James Purves

James Purves may refer to:


 * James Purves (minister) (1734–1795), Scottish universalist minister
 * James Purves (politician) (1843–1910), Australian politician
 * J. R. W. Purves (James Richard William Purves, 1903–1979), Australian lawyer and philatelist
 * James Purves (cricketer) (born 1937), English cricketer