James or Jim Owens may refer to:
Sports
Jesse Owens (James Cleveland Owens; 1913–1980), American track and field athlete, and Olympian James Owens (American football, born 1955), American football player and Olympic athlete James Owens (American football coach) (1951–2016), American football player and coach Jim Owens (1927–2009), head football coach at the University of Washington (1957–1974) Jim Owens (baseball) (1934–2020), American baseball pitcher Jim Owens (basketball, born 1950), American basketball player Red Owens (James L. Owens; 1925–1988), American basketball player James Owens (referee) (born 1977), Irish hurling referee
Politics and military
James Byeram Owens (1816–1889), Confederate politician
James W. Owens (congressman) (1837–1900), US Representative from Ohio
James C. Owens Jr. (1910–1942), American naval aviator
James Owens (VC) (1829–1901), Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
James Lawrence Owens (1899–1960), Alberta provincial MLA
Other
James B. Owens (1920–2009), American engineer and executive
James W. Owens, chairman and CEO of Caterpillar
James Owens, lead plaintiff in a civil suit against Sudan for its role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings that led to an award of over $10 billion in damages
See also
USS James C. Owens, US Navy destroyer
Jimmy Owens (disambiguation) James Owen (disambiguation)