James Sharpe (alias Pollard) (1577–1630) was an English Jesuit and professor of scripture.
Born in York, he converted to Catholicism when young, and made his priestly studies at the English College, Valladolid.
Believing that he must convert his parents to Catholicism, he visited them in Everingham, but was kept a prisoner at home, and subjected to pressure, threats, violence, and constant surveillance to induce him to renounce Catholicism.
Subsequently, he became professor of scripture at the Catholic University of Leuven for three years, after which he returned, and worked on the English mission until his death.
The "Annals" of his college state that Sharpe was a man "of great courage and learning".