James or Jim Carroll may refer to:
- James Carroll (actor) (1956–2016), American-born Canadian actor and radio personality
- James Carroll (Australian politician) (1855–1927), Australian politician
- James Carroll (captain) (1840–1912), Irish American steamship captain
- James Carroll (cricketer) (1843–1926), English cricketer
- James Carroll (Dublin politician) (1907–1973), Irish independent politician, represented Dublin South West from 1957 to 1965
- James Carroll (Louth politician) (born 1983), Irish Fianna Fáil Senator from Louth
- James Carroll (Maryland politician) (1791–1873), American
- James Carroll (New Zealand politician) (1857–1926), New Zealand politician
- James Carroll (author) (born 1943), American author, novelist, Roman Catholic dissident, and columnist for the Boston Globe
- James Carroll (scientist) (1854–1907), American scientist
- James Bernard Carroll (1856–1932), Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- James H. Carroll (c. 1876–1950), American politician
- James Milton Carroll (1852–1931), Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author
- James T. Carroll (California politician) (1877–1939), member of the Los Angeles City Council
- James T. Carroll (New York politician) (1875–1940), member of the New York State Assembly
- James W. Carroll, American politician, senior White House staffer
- James Marmion Gilmor Carroll (1884–1962), Anglo-Irish Roman Catholic and businessman
- James Rawson Carroll (1830–1911), Irish architect