxwell (footballer) (1889–1916), Irish footballer

Other fields

 * James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham (1813–1896), British nobleman
 * James Maxwell (British Marines officer) (died 1792)
 * James Maxwell (poet) (1720–1800), Scottish poet and essayist
 * James Maxwell (scholar) (c.1581 – in or after 1635), Scottish author
 * James Laidlaw Maxwell (1836–1921), missionary to Formosa
 * James Shaw Maxwell (1855–1928), Scottish socialist
 * James Francis Maxwell (1862–1941), politician in Queensland, Australia
 * James D. Maxwell II (born 1975), Mississippi judge
 * James Maxwell, 1st Earl of Dirletoun (died 1650), Scottish courtier