James Dawson

• James Dawson (activist), prominent champion of Aboriginal interests
• James Dawson (footballer, born 1890), Scottish football striker
• James Dawson (politician), Ontario political figure
• James Lennox Dawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Walker Dawson, Scottish pathologist
• James Frederick Dawson, American landscape architect
• Juno Dawson, British author
• Jerry Dawson (footballer, born 1909), Scottish football goalkeeper