James Swift may refer to:
James Swift (trade unionist) (1841/42–1904), British trade unionist James Swift (British Army officer), British major-general James M. Swift (lawyer) (1873–1946), attorney general of Massachusetts James M. Swift (American football) (), American football coach James Q. Swift, American oral and maxillofacial surgeon and academic Larry James (1947–2008), American sprinter also known as James Swift