James or Jim Beattie may refer to: James Beattie (poet) (1735–1803), Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher James Hay Beattie (1768–1790), Scottish scholar, son of above James Herries Beattie (1881–1972), New Zealand journalist, historian, and ethnologist James J. Beattie (1942–2019), American heavyweight boxer, see Gene Schoor Jim Beattie (politician) (born 1948), Canadian politician Jim Beattie (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player Jim Beattie (musician), Scottish musician, formerly of Primal Scream Jim Beattie (footballer) (born 1973), Scottish footballer James Beattie (footballer) (born 1978), English footballer James K. Beattie, Australian chemist See also Beatties (James Beattie Ltd), a group of department stores within the House of Fraser Group James Beatty (disambiguation) James Beaty (disambiguation)