James Cavanagh

James Cavanagh or Cavanaugh may refer to:

• James M. Cavanaugh (1823–1879), U.S. Representative from Minnesota
• James Cavanagh (soldier) (1831–1901), Irish-American brigadier general
• James Cavanagh (baseball) (1850–1890), American baseball player
• James Cavanagh (architect) (1874–1957), Australian architect
• James Cavanaugh (songwriter) (1892–1967), American songwriter of the 1940s, the co-writer of the popular jazz tune, "Mississippi Mud"
• Jim Cavanagh (1913–1990), Australian politician
• James P. Cavanagh (1922–1971), American screenwriter of Playhouse 90 and Murder at the Gallop
• James Ronald Kavanagh a.k.a. Ronnie Kavanagh (1931–2021), Irish rugby union player

See also

• James Kavanagh (disambiguation)
• James Kavanaugh (1928–2009), author of A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church