James Dalton may refer to:
James Dalton (criminal) (died 1730), captain of a street robbery gang in 18th-century London, England James Dalton (footballer) (1864–?), Irish footballer James Dalton (MP for Saltash) (died 1601), MP for Saltash, Lostwithiel and Preston James Dalton (pastoralist) (1834–1919), pastoralist in Australia James Dalton (rugby union) (born 1972), South African rugby player James Dalton II (1910–1945), United States Army general killed in the Philippines during World War II James E. Dalton (1930–2024), United States Air Force general, Director of the Joint Staff J. J. Dalton (James Joseph Dalton, 1861–1924), Irish nationalist Member of Parliament James Langley Dalton (1833–1887), English soldier James T. Dalton (born 1963), American pharmacist James Dalton Highway, Alaska Characters James Dalton, portrayed by Patrick Swayze in the 1989 film Road House James Dalton, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away played by Gyton Grantley