Daniel James or Dan James may refer to:

• Dan James (American football) (1937–1987), American football player
• Daniel James (boxer), boxer from Trinidad & Tobago known as Gentle Daniel
• Daniel James (businessman) (1801–1876), one of the co-founders of Phelps, Dodge & Co.
• Daniel James (fighter) (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
• Daniel James (game developer) (born 1971), British-Canadian video game developer
• Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) (1848–1920), Welsh poet and hymn-writer
• Daniel James (historian) (born 1948), British historian and expert in Peronism
• Daniel James (record producer) (born 1975), Australian music producer and songwriter
• Daniel James (singer), a stage name of Colin Heywood
• Daniel James (British Army soldier) (born 1962), British Army corporal and interpreter, convicted of espionage
• Daniel Willis James (1832–1907), American businessman
• Daniel James Jr. (1920–1978), African American USAF general
• Daniel Lewis James (1911–1988), American author
• Daniel James (footballer) (born 1997), Wales international footballer
• Daniel James III (1945–2017), United States Air Force general