James Ross may refer to:

Politicians Australia James Ross (Australian lawyer) (1788–1865) James Ross (Australian politician) (1895–1975), New South Wales politician

Canada James Ross (MLA) (1814–1874), member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec James Ross (Ontario politician) (1817–1895) James Gibb Ross (1819–1888), Canadian merchant and politician from the province of Quebec James Ross (Alberta politician) (1851–1936) James Alway Ross (1869–1945), politician and poet in Ontario, Canada James Walker Ross (1885–1941) J. Arthur Ross (1893–1958), Manitoba politician James W. Ross (born 1938), Canadian senator

United States James Ross (Pennsylvania politician) (1762–1847), lawyer and senator from Pennsylvania, 1794–1803 James E. Ross (1921–1993), Pennsylvania state senator Jim Ross (politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Sportsmen Jim Ross (Australian footballer) (1927–2015), Australian rules footballer Jim Ross (ice hockey) (1926–2016), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player Jimmy Ross (footballer, born 1866) (1866–1902), Scottish association footballer James Ross (rugby union) (1880–1914), Scottish rugby player Jimmy Ross (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1962), Scottish professional footballer Jim Ross (born 1952), wrestling executive and commentator

Other people Canada James Ross (Canadian lawyer) (1835–1871), participant in Red River Rebellion James Ross (Canadian businessman) (1848–1913), Scottish-born civil engineer and businessman James Hamilton Ross (1856–1932), Yukon Territory Commissioner James Sinclair Ross (1908–1996), Canadian author

United Kingdom James Ross, 4th Lord Ross (died 1581), Scottish nobleman and an adherent to the cause of Mary, Queen of Scots James Ross, 6th Lord Ross (died 1633), Scottish nobleman James Ross, 7th Lord Ross (died 1636), Scottish nobleman James Ross (conductor), British conductor James Ross (surgeon) (1911–1997), Scottish surgeon Sir James Clark Ross (1800–1862), British polar explorer Sir James Ross, 1st Baronet (1895–1980), British surgeon James Ness MacBean Ross (1889–1964), British medical doctor James Ross (physician) (1837–1892), Scottish physician

United States James Ross (mayor), mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1934–1938 James Ross (American author) (1911–1990) James Delmage Ross (1872–1939), superintendent of lighting for Seattle and member of the Securities and Exchange Commission James F. Ross (1931–2010), American philosopher Jimmy D. Ross (1936–2012), retired United States Army general Jamie Ross (born 1939), American actor James William Ross IV (born 1988), American drag queen

Other countries James Henderson Ross (born 1941), Australian botanist James Ross (artist) (born 1948), New Zealand painter, exhibited alongside Mervyn Williams Jimmy James Ross (1936–2000), Trinidad and Tobago singer

Other uses RRS James Clark Ross, a 1990 British Antarctic Survey ship Jamie Ross (Law & Order), a character on Law & Order Jimmy Ross, a character in The Airmail Mystery