James Hunter may refer to:

• James Hunter (military artist) (1755–1792), military artist in British India
• James H. Hunter (1890–1982), Scottish-born Canadian Christian mystery writer
• James Hunter (singer) (born 1962), English R&B singer
• Jamie Hunter (River City), a fictional character on River City
• Jim Hunter, fictional character on Scottish soap opera Take the High Road

• James Hill Hunter (1839–1891), Ontario politician
• James Hunter (politician) (1882–1968), Australian politician
• James Hunter III (1916–1989), American judge, Third Circuit Court of Appeals
• James S. Hunter (1900–1965), American politician

• Jimmy Hunter (1879–1962), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Catfish Hunter (James Augustus Hunter, 1946–1999), American baseball pitcher, 1960s–'70s
• Jim Hunter (skier) (born 1953), Canadian alpine ski racer
• James Hunter (American football) (1954–2010), American football defensive back
• Jim Hunter (baseball) (born 1964), American baseball pitcher, 1990s
• James Hunter (basketball) (born 1991), Australian basketball player
• James Hunter (cricketer) (born 2002), Irish cricketer
• James Hunter (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1982), Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Newcastle, New Bedford)
• James Hunter (rower) (born 1992), New Zealand rower
• Jim Hunter (boxer), British boxer
• Jimmy Hunter (New Zealand footballer), New Zealand international football player

• James de Graaff-Hunter (1881–1967), British-born geodesist
• James William Hunter (1783–1844), Scottish inventor
• James Hunter (minister) (1863–1942), co-founder of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church
• James Hunter, one of the Perth Martyrs
• James Hunter (historian) (born 1948), British historian
• James Davison Hunter (born 1955), professor of sociology at the University of Virginia
• James P. Hunter (1985–2010), Army journalist killed in the War in Afghanistan
• Jim Hunter (sportscaster), American sports journalist, CBS Radio
• James Wilson Hunter (1904–1987), American Episcopal bishop of Wyoming