James Owens

James or Jim Owens may refer to:

Sports

 * Jesse Owens (James Cleveland Owens; 1913–1980), American track and field athlete, and Olympian
 * James Owens (American football, born 1955), American football player and Olympic athlete
 * James Owens (American football coach) (1951–2016), American football player and coach
 * Jim Owens (1927–2009), head football coach at the University of Washington (1957–1974)
 * Jim Owens (baseball) (1934–2020), American baseball pitcher
 * Jim Owens (basketball, born 1950), American basketball player
 * Red Owens (James L. Owens; 1925–1988), American basketball player
 * James Owens (referee) (born 1977), Irish hurling referee

Politics and military

 * James Byeram Owens (1816–1889), Confederate politician
 * James W. Owens (congressman) (1837–1900), US Representative from Ohio
 * James C. Owens Jr. (1910–1942), American naval aviator
 * James Owens (VC) (1829–1901), Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * James Lawrence Owens (1899–1960), Alberta provincial MLA

Other

 * James B. Owens (1920–2009), American engineer and executive
 * James W. Owens, chairman and CEO of Caterpillar
 * James Owens, lead plaintiff in a civil suit against Sudan for its role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings that led to an award of over $10 billion in damages