James O'Connell

• Sir James O'Connell, 1st Baronet, Irish baronet
• James Dunne O'Connell, American army general, chief of Signal Corps
• James F. O'Connell (long jumper), American Olympic athlete
• James F. O'Connell, professor of anthropology
• James T. O'Connell, American businessman and government official
• James O'Connell (unionist), American labor union leader