James Speed (disambiguation)

James Speed may refer to:


 * James Speed (1812–1887), US attorney general
 * James Speed (Australian politician) (1856–1925), Australian politician
 * James Breckenridge Speed (1844–1912), president of the Louisville Railway Company
 * James Stephens Speed (1811–1860), mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
 * James Davis Speed, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives