James Stopford

• James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, Irish politician
• James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown, known as Viscount Stopford 1762–1770; Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician
• James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown, Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician
• James Stopford, 4th Earl of Courtown
• James Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown
• James Stopford (bishop), Bishop of Cloyne
• James Stopford (Australian politician), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly