James Shields

James Shields may refer to:

• James Shields (baseball) (born 1981), American baseball player
• James Shields (politician, born 1762) (1762–1831), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• James Shields (politician, born 1806) (1806–1879), U.S. Senator from Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri
• Shaemas O'Sheel (1886–1954), Irish-American poet, born James Shields
• James Shields (Volk), an 1893 bronze sculpture of James Shields by Leonard Volk
• James Shields (academic) (1918–1978), Scottish psychiatric geneticist
• James Shields (sprinter), winner of the 1967 4 × 440 yard relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships