James Burke may refer to:

Politics

• James F. Burke (1867-1932), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
• Séamus Burke (1893-1967), Irish politician and Minister for Local Government 1923 to 1927 in the Government of the 4th Dáil
• James Burke (Australian politician) (born 1971), member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly who unseated opposition leader Denis Burke
• 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 (NY politician) (1890-1965), New York City politician and Queens Borough President
• James A. Burke (1910-1983), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts

Sports

• James Burke (boxer) (1809-1845), English boxer
• James Burke (footballer), 19th-century football player
• James Burke (hurler), inter county senior hurler with Dublin
• Jamie Burke (born 1971), baseball player
• James Burke (baseball), American baseball player for the 1884 Boston Reds
• Jimmy Burke (baseball) (1874-1942), American baseball player

Other fields

• James Burke (artist) (born 1983), English London based visual artist
• James Burke (science historian) (born 1936), British author and TV producer/narrator
• James E. Burke (born 1925), CEO of Johnson & Johnson
• 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

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