Jim or James Norton may refer to:
- James Norton (New South Wales) (1795–1862), solicitor, company director, farmer, pamphleteer and protectionist politician in colonial New South Wales
- James A. Norton (1843–1912), U.S. Representative from Ohio
- James Norton (South Carolina politician) (1843–1920), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- James Lansdowne Norton (1869–1925), motorcycle designer, inventor and manufacturer of the Norton motorcycles
- Jim Norton (actor) (born 1938), Irish actor
- Jim Norton (safety) (1938–2007), American football player for the Houston Oilers
- Jim Norton (defensive lineman) (born 1942), American football player for the San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons
- Jim Norton (comedian) (born 1968), American comedian
Famous quotes containing the words jim and/or norton:
“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)
“Every cloud must have a silver lining.”
—George A. Norton (1880–1923)