James Putnam

• James Putnam , Attorney General in Massachusetts; judge and politician in New Brunswick
• James Putnam , politician in Nova Scotia
• James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist
• James O. Putnam, New York politician
• James Putnam, independent curator of art and historical exhibitions
• James E. Putnam, American politician in the state of South Dakota
• James D. Putnam, American politician, lawyer, and businessman