James Townsend

James or Jim Townsend may refer to:

• James Townsend (cricketer) (1790–?), English cricketer
• James Townsend (British politician (1737–1787), Lord Mayor of London 1772
• James Townsend (New York) (1729–1790), U.S. Congressman-elect from New York
• James Townsend (psychologist) (born 1939), mathematical psychologist
• Jim Townsend (footballer) (born 1945), Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian FC)
• Jim Townsend (Irish politician) (born 1937), member of the Irish Senate
• Jim Townsend (Michigan politician), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
• James William Emery Townsend (1838–1900), better known as Lying Jim Townsend, American storyteller
• James Townsend Saward (1799–?), English forger
• James Matthew Townsend (1841–1913), African Methodist Episcopal minister and state legislator from Indiana

See also

• All pages with titles containing James Townsend
• Lord James Townshend (1785–1842), British naval commander and Tory politician