James Payne

James Payne may refer to:


 * James Payne (cricketer), English cricketer
 * James Spriggs Payne (1819–1882), President of Liberia
 * James Dennis Payne (1896–1987), World War I aviator
 * James W. Payne (1929–1992), American set decorator
 * James H. Payne (born 1941), American judge
 * James Arthur Payne (1884–1968), American fly rod maker, designer and business owner
 * James L. Payne, American social scientist