James Bruce (disambiguation)
James Bruce was a Scottish traveller and travel writer.
James Bruce may also refer to:
- James Bruce (bishop), Bishop of Dunkeld, Chancellor of Scotland and Bishop of Glasgow
- James Bruce (minister), Irish Presbyterian minister
- James Bruce (comptroller), Member of Parliament for Marlborough and joint comptroller of British Army accounts
- Sir James Bruce (Chief Justice), Chief Justice of Barbados
- Sir James Bruce, 2nd Baronet, Irish soldier
- Jacob Bruce, or James Bruce, Russian field-marshal, founder of the Russian branch of the Scottish family
- James Bruce (1732–1791), Governor general of Saint Petersburg and last male member of the Russian branch
- James Bruce (merchant), Virginia merchant and planter, father of James Coles Bruce and third wealthiest American of his era
- James Bruce (1769–1798), Member of Parliament for Marlborough
- James Bruce (author), journalist and author
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Anglo-Scottish diplomat
- Sir James Andrew Thomas Bruce, Royal Navy admiral
- James Bruce (English cricketer), English cricketer
- James Bruce (Zimbabwean cricketer), Zimbabwean cricketer
- James Bruce (farmer), Scottish farmer and forester
- James Cabell Bruce, American businessman and banker, and U.S. ambassador to Argentina
- James Coles Bruce, Virginia planter and legislator
- James E. Bruce, politician in the American state of Kentucky
- J. W. Bruce, British mathematician