James Carson may refer to: James H. Carson (1821–1853), Second Sergeant in the US Army in the mid-1850s James Harvey Carson (1808–1884), Virginia politician and militia general (Confederate) Captain James Carson, pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for the five volume "Saddle Boys" series James Carson (American football) (1940–1999), head coach of Jackson State University James Carson (physician) (1772–1843), Scottish physician James Carson (rugby union) (1870–1903), Australian rugby union player James S. Carson (1874–1960), American corporate executive and Spanish–American War veteran James H. Carson Jr. (1935–2015), American lawyer