James Wells may refer to: James Wells (cricketer), English cricketer James Wells (British politician), British politician and MEP James B. Wells Jr. (1850–1923), American judge and Democratic politician James L. Wells (1843–1928), American businessman and politician James M. Wells III (born c. 1948), American businessman James Madison Wells (1808–1899), Governor of Louisiana James Murray Wells (born 1983), English entrepreneur James Pearson Wells (1822–1896), Ontario farmer and political figure James Lesesne Wells (1902–1993), African-American graphic artist and painter