James Goodwin may refer to: James Goodwin (convict) (c. 1800 – after 1835), convict escapee and explorer in Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania James Goodwin (actor) (born 1961), American actor D. James Goodwin, American record producer James Godwyn (1557–1616), or Goodwin, English politician Jim Goodwin (born 1981), Irish footballer Jim Goodwin (baseball) (1926–2008), American pitcher in Major League Baseball

See also James Godwin, United States Navy admiral