James Whelan may refer to:
- James Whelan (Pennsylvania politician), former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- James Whelan (bishop) (1823–1878), Roman Catholic Bishop of Nashville (1860–1864)
- Jim Whelan (born 1948), American Democratic Party politician who serves in the New Jersey State Senate
- Jim Whelan (footballer), former Australian rules footballer
- James R. Whelan, journalist and historian
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“There is ... an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.”
—William James (1842–1910)