James Payne

• James Payne, English cricketer
• James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia
• James Dennis Payne, World War I aviator
• James W. Payne, American set decorator
• James H. Payne, American judge
• James Arthur Payne, American fly rod maker, designer and business owner
• James L. Payne, American social scientist
• James Payne , American hurdler, 1929 All-American for the USC Trojans track and field team