James Paterson

James Paterson may refer to:

Sportsmen

 * James Paterson (cricketer) (1889-1966), New Zealand cricketer
 * James Paterson (footballer) (1907–?), Scottish international footballer
 * James Paterson (rugby league) (1898-1969), English rugby league footballer of the 1920s
 * James Paterson (rugby union) (born 1987), New Zealand–American rugby player
 * James Paterson (skier), Australian Paralympic skier
 * James Paterson (rifle shooting) (born 1982), Scottish and Great Britain smallbore rifle shooting,
 * Jamie Paterson (footballer, born 1973), Scottish footballer
 * Jamie Paterson (footballer, born 1991), English footballer
 * Jim Paterson (footballer) (born 1979), Scottish footballer who is a player-coach for Dunfermline Athletic
 * Jim Paterson (rugby league) (born 1934), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Jimmy Paterson (Australian footballer) (1870–1927), Australian rules footballer
 * Jimmy Paterson (1891–1959), physician and amateur footballer who played for Queen's Park and Arsenal in the 1920s

Other

 * James Hamilton-Paterson, British poet, won Newdigate Prize in 1964
 * James Paterson (journalist) (1805–1876), Scottish writer and antiquary
 * James Paterson (mayor), mayor of Melbourne, 1876–1877
 * James Paterson (painter) (1854–1932), Scottish landscape painter
 * James Paterson (New Zealand politician) (1807–1886), New Zealand politician
 * James Paterson (Australian politician) (born 1987), Australian Senator
 * James Paterson (priest), Dean of Argyll and The Isles from 1846 until 1848
 * James Paterson (radical), one of the leaders of the Society of the United Scotsmen
 * James Ralston Kennedy Paterson (1897–1981), Scottish radiologist