James Melville or Melvill may refer to: James Melville (1556–1614), Scottish divine and reformer James Melville of Halhill (1535–1617), Scottish diplomat and memoir writer James Melville (politician) (1885–1931), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Gateshead 1929–1931 James Melville (author) (1931–2014), pseudonym of British author Roy Peter Martin James Melville (cricketer, born 1909) (1909–1961), English cricketer for Warwickshire James Melville (cricketer, born 1936) (1936–2016), English cricketer for Kent James Cosmo Melvill (1792–1861), British administrator of the East India Company James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist) (1845–1929), British botanist and malacologist James D. Melville Jr., American statesman