James McGovern may refer to:
- James Magauran R.C. Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise (1815–1829)
- James B. McGovern, Jr. (1922–1954), World War II aircraft pilot
- James F. McGovern, United States Under Secretary of the Air Force, 1986–1989
- James J. McGovern, current president of A.T. Still University
- Jim McGovern (American politician) (born 1959), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 1997–present
- Jim McGovern (golfer) (born 1965), American PGA Tour player
- Jim McGovern (British politician) (born 1956), Member of the United Kingdom Parliament, 2005–present
- Jimmy McGovern (born 1949), English television scriptwriter
Famous quotes containing the words jim and/or govern:
“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)
“The duce of any other rule have I to govern myself by in this affair—and if I had one ... I would twist it and tear it to pieces, and throw it into the fire when I had done—Am I warm? I am, and the cause demands it—a pretty story! is a man to follow rules—or rules to follow him?”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)