James or Jim Howard may refer to:
- James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (1606/1607–1688)
- James Howard (dramatist) (fl. 1674), English dramatist
- James Howard (agriculturalist) MP (1821–1889), British Liberal politician, manufacturer and agriculturalist
- James F. Howard, Jr. (born 1948), American medical academic
- James H. Howard (1913–1995), U.S Congressional Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
- James J. Howard (1927–1988), American educator and former U.S. congressman from New Jersey
- James J. Howard (CEO), executive with Northern States Power Company
- James Newton Howard (born 1951), American film score composer
- James Howard (writer) (born 1956), screenwriter, poet, computer game creator, and blogger
- James Howard (Whig politician) (1814–1882), British Whig politician
- Jamie Noble (born 1976), also known as James Howard, wrestler
- Jim Howard (born 1959), American high jumper
- Jimmy Howard (born 1984), National Hockey League player
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or howard:
“Experience was to be taken as showing that one might get a five-pound note as one got a light for a cigarette; but one had to check the friendly impulse to ask for it in the same way.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)