James Wright or Jim Wright may refer to:
- James Homer Wright (1869–1928), American pathologist
- James Wright (historian) (born 1939), President of Dartmouth College, historian
- James Wright (inventor), American creator of Silly Putty
- James Wright (poet) (1927–1980), American poet
- James Dillon Wright (born 1979), artist, graphic designer, toy designer and illustrator
- James W. Wright, executive director of the Development Authority of the North Country
- James Wright (potter) (1819–1887), New Zealand potter
- James Whitaker Wright (1846–1904), English mining company owner
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Famous quotes containing the words james and/or wright:
“To treat a “big” subject in the intensely summarized fashion demanded by an evening’s traffic of the stage when the evening, freely clipped at each end, is reduced to two hours and a half, is a feat of which the difficulty looms large.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“I lean back, as the evening darkens and comes on.
A chicken hawk floats over, looking for home.
I have wasted my life.”
—James Wright (1927–1980)