James or Jim Houston may refer to:
Sportspeople
edit- James Houston (rugby league) (born 1982), Scottish rugby league player
- Jim Houston (James Edward Houston, 1937–2018), American football linebacker
- James Houston (American football) (born 1998), American football player
Other people
edit- James Houston (judge) (1767–1819), Maryland federal judge
- James Archibald Houston (1921–2005), Canadian author and artist
- James D. Houston (1933–2009), American novelist
- James M. Houston (born 1922), Canadian theologian
- Jimmy Houston, pro angler and TV host
- J. Gorman Houston Jr. (born 1933), American jurist from Alabama