James or Jim Peters may refer to:
- James Peters (rugby) (1879–1954), English rugby player
- Jack Peters (James Peters), English football player
- James A. Peters (1922–1972), American zoologist
- James Lee Peters (1889–1952), American ornithologist
- Jim Peters (politician) (born 1937), New Zealand politician
- Jim Peters (athlete) (1918–1999), English long-distance runner
- Jimmy Peters, Sr. (1922–2006), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jimmy Peters, Jr. (born 1944), Canadian ice hockey player
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or peters:
“If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the James Monroe Doctrine for the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine: Let’s all go to bed wearing the perfume we like best.”
—Carlos Fuentes (b. 1928)
“The Reverend Samuel Peters ... exaggerated the Blue Laws, but they did include “Capital Lawes” providing a death penalty for any child over sixteen who was found guilty of cursing or striking his natural parents; a death penalty for an incorrigible son; a law forbidding smoking except in a room in a private house; another law declaring smoking illegal except on a journey five miles away from home,...”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)