James Kay may refer to:
James Kay (British inventor) (1774–1857), British inventor James J. Kay (1954–2004), ecological scientist and policy-maker Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baronet (1804–1877), British politician and educationalist James Kay (artist) (1858–1942), Scottish artist James Franklin Kay (born 1948), American professor James Ellsworth De Kay (1792–1851), American zoologist James Kay (Kentucky politician) (born 1982), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives James Kay (golfer) (1855–1927), Scottish golfer
See also James Kaye (disambiguation)