James Pearson is the name of:
- James Pearson Wells (1822 – 1896), Ontario farmer and political figure
- James Pearson (rugby union), Scotland rugby player
- James Pearson (soldier) (1822 - 1900)
- James Pearson (engineer) British railway engineer and locomotive designer
- James Pearson (politician), British Conservative Party politician
- James Pearson (painter), English glass painter
- James Pearson (Nebraska) (1873 - ?), Nebraska politician and radio preacher
- James B. Pearson (1922 - 2009), U.S. Senator
- James Douglas Pearson (1911-97), Orientalist librarian and bibliographer, compiler of Index Islamicus
- James Pearson (actor), contemporary British actor
- James Pearson (musician), Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club's house pianist since 2006
- James Larkin Pearson, poet
- James William Pearson (1895 - 1993), American World War I flying ace who served with the British
- Jim Pearson, Scottish footballer
- Jim Pearson (ice hockey) (born 1950)
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or pearson:
“Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.”
—Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964)