James Maitland

• James Maitland of Lethington
• James Maitland, [7th Earl of Lauderdale]
• James Maitland, [8th Earl of Lauderdale]
• James Maitland, [9th Earl of Lauderdale]
• James Maitland (minister), minister of the Church of Scotland
• James Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland, Scottish aquaculturist
• James Maitland Clarke, Canadian politician