James, Jim, or Jimmy Baxter may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• James K. Baxter (1926–1972), New Zealand poet
• Jimmy Baxter (Amateur Crook), fictional character in 1937 film Amateur Crook
• James Baxter (animator) (born 1967), British animator
  • He voiced in "James Baxter the Horse" of Adventure Time
• James Baxter (actor) (born 1990), British actor
• Jimmy Baxter (Your Honor), fictional character in 2020s television series Your Honor

Law and politics

• James Phinney Baxter (1831–1921), American politician and historian; mayor of Portland, Maine
• James Clement Baxter (1857–1928), English politician and football club chairman
• James H. Baxter Jr. (1924–2018), American farmer and politician from Delaware

Sports

• James Baxter (sportsman) (1870–1940), English rugby union internationalist and Olympic silver medalist
• Jim Baxter (Australian footballer) (1887–1952), Australian rules footballer
• James Baxter (American football) (1892–1961), American football player and coach
• James Baxter (footballer, born 1904) (1904–?), Scottish footballer for Leicester City, Reading, Torquay United and Boston United
• Jimmy Baxter (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1994), Scottish footballer for Dunfermline Athletic, Barnsley, Preston North End and Morecambe
• Jim Baxter (1939–2001), Scottish international footballer for Rangers, Sunderland, and Nottingham Forest
• Jimmy Baxter (basketball) (born 1980), American-Jordanian basketball player
• James Baxter (sailor) (fl. 2000s–2010s), New Zealand world champion sailor

Others

• James M. Baxter (1845–1909), African-American school principal in Newark, New Jersey
• James Reid Baxter (1865–1908), New Zealand murderer
• James Phinney Baxter III (1893–1975), American historian

Other uses

• James Baxter House, Amberley Village, Ohio, registered historic building

See also

• J. B. Long (James Baxter Long, 1903–1975), American businessman working mainly in the music industry