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:
“Better risk loss of truth than chance of error—that is your faith-vetoer’s exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Well, from what you tell me I should say that it was not only a landslide but a tidal wave and holocaust all rolled into one general cataclysm.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)