James Baines

James Baines may refer to:

• James Baines (clipper), a 1854 passenger clipper ship
• James Baines & Co., parent company of a fleet of packet ships running between Liverpool, England and Australia
• SS James Baines
• James Baines (merchant) (1822–1889), British merchant, shipowner and shipbroker
• James Baines (draper) (1648–1717), English businessman and philanthropist