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:
“As yesterday and the historical ages are past, as the work of today is present, so some flitting perspectives and demi-experiences of the life that is in nature are in time veritably future, or rather outside of time, perennial, young, divine, in the wind and rain which never die.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.”
—William James (1842–1910)