James Deakin

• James Deakin (journalist), American journalist and TV host
• James [Henry Deakin (politician, born 1823)], Manchester merchant, briefly Member of Parliament for Launceston
• James Henry Deakin (politician, born 1851), son of the above, who replaced him as Member for Launceston
• James Deakin (host, born 1972), Filipino-British television host
• Seamus Deakin, president of the Irish Republican Brotherhood