James Stanley may refer to:
- James Stanley (bishop) (c. 1465–1515), Bishop of Ely 1506–1515
- James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607–1651), Lord of Mann and Earl of Derby
- James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736), British peer and politician
- James Smith-Stanley, Lord Strange (1716–1771), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Jim Stanley (1935–2012), football coach
- Jim Stanley (baseball) (born 1889), baseball player
- James Stanley (writer), American soap opera actor, writer and producer
- James Lee Stanley (born 1946), American folk singer-songwriter
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or stanley:
“There can be no difference anywhere that doesn’t make a difference elsewhere—no difference in abstract truth that doesn’t express itself in a difference in concrete fact and in conduct consequent upon that fact, imposed on somebody, somehow, somewhere, and somewhen.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Rain falls into the open eyes of the dead
Again again with its pointless sound
When the moon finds them they are the color of everything”
—William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)