James Cannon may refer to:
- James P. Cannon (1890–1974), American Communist and (later) Trotskyist leader
- James Cannon (mathematician) (1740–1782), Scottish-born mathematician who was one of the principal authors of Pennsylvania's 1776 Constitution
- James Cannon Jr. (1864–1944), American temperance leader
- James Cannon (rugby union)
- Jim Cannon (born 1953), Scottish footballer, who played for the English club Crystal Palace
- Jim Cannon (comics), Golden Age comic book artist, see Novelty Press
- Jimmy Cannon (1910–1973), American sports writer
- James M. Cannon (1918–2011), American journalist and political adviser to President Gerald Ford
- James H. Cannon, founder of the Cannon Electric Company
- James W. Cannon (born 1943), American mathematician working in geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or cannon:
“Fowls in the frith,
Fishes in the flood,
And I must wax wod:
Much sorrow I walk with
For best of bone and blood.”
—Unknown. Fowls in the Frith. . .
Oxford Book of Short Poems, The. P. J. Kavanagh and James Michie, eds. Oxford University Press.
“The cannon thunders ... limbs fly in all directions ... one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice ... it’s Humanity in search of happiness.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)