James MacKinnon may refer to:
J. B. MacKinnon (James Bernard MacKinnon, born 1970), Canadian journalist and author James G. MacKinnon (born 1951), Canadian economics professor James Angus MacKinnon (1881–1958), Canadian politician James Mackinnon (politician) (1841–1910), Australian politician James MacKinnon (cricketer) (1865–1957), Australian cricketer
See also James McKinnon (1932–1999), American musicologist James McKinnon (historian) (1860-1945), Scottish historian