James Blake

James or Jim Blake is the name of:

People

Civil administration, military or politics

• James B. Blake (1827–1870), American politician, mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts
• James H. Blake (1768–1819), American politician, mayor of Washington, D.C.
• James Henry Blake (1808–1874), Boston Police Marshal in 1840
• James Henry Blake (zoologist) (1845–1941), American zoologist and scientific illustrator
• James "Spanish" Blake (died 1635), Irish spy during the Irish Nine Years' War
• Jim Blake (Australian politician) (1921–2010), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Arts and entertainment

• James W. Blake (1862–1935), American lyricist
• James Blake (pianist) (1922–1979), British-American jazz musician
• James Carlos Blake (1943–2025), American writer, winner of Los Angeles Times Book Prize
• James Blake (musician) (born 1988), English singer-songwriter
• James Blake (album), self-titled debut album
• Eubie Blake (James Hubert Blake, 1887–1983), American musician
• James Blake (television presenter) (born 1993), Northern Irish television presenter

Other people

• James Blake (tennis) (born 1979), American professional tennis player, and later MIami tournament director
• James F. Blake (1912–2002), American bus driver defied by Rosa Parks
• James Vila Blake (1842–1925), American Unitarian minister, playwright and poet
• Ronald James Blake (born 1934), British civil engineer in Hong Kong, CEO of KCRC

Fictional characters

• Jim Blake, fictional character in the film Across the Plains (1928)

See also

• James Blake House, oldest house in Boston