James Riley may refer to:

• James M. Riley (politician), (1854-1913), American politician in New York
• James W. Riley (1875–1954), American politician in New York
• James B. Riley (1894–1958), American jurist in West Virginia

• James Riley (cricketer) (1860–1937), English cricketer
• James Riley (footballer) (1880–1938), English association footballer
• Jack Riley (baseball) (James Riley, fl. 1940s), American baseball player
• James Riley (soccer) (born 1982), American soccer player

• James Riley (captain) (1777–1840), American merchant ship captain
• James McIlvaine Riley (1849–1911), American co-founder of the Sigma Nu fraternity
• James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916), American writer and poet
• Doc Middleton (James M. Riley, 1851–1913), American outlaw and horse thief
• James Riley (gunman) (1853–?), American gunfighter
• James Frederic Riley (1912–1985), British physician, radiologist and cancer specialist
• James Riley (POW) (born c. 1972), American soldier captured in Iraq, see American POWs in the 2003 invasion of Iraq
• James Riley (writer) (born c. 1977), American novelist
• James J. Riley, American mechanical engineer

• James Whitcomb Riley (train)
• James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, a children's hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana
• James Whitcomb Riley High School, a secondary school in South Bend, Indiana

• Jim Riley (disambiguation)
• James Reilly (disambiguation)

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