James Burns

Last updated December 14, 2025

James Burns may refer to:

Business

James Burns (Australian shipowner) (1846–1923), Australian businessman
James W. Burns (1921–2019), Canadian businessman
James Burns (merchant), Glasgow-born merchant of the 17th century
James Burns (publisher) (1808–1871), Scottish publisher and author
James Burns (Scottish shipowner) (1789–1871)
James D. Burns (1865–1928), American businessman and owner of the Detroit Tigers
James Ormston Burns (1925–1998), founder of Burns London, a guitar and amplifier company

James MacGregor Burns (1918–2014), American biographer
Jim Burns (born 1948), Welsh artist
Jim Burns (poet) (born 1936), English poet
Jim Burns (television producer) (1952–2017), American television producer and writer
Jim Burns (Oz), character on the HBO series Oz
Jimmy Burns (born 1943), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

James Burns (Spiritualist) (1835–1894), Scottish journalist and publisher
James A. Burns (1867–1940), American priest and president of the University of Notre Dame
James Anderson Burns (1865–1945), founder of the Oneida Baptist Institute
James Chalmers Burns (1809–1892), Scottish minister
James Drummond Burns (1823–1864), Scottish Presbyterian minister and poet

James Burns (cricketer) (1866–1957), English cricketer
Farmer Burns (baseball) (James Joseph Burns, 1876–?), American baseball player
Jamie Burns (born 1984), English footballer
Jim Burns (baseball) (died 1909), 19th-century baseball player
Jim Burns (basketball) (1945–2020), American basketball player, lawyer, and politician
Jim Burns (footballer) (1943–2025), Scottish footballer
Jim Burns (rugby union), Welsh international rugby union player

James Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde (1864–1919)
James Glencairn Burns, son of poet Robert Burns
J. H. Burns (James Henderson Burns, 1921–2012), Scottish historian
J. Irving Burns (1843–1925), American lawyer and politician
James M. Burns (judge) (1924–2001), U.S. federal judge
James M. Burns (Medal of Honor) (1845–1910), Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War
James Richard Henry Burns (1916–2002), English police officer who became a nobleman in Brunei