James Ramsay may refer to:

• Sir James Ramsay (1589–1638), Scottish soldier
• James Ramsay (bishop) (c. 1624–1696), Bishop of Ross
• James Ramsay (abolitionist) (1733–1789), Anglican minister and abolitionist
• James Ramsay (minister) (1672–1749), Church of Scotland minister
• James Ramsay (painter) (1789–1854), English portrait painter
• Sir James Ramsay, 8th Baronet (1797–1859), Scottish baronet
• Sir James Ramsay, 10th Baronet (1832–1925), British historian and landowner
• James Graham Ramsay (1823–1903), North Carolina politician
• James Garden Ramsay (1827–1890), politician in colonial South Australia
• James Ramsay (Canadian politician) (1866–1935), merchant and politician in British Columbia, Canada
• James Ramsay (governor) (1916–1986), governor of Queensland
• James Ramsay (1923–1996), co-founder of the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation in South Australia
• Jim Ramsay (1930–2013), Australian politician
• James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie (born 1948), British land-owner
• James O. Ramsay (born 1942), Canadian statistician
• James Ramsay (footballer) (1898–1969), Scottish footballer and manager

• James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812–1860), British colonial leader
• James Ramsey (disambiguation)