John James (1838 – May 23, 1902) was a British-born American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 5th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas–Indian Wars. He was one of seven men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry by defending the "Lyman Train" against a war party of Kiowa and Comanche at the Upper Washita River in Texas on September 9–11, 1874.