James Stirling may refer to:
- James Stirling (mathematician) (1692âÂÂ1770), Scottish mathematician
- Sir James Stirling, 1st Baronet (c.1740âÂÂ1805), Scottish banker and lord provost of Edinburgh
- Sir James Stirling (Royal Navy officer) (1791âÂÂ1865), British admiral and Governor of Western Australia
- James Stirling (engineer, born 1799) (1799âÂÂ1876), Scottish engineer
- James Hutchison Stirling (1820âÂÂ1909), Scottish philosopher
- James Stirling (engineer, born 1835) (1835âÂÂ1917), Scottish locomotive engineer
- Sir James Stirling (judge) (1836âÂÂ1916), British jurist
- James Stirling (botanist) (1852âÂÂ1909), Australian botanist and geologist
- James Stirling (1890s footballer) (fl. 1895âÂÂ1896), Scottish footballer
- Jimmy Stirling (1925âÂÂ2006), Scottish footballer
- Sir James Stirling (architect) (1926âÂÂ1992), architect
- Sir James Stirling of Garden (1930âÂÂ2024), British Army officer, chartered surveyor and Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk
- James Stirling (physicist) (1953âÂÂ2018), British physicist and Provost of Imperial College London
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