| Intro | Kenyan politician |
| Was | Politician |
| From | Kenya |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1914 |
| Death |
1982 (aged 68 years) |
James Samuel Gichuru (1914–1982) was a Kenyan politician. He was a minister for Finance, Minister for Defence and a former member of parliament for the Limuru Constituency. He was among the founders of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party in 1960 as well as his acting chairman (for jailed Jomo Kenyatta) to 1961.