James Whitfield may refer to:
James Whitfield (bishop) (1770–1834), Roman Catholic Bishop of Baltimore, 1828–1834 James Whitfield (Mississippi politician) (1791–1875), Governor of Mississippi, 1858–1859 James B. Whitfield (1860–1948), Florida lawyer and justice of the Florida Supreme Court James Monroe Whitfield (1822–1871), African American poet, abolitionist and political activist James Whitfield, principal of Colleyville Heritage High School
See also Jimmy Whitfield (1919–1984), English footballer