James Stirling may refer to:
- James Stirling (mathematician) (1692–1770), Scottish mathematician
- Sir James Stirling (Royal Navy officer) (1791–1865), Governor of Western Australia
- James Stirling (1800–1876), Scottish engineer
- James Hutchison Stirling (1820–1909), Scottish philosopher
- James Stirling (1835–1917), Scottish locomotive engineer
- Sir James Stirling (judge) (1836–1916), British jurist
- Sir James Stirling (architect) (1926–1992), architect
- James Stirling (physicist) (born 1953), Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge
- James Stirling (of Garden) of Garden, Prior of the Order of St John in Scotland
- James Stirling (footballer), Scottish association football player
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or stirling:
“O Jesse had a wife, a mourner all her life
And the children they were brave,
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
He laid Jesse James in his grave.”
—Administration in the State of Miss, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Oh, if thy pride did not our joys control,
What world of loving wonders shouldst thou see!
For if I saw thee once transformed in me,
Then in thy bosom I would pour my soul;”
—William Alexander, Earl O Stirling (1580?–1640)