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:
“When the Revolutionaries ran short of gun wadding the Rev. James Caldwell ... broke open the church doors and seized an armful of Watts’ hymnbooks. The preacher threw them to the soldiers and shouted, “Give ‘em Watts, boys—give ‘em Watts!””
—For the State of New Jersey, 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)