James or Jim Owens may refer to:
Sports Jesse Owens (James Cleveland Owens; 1913–1980), American track and field athlete, and Olympian James Owens (American football, born 1955), American football player and Olympic athlete James Owens (American football coach) (1951–2016), American football player and coach Jim Owens (1927–2009), head football coach at the University of Washington (1957–1974) Jim Owens (baseball) (1934–2020), American baseball pitcher Jim Owens (basketball, born 1950), American basketball player Red Owens (James L. Owens; 1925–1988), American basketball player James Owens (referee) (born 1977), Irish hurling referee
Politics and military James Byeram Owens (1816–1889), Confederate politician James W. Owens (congressman) (1837–1900), US Representative from Ohio James C. Owens Jr. (1910–1942), American naval aviator James Owens (VC) (1829–1901), Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross James Lawrence Owens (1899–1960), Alberta provincial MLA
Other James B. Owens (1920–2009), American engineer and executive James W. Owens, chairman and CEO of Caterpillar James Owens, lead plaintiff in a civil suit against Sudan for its role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings that led to an award of over $10 billion in damages
See also USS James C. Owens, US Navy destroyer Jimmy Owens (disambiguation) James Owen (disambiguation)