James Melville may refer to:
- James Melville (1556-1614), Scottish divine and reformer
- James Melville of Halhill (1535–1617), Scottish diplomat and memoir writer
- James Melville (politician) (1885–1931), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Gateshead 1929–1931
- James Melville (author), pseudonym of British author Roy Peter Martin (b. 1931)
- James Melville (singer) (born 1992), British singer/songwriter
- James Cosmo Melvill (1845-1929), British malacologist
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or melville:
“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)
“Those Three Weird Ones, that tend Life’s loom.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)