James Beaty may refer to:
James Beaty Sr. (1798–1892), Canadian member of parliament, 1867–1874, published the Toronto Leader newspaper James Beaty Jr. (1831–1899), mayor of Toronto, 1879–1880 and member of parliament, 1880–1887 James A. Beaty Jr. (born 1949), U.S. district judge and former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
See also James Beattie (disambiguation) James Beatty (disambiguation)