James Earl Johnson (born March 31, 1938 in Dallas, Texas) is a former American football cornerback who played for the San Francisco 49ers. In 1994, he was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played both offense and defense as a college football player at UCLA where he was also a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and the school's Athletic Hall of Fame (1992). His brother is Rafer Johnson, an Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist.