James Stirling may refer to:
- James Stirling (mathematician) (1692–1770), Scottish mathematician
- Sir James Stirling (Royal Navy officer) (1791–1865), Governor of Western Australia
- James Stirling (1800–1876), Scottish engineer
- James Hutchison Stirling (1820–1909), Scottish philosopher
- James Stirling (1835–1917), Scottish locomotive engineer
- Sir James Stirling (judge) (1836–1916), British jurist
- Sir James Stirling (architect) (1926–1992), architect
- James Stirling (physicist) (born 1953), Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge
- James Stirling (of Garden) of Garden, Prior of the Order of St John in Scotland
- James Stirling (footballer), Scottish association football player
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or stirling:
“This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think of me. It works beautifully as long as I think the same things as he does.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Oh, if thy pride did not our joys control,
What world of loving wonders shouldst thou see!
For if I saw thee once transformed in me,
Then in thy bosom I would pour my soul;”
—William Alexander, Earl O Stirling (1580?–1640)