James or Jim Thorpe may refer to:
- Jim Thorpe (1888–1953), Native American Olympic athlete
- Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States
- Jim Thorpe – All-American, a 1951 film about Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe
- Jim Thorpe Award, an award for the top defensive back in U.S. college football
- James Thorpe (soccer) (born 1985), American soccer player
- James Thorpe (academic) (1915–2009), professor of English at Princeton University
- Jim Thorpe (golfer) (born 1949), professional golfer
- James Thorpe (producer), producer, writer, director
- James Thorpe (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or thorpe:
“Prejudices are useless. Call Los Angeles any dirty name you like—Six Suburbs in Search of a City, Paradise with a Lobotomy, anything—but the fact remains that you are already living in it before you get there.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)
“Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life.”
—Jeremy Thorpe (b. 1929)