James Parkes

• James Parkes (priest), clergyman from Guernsey and scholar of Jewish–Christian relations
• James Parkes (rugby union), English rugby player
• Jim Parkes (rugby league), New Zealand rugby player; see List of [New Zealand national rugby league team players]
• James C.E. Parkes, first colonial Secretary for Native Affairs in Sierra Leone
• James S. Parkes, American Republican Party politician