James Erskine may refer to:
- James Erskine, Lord Grange (1679–1754), Scottish judge and Jacobite
- James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (1762–1837), Scottish soldier and politician
- James Erskine (Royal Navy officer) (1838–1911), Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Elphinstone Erskine KCB, DL, JP
- James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar (born 1949), Scottish Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords
- James Erskine, 6th Earl of Buchan
- James Malcolm Monteith Erskine, British Member of Parliament for Westminster St George's, 1921–1929
- James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan (d. 1664), Earl of Buchan
- Sir James Erskine, 2nd Baronet (c.1670–1693), of the Erskine baronets
- James Erskine, Lord Alva (1722–1796), Scottish judge, Knight Marischal
- Sir James Erskine, 3rd Baronet (1772–1825), of the Erskine baronets
- James Claudius Erskine (1821–1893), judge in India
- James Erskine (director), see The Human Face
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