James Burke may refer to:

Politics

  • James F. Burke (politician) (1867–1932), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
  • James Burke (Australian politician) (born 1971), member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
  • James Burke (Cork politician) (died 1936), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael politician and barrister
  • James Burke (Roscommon politician) (died 1964), Irish Fine Gael politician and farmer
  • James A. Burke (New York politician) (1890–1965), New York City politician and Queens Borough President
  • James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician) (1910–1983), U.S. congressman from Massachusetts
  • James Edmund Burke (1849–1943), American politician and mayor of Burlington, Vermont

Sports

  • James Burke (boxer) (1809–1845), English boxer
  • James Burke (cricketer) (born 1991), English cricketer
  • James Burke (19th-century footballer), 19th-century football player
  • James Burke (Dublin hurler), inter county senior hurler with Dublin
  • James Burke (Kildare hurler) (born 1999), Irish hurler
  • James Burke (wrestler) (1936–2006), American Olympic wrestler
  • Jamie Burke (born 1971), baseball player
  • Jamie Burke (rugby union) (born 1980), American rugby union player
  • James Burke (baseball), American baseball player for the 1884 Boston Reds
  • Jimmy Burke (baseball) (1874–1942), American baseball player

Other fields

  • James Burke (bishop) (1926–1994), American-born Catholic bishop in Peru
  • James Burke (science historian) (born 1936), British broadcaster, author, and television producer
  • James E. Burke (1925–2012), CEO of Johnson & Johnson
  • James Cobb Burke (1915–1964), American photographer and photojournalist
  • James Burke (actor) (1886–1968), appeared in The Maltese Falcon and numerous other films
  • James Lee Burke (born 1936), American author
  • James Burke (gangster) (1931–1996), Irish-American gangster
  • E. James Burke (born 1949), justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
  • James Burke (space engineer) (1925–2023), American lunar settlement and exploration expert, known for the Ranger program
  • James F. Burke (musician) (1923–1981), American cornet soloist
  • James Burke (police officer), police chief in Suffolk County, New York
  • James Wakefield Burke (1906–1989), American journalist and writer

See also

  • James Burk (born 1948), sociologist and professor of sociology at Texas A&M University
  • Jim Burke (disambiguation)
  • Jimmy Burke (disambiguation)