James Putnam

James Putnam may refer to:

• James Putnam (judge) (1725–1789), last Attorney General in Massachusetts before American Revolution; judge and politician in New Brunswick
• James Putnam (politician) (1756–1838), politician in Nova Scotia
• James Jackson Putnam (1846–1918), American neurologist
• James O. Putnam (1818–1903), New York politician