James West or Jim West may refer to:
- James West (Australian journalist) (born 1982), Australian journalist and author
- James West (antiquary) (1703–1772), English politician and antiquary; president of the Royal Society
- James E. West (politician) (1951–2006), American politician; recalled former mayor of Spokane, Washington
- James E. West (Scouting) (1876–1948), first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
- James Grey West (1881–1951), British architect
- James West (football manager), British football manager
- James West (Canadian football) (born 1957), Canadian former football player
- James Marion West, Sr. (1871–1941), Houston, Texas businessman and political figure
- James Marion West, Jr. (1903–1957), his son, Houston businessman
- James R. West, American trumpet player and teacher
- James Edward Maceo West (born 1931), American co-inventor of the microphone
- James T. West, a fictional character on the television series The Wild Wild West and the motion picture Wild Wild West
- Jim West (biblical scholar and biblioblogger) (born 1960)
- Jim West (guitarist) (born 1953), American guitarist, film and TV composer
- Jim West (footballer) Australian former footballer (born 1966)
- James West (baseball), American baseball player
- James West (musician), drummer for the band Ghostwood
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or west:
“Prejudices are useless. Call Los Angeles any dirty name you like—Six Suburbs in Search of a City, Paradise with a Lobotomy, anything—but the fact remains that you are already living in it before you get there.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)
“Every other evening around six o’clock he left home and dying dawn saw him hustling home around the lake where the challenging sun flung a flaming sword from east to west across the trembling water.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)