James Tate

• James Tate , headmaster of Richmond School, 1796–1833
• James Tate , Irish-American politician, mayor of Philadelphia
• James "Honest Dick" Tate, State Treasurer of Kentucky
• James W. Tate, songwriter, accompanist, and composer
• James Tate , poet
• James Tate, murderer involved in the 2003 John McDonogh High School shooting
• James Tate, a fictional character on the soap opera ''Emmerdale''