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:
“I am blackly bored when they are at large & at work; but somehow I am still more blackly bored when they are shut up in Holloway & we are deprived of them.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“I believe that Harmon would be the easiest to defeat, though he might gain much strength from the Republicans. Clark would surely lose New York. I am beginning to feel that by some stroke of genius they may name Woodrow Wilson, and that seems a pretty hard tussle.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)