James McCarthy may refer to:
James McCarthy (bishop) (1853–1943), Bishop of Galloway, Scotland James McCarthy (footballer) (born 1990), Ireland international footballer James McCarthy (Gaelic footballer) (born 1990), player for Dublin and Ballymun Kickhams James McCarthy (oceanographer) (1944–2019), Harvard professor of biological oceanography James McCarthy (rugby union), (born 1999), Welsh rugby union player James McCarthy (sociologist) (born 1949), president of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts James McCarthy (surveyor) (1853–1919), Irish surveyor who mapped the boundaries of Siam in the 19th century James F. McCarthy (coach), American college football coach James Francis McCarthy (born 1942), American Roman Catholic bishop James P. McCarthy (born 1935), U.S. Air Force general James William McCarthy (1872–1939), U.S. federal judge James Joseph McCarthy (1817–1882), Irish architect Babe McCarthy (James H. McCarthy, 1923–1975), American basketball coach Sir James McCarthy (died 1824), governor of Cape Coast Castle in West Africa James McCarthy, villain of the Sherlock Holmes story The Boscombe Valley Mystery
See also James MacCarthy (1945–2019), Irish artist Jim McCarthy (disambiguation)