James Tate

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