James Kirkland

James or Jim Kirkland may refer to:

• James I. Kirkland (born 1954), American paleontologist
• James Kirkland (boxer) (born 1984), American boxer
• James Hampton Kirkland (1859–1939), American academic
• James Kirkland (giant), Irish soldier with gigantism
• James Robert Kirkland (1903–1958), United States federal judge
• Jim Kirkland (born 1946), English footballer