James Beale may refer to:
James M. H. Beale (1786–1866), U.S. Representative from Virginia James Beale (artist), British artist James Beale (athlete) (1881–1968), track and field athlete James Thomas Beale (born 1947), American mathematician Africanus Horton (1835–1883), also known as James Beale, writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone
See also James Beall (disambiguation)