James Gunn may refer to:
- Sir James Gunn (explorer) of Scotland, explorer, member of Henry Sinclair's survey expedition in the 14th century
- James Gunn (senator) (1753–1801), US Senator from Georgia
- James Gunn (congressman) (1843–1911), US Congressman from Idaho
- James Gunn (author) (born 1923), American science fiction author
- James E. Gunn (born 1938), American astronomer
- James Gunn (filmmaker) (born 1970), American film maker, actor, and author
- James Gunn (politician) (fl. 1872–1882), a Electoral district of Sorell
- James Gunn (screenwriter) (1920–1966), film and television screenwriter
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“To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“At worst, one is in motion; and at best,
Reaching no absolute, in which to rest,
One is always nearer by not keeping still.”
—Thom Gunn (b. 1929)