James Burton may refer to:
- James Burton (born 1939), American guitarist
- James Burton (1761–1837), British builder and developer
- James Burton (conductor) (born 1974), British conductor and composer
- James Burton (Egyptologist) (1788–1862), British Egyptologist
- James G. Burton, retired USAF colonel and author of The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard
- James H. Burton (1823–1895), Confederate soldier
- James Burton Coffman (1905–2006), American preacher
- James Burton Robertson (1800–1877), English historian
- Jim Burton (baseball) (born 1949), American baseball player
- Jim Burton (ice hockey) (born 1963), retired professional ice hockey defenceman
- James Burton (6641–6718), the main protagonist of the popular Gradius series and the most recurring character piloting the Vic Viper
- James Burton (American football) (born 1972), former defensive back for the Chicago Bears
Famous quotes containing the words jim and/or burton:
“Just kids! That’s about the craziest argument I’ve ever heard. Every criminal in the world was a kid once. What does it prove?”
—Theodore Simonson. Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr.. Jim Bird, The Blob, responding to the suggestion that they not lock up the teens pulling the alien “prank,” (1958)
“Idleness is an appendix to nobility.”
—Robert Burton (1577–1640)