James Forsyth may refer to: James Forsyth (college president) (1817–1886), attorney and president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute James Forsyth (traveller) (1838–1871), Indian traveller James Forsyth (Australian politician) (1852–1927), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly James Forsyth (sculptor) (1827–1910), Scottish sculptor James W. Forsyth (1834–1906), U.S. Army officer and general James Bell Forsyth (1802–1869), Quebec merchant and author James B. Forsyth (1809–1872), Massachusetts physician and politician Jim Forsyth (born 1944), former Australian rules footballer Jimmy Forsyth (1904–1982), Scottish football player, trainer and physiotherapist Jimmy Forsyth (photographer) (1913–2009), British amateur photographer James Forsyth (journalist) (born 1981), political editor of The Spectator magazine