James Dawkins may refer to:
James Dawkins (antiquarian) (1722–1757), MP for Woodstock and Hindon, antiquarian and Jacobite James Dawkins (MP, died 1766) (c. 1696–1766), English landowner and MP for Woodstock James Dawkins (MP, died 1843) (c. 1760–1843), MP for Chippenham 1784–1806 and 1807–1812, Hastings 1812–1826 and Wilton 1831–1832 James Baird Dawkins (1820–1883), Confederate politician James C. Dawkins, United States Air Force general James Dawkins, drummer of The Trinity Band in England Jimmy Dawkins (1936–2013), American blues guitarist