James Knowles may refer to:
- James Sheridan Knowles (1784–1862), Irish dramatist and actor
- James Thomas Knowles (1806–1884), English architect
- James Knowles (architect) (1831–1908), English architect
- James Knowles (aviator) (1896–1971), World War I ace
- Jim Knowles (American football), head football coach at Cornell University
- Jim Knowles (football manager), manager of Tranmere Rovers, 1936–1939
- Jimmy Knowles (1856–1912), baseball player
- James Knowles, Ku Klux Klan member responsible for the lynching of Michael Donald
Famous quotes containing the word james:
“... religious experience, as we have studied it, cannot be cited as unequivocally supporting the infinitist belief. The only thing that it unequivocally testifies to is that we can experience union with something larger than ourselves and in that union find our greatest peace.”
—William James (1842–1910)