Government
- James Ryan (Canadian politician) (1821–1892), politician in New Brunswick, Canada
- James Ryan (Irish politician) (1891–1970), Irish politician
- James Wilfrid Ryan (1858–1907), US Representative from Pennsylvania
- James L. Ryan (born 1932), American judge on the Michigan Supreme Court and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Jim Ryan (politician) (born 1946), Attorney General of Illinois; is named James E. Ryan
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