James Fenton (born 1949) is a British poet (in English), journalist and literary critic.
James Fenton may also refer to:
James Fenton (farmer) (1820–1901), Irish-born Australian, also non-fiction writer James Fenton (Ulster Scots poet) (born 1931), British, writing in his dialect James Fenton (engineer) (1815–1863), Scottish born mechanical engineer James Fenton (politician) (1864–1950), Australian politician James Fenton (1754–1834), financial partner in Fenton, Murray and Jackson