James or Jim Chapman may refer to:
- James Chapman (explorer) (1831–1872), South African explorer, hunter, trader and photographer
- James Chapman (author) (born 1955), American novelist
- James Chapman (media historian) (born 1968), British media historian
- James Chapman (bishop) (died 1879), Anglican Bishop of Colombo
- James Chapman (cricketer) (born 1986), English cricketer
- James Chapman (rower) (born 1979), Australian rower
- Jim Chapman (born 1945), American businessman and politician
- Jim Chapman Lake, a lake in Texas named after the politician
- Jim Chapman (footballer) (born 1965), Scottish (association) football player and manager
- Jim Chapman (Canadian) (born 1949), Canadian radio and TV personality, musician, journalist and author
- Jim Chapman (Resident Evil), fictional character
- James A. Chapman (1881–1966), Oklahoma oil magnate and philanthropist
- J. A. Chapman (1821–1885), three-term mayor of Portland, Oregon
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or chapman:
“There are moods in which one feels the impulse to enter a tacit protest against too gross an appetite for pure aesthetics in this starving and sinning world. One turns half away, musingly, from certain beautiful useless things.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“All progress is experimental.”
—John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)