James Archibald Campbell (January 13, 1862 – March 18, 1934) founded Campbell University (originally Buies Creek Academy) in Buies Creek, North Carolina, in 1887.

Campbell received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest College in 1911 on the same day as did his two sons.

One of his grandchildren, Catherine Campbell King, resides across from the university he founded.

The James Archibald Campbell House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

This biography of an American academic administrator born in 1860–1869 is a stub.