James Davenport may refer to:
James H. Davenport (born 1953), professor of information technology at the University of Bath James Davenport (clergyman) (1716–1757), American clergyman from Connecticut James Davenport (Connecticut politician) (1758–1797), American lawyer, U.S. Congressman from Connecticut Jim Davenport (journalist) (1958–2012), American journalist with the Associated Press based in South Carolina James S. Davenport (1864–1940), American lawyer, U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma Jim Davenport (1933–2016), baseball player Kenny Davenport (James Kenyon Davenport, 1862–1908), English international footballer James Potter Davenport (1841–1905), Los Angeles, California, City Council member who was the first official in the United States to be removed from office in a recall election James C. Davenport (born 1938), physicist and one of the founders of the National Society of Black Physicists