James Thornton

James Thornton may refer to:

Entertainment

 * James Thornton (songwriter) (1861–1938), American songwriter and vaudeville performer
 * Jim Thornton (born 1965), American TV and radio announcer
 * James Thornton (actor) (born 1975), English actor

Politics and law

 * James Innes Thornton (1800–1877), Alabama planter and politician
 * James Johnston Thornton (1816–1884), judge, land developer, and quartermaster of the Union Army
 * James D. Thornton (1823–1902), California Supreme Court Justice
 * James Thornton (environmentalist), environmental lawyer and writer

Other

 * James Thornton (tight end) (born 1965), American football player
 * James Thornton (cricketer) (1861–1916), English cricketer
 * James Thornton (naval officer) (1826–1875), officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War
 * James R. Thornton (1853–1911), president of Hampden–Sydney College for two and a half weeks in 1904
 * James Worth Thornton (1906–1983), businessman and scion of the Thorntons of Indiana
 * James Thornton (health economist) (born 1955), professor of economics at Eastern Michigan University
 * James E. Thornton, American computer scientist