There have been several notable figures, both real and fictional, named James Gordon.

• James Gordon, police commissioner of Gotham City in Batman comics,
• James Gordon , American Senator,
• James K. Gordon, Canadian politician, former mayor of and Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury,
• James Gordon , son of John Hamilton-Gordon the 7th Earl of Aberdeen.
• James Gordon , session flautist in the 1970s and 1980s.
• Jim Gordon, session musician on albums by Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton and other rock bands of the 1970s.
• James Gordon , folk musicial with Canadian group Tamarack.
• Jim Gordon Irish singer/songwriter, currently living in Bergen,Norway. http://home.c2i.net/acousticrecords/