James Paterson
James Paterson may refer to:
Sportsmen
- James Paterson (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- James Paterson (footballer), Scottish international footballer
- James Paterson (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1920s
- James Paterson (rugby union), New Zealand–American rugby player
- James Paterson (skier), Australian Paralympic skier
- Jamie Paterson (footballer, born 1973), Scottish footballer
- Jamie Paterson (footballer, born 1991), English footballer
- Jim Paterson (footballer), Scottish footballer who is a player-coach for Dunfermline Athletic
- Jim Paterson (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
- Jimmy Paterson (Australian footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Jimmy Paterson, physician and amateur footballer who played for Queen's Park and Arsenal in the 1920s
- Jim Paterson (athlete), Scottish runner
Other
- James Hamilton-Paterson, British poet, won Newdigate Prize in 1964
- James Paterson (journalist), Scottish writer and antiquary
- James Paterson (mayor), mayor of Melbourne, 1876–1877
- James Paterson (painter), Scottish landscape painter
- James Paterson (New Zealand politician), New Zealand politician
- James Paterson (Australian politician), Australian Senator
- James Paterson (priest), Dean of Argyll and The Isles from 1846 until 1848
- James Paterson (radical), one of the leaders of the Society of the United Scotsmen
- James Ralston Kennedy Paterson, Scottish radiologist