James Johnson may refer to:

• BabyTron (James Edward Johnson IV, born 2000), American rapper
• James Austin Johnson (born 1989), American comedian & actor, Saturday Night Live cast member
• James B. Johnson (born 1944), author of science nonfiction novels
• James P. Johnson (1894–1955), New Jersey jazz musician, known for his "stride" piano playing
• James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), African-American figure in the Harlem Renaissance
• James Johnson (author and priest) (1674–1740), English author and cleric
• James Johnson (engraver) (1753–1811), Scottish publisher
• James Johnson (English artist) (1803–1834), English artist
• James "Stump" Johnson (1902–1969), St. Louis blues musician
• Jamey Johnson (born 1975), country musician
• J. C. Johnson (1896–1981), songwriter and jazz pianist sometimes erroneously known as James C. Johnson, best known for his collaborations with Fats Waller
• James F. Johnson (1926–2000), American blues musician
• Super Chikan (James Johnson, born 1951), American blues musician
• Rick James (James Ambrose Johnson Jr., 1948–2004), American singer
• Raymond St. Jacques (James Arthur Johnson, 1930–1990), actor
• James Johnson (woodcarver), Tlingit artist from Juneau, Alaska

• James Allen Johnson (1924–2016), major general in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• James Bulmer Johnson (1889–1943), recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I
• James E. Johnson (1926–1950), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient
• James H. Johnson Jr. (born 1937), lieutenant general in the U.S. Army
• James H. Johnson (major general) (1929–2008), major general in the U.S. Army
• James K. Johnson (1916–1997), Korean War flying ace
• James Johnson (South African Navy officer) (1918–1990), chief of the South African Navy
• Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) (James E. Johnson, 1915–2001), WWII RAF fighter ace

• James Johnson (Virginia congressman) (died 1825), U.S. congressman from Virginia
• James Johnson (Kentucky politician) (1774–1826), U.S. congressman from Kentucky
• James Johnson (Georgia politician) (1811–1891), U.S. congressman and governor of Georgia
• James Johnson (Iowa politician) (born 1939), state representative of Iowa
• James Johnson (British politician) (1908–1995), British Labour MP for Rugby, 1950–1959, and Hull West, 1964–1983
• James A. Johnson (California politician) (1829–1896), U.S. congressman and lieutenant governor from California
• James A. Johnson (businessman) (1943–2020), businessman, Democratic lobbyist, and chairman of Fannie Mae, the Kennedy Center and the Brookings Institution
• James A. C. Johnson (1867–1937), mayor of Englewood, New Jersey
• James Coody Johnson (1864–1927), African-Creek entrepreneur, interpreter, lawyer and politician
• James D. Johnson (1924–2010), Arkansas politician
• James E. Johnson (United States Navy) (1926–1950), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• James F. P. Johnson, member of the Florida House of Representatives
• James G. Johnson (1855–1936), mayor of Springfield and justice on the Ohio Supreme Court
• James Hutchins Johnson (1802–1887), U.S. congressman from New Hampshire
• James Leeper Johnson (1818–1877), U.S. congressman from Kentucky
• James M. Johnson (judge), justice of the Washington Supreme Court
• James M. Johnson (politician) (1832–1913), lieutenant governor of Arkansas
• James Paul Johnson (born 1930), U.S. congressman from Colorado
• James Johnson (Manitoba politician) (1855–1929), politician in Manitoba, Canada
• James Johnson (Delaware politician) or "J.J." (born 1943), member of the Delaware House of Representatives
• Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician) (James Michael Johnson, born 1972), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

• James Johnson (Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) (1640–1704), Master of Sidney Sussex 1688–1704
• James Johnson (surgeon) (1777–1845), British surgeon, writer and editor
• James Johnson (assistant bishop of Western Equatorial Africa) (1836–1917), Sierra Leone Creole Anglican bishop
• James Johnson (bishop of Worcester) (1705–1774), English prelate, Bishop of Gloucester (1752–59) and Worcester (1759–74)
• James Johnson (bishop of St Helena) (1926-2022), English prelate, Bishop of St Helena (1985–91)
• James Johnson (railway engineer), locomotive superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway, 1890–1894
• James A. Johnson (architect) (1865–1939), American architect
• James Hervey Johnson (1901–1988), American atheist
• James Wood Johnson (1856–1932), co-founder of the company Johnson and Johnson
• James Yate Johnson (1820–1900), English naturalist
• President James Johnson (Metal Gear), the fictional 44th President of the United States in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• James Johnson, sole survivor of the wreck of the Dunbar

• Jimmy Johnson (disambiguation)
• James Johnston (disambiguation)
• Jamie Johnson (disambiguation)
• James Johnstone (disambiguation)

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