James or Jim Parks may refer to: James Parks (freed slave) (1843–1929), freed slave prominently buried in Arlington National Cemetery James Parks (actor) (born 1968), American actor James C. Parks (1942–2002), American botanist and plant taxonomist Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1931) (1931–2022), the son, a batsman who became a wicket keeper Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1903) (1903–1980), the father, an all-rounder See also James Park (disambiguation) James Parkes (disambiguation) James Parke (disambiguation)