James Putnam

James Putnam may refer to:
 * James Putnam (judge) (1725–1789), Attorney General in Massachusetts; judge and politician in New Brunswick
 * James Putnam (politician) (1756–1838), politician in Nova Scotia
 * James Jackson Putnam (1846–1918), American neurologist
 * James O. Putnam (1818–1903), New York politician
 * James Putnam (curator), independent curator of art and historical exhibitions
 * James E. Putnam (born 1940), American politician in the state of South Dakota
 * James D. Putnam (1859–1917), American politician, lawyer, and businessman