James Parkinson (1755–1824) was an English apothecary, surgeon, geologist, paleontologist and political activist, for whom Parkinson's disease is named.
James Parkinson may also refer to:
James Parkinson (controversialist) (1653–1722), English academic and schoolmaster, known as a polemical writer James Parkinson (museum proprietor) (1730–1813), English land agent and museum proprietor James Parkinson (Irish politician) (1869–1948), Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and Fine Gael senator James W. Parkinson (born 1949), American lawyer and activist James Parkinson (footballer) (1862–1927), English footballer, during 1888–1889 season James Parkinson (Wisconsin politician) (1829–1897), American farmer and politician Jimmy Parkinson, of Barleyjuice Jimmy Parkinson, Australian singer who presented The Jimmy Parkinson Show Jim Parkinson (1941–2025), American type designer