James Burns
James Burns may refer to:
Business
- James Burns (Australian shipowner), Australian businessman
- James W. Burns, Canadian businessman
- James Burns (merchant), Glasgow-born merchant of the 17th century
- James Burns (publisher), Scottish publisher and author
- James Burns (Scottish shipowner)
- James D. Burns, American businessman and owner of the Detroit Tigers
- James Ormston Burns, founder of Burns London, a guitar and amplifier company
Entertainment
- James MacGregor Burns, American biographer
- Jim Burns, Welsh artist
- Jim Burns (poet), English poet
- Jim Burns (television producer), American television producer and writer
- Jim Burns (Oz), character on the HBO series Oz
- Jimmy Burns, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
Religion
- James Burns (Spiritualist), Scottish journalist and publisher
- James A. Burns, American priest and president of the University of Notre Dame
- James Anderson Burns, founder of the Oneida Baptist Institute
- James Chalmers Burns, Scottish minister
- James Drummond Burns, Scottish Presbyterian minister and poet
Sports
- James Burns (cricketer), English cricketer
- Farmer Burns (baseball), American baseball player
- Jamie Burns, English footballer
- Jim Burns (baseball), 19th-century baseball player
- Jim Burns (basketball), American basketball player, lawyer, and politician
- Jim Burns (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Jim Burns (rugby union), Welsh international rugby union player
Other
- James Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde
- James Glencairn Burns, son of poet Robert Burns
- J. H. Burns, Scottish historian
- J. Irving Burns, American lawyer and politician
- James M. Burns (judge), U.S. federal judge
- James M. Burns (Medal of Honor), Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War
- James Richard Henry Burns, English police officer who became a nobleman in Brunei