James McGovern may refer to:
- James Magauran R.C. Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise (1815–1829)
- James B. McGovern, Jr. (1922–1954), World War II aircraft pilot
- James F. McGovern, United States Under Secretary of the Air Force, 1986–1989
- James J. McGovern, current president of A.T. Still University
- Jim McGovern (American politician) (born 1959), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 1997–present
- Jim McGovern (golfer) (born 1965), American PGA Tour player
- Jim McGovern (British politician) (born 1956), Member of the United Kingdom Parliament, 2005–present
- Jimmy McGovern (born 1949), English television scriptwriter
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or mcgovern:
“If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing. It would take us as long to recall a space of time as it took the original time to elapse, and we should never get ahead with our thinking. All recollected times undergo, accordingly, what M. Ribot calls foreshortening; and this foreshortening is due to the omission of an enormous number of facts which filled them.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“[They are] intolerant, extremist, ideologues.”
—George McGovern (b. 1922)