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:
“O Jesse had a wife, a mourner all her life
And the children they were brave,
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
He laid Jesse James in his grave.”
—Administration in the State of Miss, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Examples are cited by soldiers, of men who have seen the cannon pointed, and the fire given to it, and who have stepped aside from he path of the ball. The terrors of the storm are chiefly confined to the parlour and the cabin.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)