James Forbes
James or Jim Forbes may refer to:
Politicians
- James Alexander Forbes, British vice-consul to Mexican California and founder of the town of Los Gatos
- James Forbes , U.S. statesman, Continental Congressman for Maryland
- James Fraser Forbes, Canadian Member of Parliament
- James Randy Forbes, U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Jim Forbes , former Australian politician
Sportspeople
- James Forbes , U.S. basketball player, Olympic silver medalist
- Jim C. Forbes, Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
- Jim Forbes , Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne
Military
- James Forbes , Scottish inspector-general of army hospitals
- James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes, Scottish colonel
- James Forbes-Robertson, English recipient of the Victoria Cross for his service in World War I
Religion
- James Forbes , Scottish nonconformist minister
- James Forbes , Australian clergyman and educator
- James A. Forbes, senior minister of New York's Riverside Church
Others
- James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes, Scottish nobleman
- James Forbes , British artist
- James Forbes , British gardener and botanist
- James Forbes , Scottish-American portrait painter
- James David Forbes, Scottish physicist
- James Staats Forbes, Scottish railway engineer, railway administrator and art collector
- James Forbes , Canadian-American writer
- James Forbes , early Western Australian settler
- Jim Forbes , American writer, producer and correspondent
- James Edwin Forbes, British architect