James Gould may refer to:
James Gould (jurist) (1770–1838), jurist and professor at the Litchfield Law School James L. Gould (born 1945), American ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science writer James Gould (rower) (1914–1997), New Zealand rower James Nutcombe Gould (1849–1899), English stage actor James Gould (died 1676) (1593–1676), Member of Parliament for Dorchester James Gould (died 1707) (1620s–1707), Member of Parliament for Dorchester, son of above James Childs Gould (1882–1944), Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central James J. Gould, member of the Michigan House of Representatives