David James may refer to:
- David James (actor) (1839–1893), English comic actor and one of the founders of London's Vaudeville Theatre
- David James (Australian actor) (born 1967), comedy actor and former presenter of ABC's Play School
- David James (bishop) (born 1945), current Bishop of Bradford
- David James (British politician) (1919–1986), British politician and member of the Conservative Party
- David James (cell biologist) (born 1958), cell biologist who discovered the glucose transporter GLUT4
- David James (cricketer) (1921–2002), Welsh cricketer
- David James (footballer) (born 1970), English goalkeeper
- David James (photographer), a professional headshot photographer.
- David James (South African actor) (born 1972), stage, television, and film actor
- David James, Baron James of Blackheath (born 1937), British corporate trouble-shooter, former chairman of the Millennium Dome, and author of the Conservative Party's James Report
- David James (rugby born 1866) (1866–1929), Welsh international rugby player
- David James (rugby born 1906) (1906–1981), Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
- David James (rugby league) (born 1985), Welsh rugby league player
- David James (Wisconsin politician) (born 1843), member of the Wisconsin State Senate
Famous quotes containing the words david and/or james:
“When a shadow flits across the landscape of the soul where is the substance?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.”
—William James (1843–1916)