James Swift

James Swift may refer to:

• James Swift (trade unionist) (1841/42–1904), British trade unionist
• James Swift (British Army officer), British major-general
• James M. Swift (lawyer) (1873–1946), attorney general of Massachusetts
• James M. Swift (American football) (fl. 1891), American football coach
• James Q. Swift, American oral and maxillofacial surgeon and academic
• Larry James (1947–2008), American sprinter also known as James Swift