Samuel James Kitson (January 1, 1848 – November 9, 1906) was a British-American sculptor active in the United States from about 1876 to 1906.

[1] In 1878, Kitson spent about one year in both New York and Boston, where he began to receive private commissions.

His first commission was a full bust of Ole Bull whose Boston home was next door to that of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

[citation needed] In 1881 he returned the United States, whereupon he was commissioned to execute statuary and architectural elements for the William K. Vanderbilt House.

[1] Prior to moving permanently to the United States, Kitson continued exhibiting in England.