James Cooper may refer to:
- James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), American writer
- James Cooper (Pennsylvania) (1810–1863), American soldier and politician
- James Graham Cooper (1830–1902), American surgeon and naturalist
- James Cooper (VC) (1840–1889), British soldier
- James Maxwell Cooper, Canadian politician
- James Scott Cooper, (1874–1931) Canadian businessman and noted bootlegger
- James Cooper, 19th century Canadian shoe merchant who built James Cooper House
- James Cooper (Northern Ireland politician), MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or cooper:
“I am blackly bored when they are at large & at work; but somehow I am still more blackly bored when they are shut up in Holloway & we are deprived of them.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.”
—Gary Cooper (1901–1961)