James Marshall may refer to:
- James W. Marshall (1810–1885), discovered gold in California in 1848
- Sir James Marshall (judge) (1829–1889), British colonial judge
- James G. Marshall (politician) (c. 1852–1891), Mississippi legislator
- James G. Marshall (industrialist), American industrialist and inventor
- James Marshall (VC) (1887–1918), Victoria Cross recipient
- James Marshall (director) (born 1962), American television producer and director
- James Marshall (author) (1942–1992), American author of children's books
- James Marshall (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1958), Scottish footballer (Bradford City)
- James Marshall (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1977), Scottish footballer (Rangers, Arsenal, national team)
- James Marshall (actor) (born 1967), American actor
- James Marshall (cricketer) (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
- James Waddell Marshall (1845–1925), businessman of South Australia
- James Marshall (minister) (1796–1855), Scottish minister, of the Church of Scotland, and from 1841 of the Church of England
- James Marshall (politician) (1843–1912), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
- James Marshall (rugby union) (born 1988), New Zealand rugby player
- James Duard Marshall (1914-2010), American painter
- James William Marshall (1822–1910), US Postmaster General
- James William Marshall (politician) (1844–1911), US congressman from Virginia
- James Garth Marshall (1802–1873), Member of Parliament for Leeds
- James Alexander Marshall (1888–1977), Canadian federal politician
- James C. Marshall (1897–1977), American military engineer, first head of the Manhattan Engineer District
- James S. Marshall (1819–1892), mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
- James K. Marshall (1839–1863), Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War
- James H. Marshall (1931–2007), American administrator, president of Hofstra University
- James Markham Marshall (1764–1848), United States federal judge
- James Marshall (political adviser), British political advisor
- James Marshall (producer), British television producer
- James Keith Marshall (1817–1862), Virginia planter and politician
- James Thompson Marshall (1854–1931), English railway and mechanical engineer
- Dalek (artist) (born 1968), real name James Marshall, American artist
- President James Marshall, a fictional character played by Harrison Ford in the 1997 film Air Force One