James Payne

James Payne may refer to:

• James Payne (cricketer), English cricketer
• James Spriggs Payne (1819–1882), President of Liberia
• James Dennis Payne (1896–1987), World War I aviator
• James W. Payne (1929–1992), American set decorator
• James H. Payne (born 1941), American judge
• James Arthur Payne (1884–1968), American fly rod maker, designer and business owner
• James L. Payne, American social scientist