James Adams may refer to:
James Adams (cricketer, born 1811) (1811–1851), English cricketer
James Adams (cricketer, born 1904) (1904–1988), Australian cricketer
James Adams (cricketer, born 1980) (born 1980), English cricketer
James Adams (footballer, born 1864) (1864–1943), Scottish footballer
James Adams (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1973), English footballer who played for Chesterfield
James Adams (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1983), English footballer who played for West Bromwich Albion
Jim Adams (baseball) (1868–?), American baseball player
Jim Adams (lacrosse) (born c. 1929), American college lacrosse coach
Jim Adams (soccer) (born 1969), English soccer player
James Adams (character), character in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore
James Adams (Jesuit) (1737–1802), English philologist
James Adams (MP) (1752–1816), British Member of Parliament and Lord of the Admiralty
James Adams (lawyer) (1783–1843), American lawyer and intimate friend of the Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
James Adams (Massachusetts politician) (1810–1880), mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
James "Grizzly" Adams (1812–1860), American hunter, basis of a television program
James Hopkins Adams (1812–1861), American governor of South Carolina
James William Adams (1839–1903), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
James Barton Adams (1843–1918), cowboy poet
James F. Adams (1844–1922), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
James Truslow Adams (1878–1949), American historian
James Luther Adams (1901–1994), American theologian
James Adams (bishop of Barking) (1915–1999), fifth Bishop of Barking, 1975–1983
James L. Adams (1921–2014), American politician
James B. Adams (born 1926), former attorney, Texas legislator, and acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
James B. Adams (composer), English composer, organist, and cellist
James B. Adams (professor), professor at Arizona State University
James Adams (diplomat) (born 1932), British diplomat
James M. Adams Jr. (born 1948), Episcopal bishop in America
Jim Adams (musician) (born 1967), American heavy metal guitarist
James W. Adams, carpenter, builder and designer in Kentucky
W. James Adams, Deputy Chief Technologist at NASA
James Rowe Adams, founder of the Center for Progressive Christianity
Jay Boy Adams (born 1949), singer, songwriter, and guitarist born James Wallace Adams
James Adams (entrepreneur), American author and entrepreneur
