James Cockburn may refer to:
- Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet (c.1729–1804), Scottish politician
- Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet (1771–1852), Scottish soldier
- James Cockburn (politician) (died 1883), Canadian politician in early 19th century Canada
- James Cockburn (Lower Canada politician) (died 1819), physician and politician in Lower Canada
- James Cockburn (minister) (died 1973), Scottish clergyman and scholar
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or cockburn:
“Whatever question there may be of his talent, there can be none, I think, of his genius. It was a slim and crooked one, but it was eminently personal. He was unperfect, unfinished, inartistic; he was worse than provincial—he was parochial.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.”
—Jewish proverb, quoted in Claud Cockburn, Cockburn Sums Up, epigraph (1981)