Jesse Spencer Bell (April 1, 1906 – March 19, 1967) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1927 and after studying at Harvard Law School received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1930.

He served in the United States Army in field artillery, achieving the rank of major.

[1] In the 1950s, he chaired the Committee on Improving and Expediting the Administration of Justice in North Carolina, also known as the Bell Commission.

[3] Bell was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on September 14, 1961, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, to a new seat created by 75 Stat.