James Tate may refer to:
- James Tate (headmaster) (1771–1843), headmaster of Richmond School, 1796–1833
- James "Honest Dick" Tate (1831–?), State Treasurer of Kentucky
- James Hugh Joseph Tate (1910–1983), Irish-American politician, mayor of Philadelphia
- James Tate (Emmerdale), a fictional character on the soap opera Emmerdale
- James Tate (writer) (born 1943), poet
- James W. Tate (1875–1922), songwriter, accompanist, and composer
- James Tate, murderer involved in the 2003 John McDonogh High School shooting
- James Tate, student banned from prom at Shelton High School
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“The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.”
—Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941)
“What shall we say who have knowledge
Carried to the heart? Shall we take the act
To the grave? Shall we, more hopeful, set up the grave
In the house? The ravenous grave?”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)