Sir James Bowman, 1st Baronet, KBE (8 March 1898 – 25 September 1978) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Great Corby, near Carlisle, Bowman worked at Ashington colliery from the age of fifteen.
He served in the Royal Marines during World War I, then returned to coal mining, where he became active in the Northumberland Miners' Association.
[1] Bowman advised in reforming the German trade unions after World War II.
He withdrew from trade unionism at the end of 1949, instead taking a National Coal Board post; in 1956, he was appointed its chairman.