James Harlan is the name of: James Harlan (Iowa politician) (1820–1899), U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of the Interior James Harlan (Walker), a statue of Harlan by Nellie Walker James Harlan (Kentucky politician) (1800–1863), state Attorney General and Secretary of State and U.S. Representative James Harlan Jr. (1831–1897), American politician and judge from Kentucky James S. Harlan (1861–1927), American lawyer and commerce specialist Jim Harlan (born 1954), American football player