James Beale

James Beale may refer to:


 * James M. H. Beale (1786–1866), U.S. Representative from Virginia
 * 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