James Harding or Jim Harding may refer to:

J. Barclay Harding (1830–1865), publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph Jim Harding (1924–2000), American basketball coach James Harding (cricketer), English professional cricketer James Harding (explorer) (1838–1864), English explorer James Harding (harbourmaster) (1811–1867) James Harding (journalist) (born 1969), British journalist and former Director of BBC News James A. Harding (1848–1922), early influential leader in the Church of Christ James Duffield Harding (1798–1863), English landscape painter James McKay Harding (1926–1995), political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada James Harding (music writer) (1929–2007), writer on music and theatre James Havelock Harding (1883–1978), master shipwright and shipbuilder James C. Harding (born 1934), United States Air Force officer Nick Zedd (né James Franklyn Harding III, 1956–2022) Jim Harding, Canadian professor, author of Canada's Deadly Secret James Harding (runner) (born 2003), New Zealand middle-distance runner

See also Jamie Harding (born 1979), English actor Jaime Harding (born 1975), singer with British band Marion James Hardin (disambiguation)