James Beattie may refer to:
- James Beattie (writer) (1735–1803)
- James Beattie (1852—1934), founder of James Beattie Ltd., Wolverhampton department store
- James Beattie (1914—1988), chairman and managing director of James Beattie plc, department store chain
- James Beattie (footballer) (born 1978), English footballer
- Jim Beattie (born 1954), baseball player
- Jim Beattie (musician), Scottish rock musician
Famous quotes containing the word james:
“It is my hope to be able to prove that television is the greatest step forward we have yet made in the preservation of humanity. It will make of this Earth the paradise we have all envisioned, but have never seen.”
—Joseph O’Donnell. Clifford Sanforth. Professor James Houghland, Murder by Television, just before he demonstrates his new television device (1935)