James Dunbar may refer to:
James Dunbar (writer) (1742–1798), philosophical writer James W. Dunbar (1860–1943), US representative Jim Dunbar (1929–2019), radio programme director James Dunbar (rower) (1930–2018), American rower and Olympic gold medallist Sir James Dunbar, 1st Baronet (died 1718), of the Dunbar baronets, MP for Caithness Sir James Dunbar, 3rd Baronet (died 1782), of the Dunbar baronets Sir James George Hawker Roland Dunbar, 10th Baronet, (1862–1953) of the Dunbar baronets Sir James Michael Dunbar, 14th Baronet (born 1950), of the Dunbar baronets
See also James Dunbar-Nasmith, English conservation architect Dunbar (disambiguation)