James Burke Explained

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 (footballer, born 1994), English footballer
• 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)