James Hay may refer to:
- James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
- James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c. 1580–1636), British aristocrat
- James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612–1660)
- James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (1726–1778)
- James Hay, Lord Hay (1797–1815), British aristocrat and soldier
- James Hay (politician) (1856–1931), U.S. Representative from Virginia
- James Hay (footballer 1876) (1876–?), footballer for Barnsley, Chesterfield Town and Stoke
- James Grant Hay (born 1969), Australian television advertising entrepreneur, writer and film producer
- Jim Hay (born 1931), ice hockey player
- Jimmy Hay (1881–1940), Scottish football player
- Sir James Shaw Hay, Governor of Gambia, Sierra Leone and the Bahamas
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or hay:
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“Truly, a peck of provender, I could munch your good dry oats. Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay. Good hay, sweet hay hath no fellow.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)