James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to:

Military

James Allen (Army engineer) James Allen (February 15, 1806 – August 23, 1846) was a U.S. Army officer who organized the Mormon Battalion and was commander of Fort Des Moines (1843–1846), the fort from which the City of Des Moines grew. He was also in charge of improve ...

(1806–1846), organizer of the Mormon Battalion, helped found Des Moines, Iowa, and helped design the Chicago harbor * James Allen (Medal of Honor) (1843–1913), Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War *

James R. Allen General James Rodgers Allen (November 17, 1925 – August 11, 1992) was commander in chief of the Military Airlift Command, with headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, He served as a pilot in combat during parts of the Korean War an ...

(1925–1992), former superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy

Politics

* James Allen (New Zealand politician) (1855–1942), cabinet minister * James Allen (Virginia politician) (1802–1854), member of the Virginia House of Delegates *

James Allen (Alabama politician) James Browning Allen (December 28, 1912June 1, 1978) was an American Democratic politician serving as U.S. senator representing Alabama. Allen previously served as the Lieutenant Governor of Alabama and also served in the Alabama Senate and the ...

(1912–1978), U.S. Senator from Alabama *

James C. Allen James Cameron Allen (January 29, 1822 – January 30, 1912) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Shelby County, Kentucky to Benjamin and Margaret (née Youel) Allen, the seventh of ten childre ...

(1822–1912), U.S. representative from Illinois * James E. Allen Jr. (1911–1971), commissioner of education for New York State *

Jim Allen (Wyoming politician) Jim Allen (born August 1, 1952) is an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican, Allen was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, representing District 33 from 2015 until 2019, following his defeat in the 2018 state ...

(born 1952), member of the Wyoming House of Representatives * Jim L. Allen (1934-2003), member of the Kansas state legislature

Sports

* James Allen (cricketer) (1881–1958), English cricketer *

James Allen (journalist) James Allen (born 5 November 1966) is a British former TV commentator and journalist, now President of Motorsport Network who worked as Formula One (F1) commentator for ITV from 2000 to 2008, and subsequently as BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator ...

(born 1966), who has worked in, and commentated on, Formula One *

James Allen (linebacker) James Deshaune Allen (born November 11, 1979) is a former American football linebacker for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. Early life Allen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He attended Jefferson High School in Po ...

(born 1979), American football linebacker *

James Allen (running back) James Allen (born March 28, 1975) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played college football for Oklahoma. College career Allen attended the University of Oklahoma starting in 1993, and was a true f ...

(born 1975), American football running back *

James Allen (racing driver) James Allen (born 4 July 1996) is a professional racing driver from Australia. He currently competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for G-Drive Racing by APR and has previously competed in the European Le Mans Series. Career European Le ...

(born 1996), Australian racing driver *

Jim Allen (cricketer) Charles Henry "Jim" Allen (born 15 August 1951) is a former Montserratian first-class cricketer who was a part of the World Series Cricket West Indies XI and is considered the greatest ever Montserrat sportsperson.Fergus, H. (1996) ''Gallery ...

(born 1951), Montserratian cricketer * Jim Allen (footballer) (1912–1972), Australian rules footballer *

Jim Allen (hurdler) Jim Allen (born August 3, 1941) is an American track and field athlete, primarily known as a hurdles, hurdler. 1963 was his one year of success, rising to be ranked #4 in the world in the 400 meters hurdles. Running as a Walk-on (sports), walk o ...

(born 1941), American track and field athlete *

Jimmy Allen (footballer, born 1909) James Phillips Allen (16 October 1909 – 5 February 1995) was an English Association football, footballer and Manager (association football), football manager who played and coached in the Football League. He played as a Defender (association ...

(1909–1995), Portsmouth, Aston Villa and England footballer * Jimmy Allen (footballer, born 1913) (1913–1979), Queens Park Rangers footballer *

Jimmy Allen (American football) James Allen (March 6, 1952 - December 21, 2019) was a former American football player who was drafted in the 4th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1974 NFL Draft. A 1970 graduate of Los Angeles High School, Allen played college football at ...

(1952–2019), American football player *

Jimmy Allen (basketball) James Byars Allen Jr. (born June 15, 1971) is an American college basketball coach. He was the head men's basketball coach at the United States Military Academy (Army) from 2016 to 2023. Allen was the head men's basketball coach at Averett Univ ...

, American college basketball coach

Writers

* James Allen (newspaperman) (1806–1886), English-born writing in colonial Australia and New Zealand * James Allen (author) (1864–1912), philosophical writer from England *

James Allen (collector) James Allen (born June 16, 1954) is an American antique collector, known in particular for his collection of 145 photographs of lynchings in America, published in 2000 with Congressman John Lewis as ''Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in Ame ...

, antique collector, co-author of ''Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America'' *

James B. Allen (historian) James Brown "Jim" Allen (born June 14, 1927) is an American historian of Mormonism and was an official Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1972 to 1979. While working as Assistant Church ...

(born 1927), historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

James Lane Allen James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel '' A Kentucky Cardinal'', often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is charac ...

(1849–1925), American writer *

James S. Allen James S. "Jim" Allen, born Sol Auerbach (1906–1986), was an American Marxist historian, journalist, editor, activist, and functionary of the Communist Party USA. Allen is best remembered as the author and editor of over two dozen books and pamph ...

(1906–1986), American Communist historian and journalist *

Jim Allen (4x4 writer) Jim Allen has been writing and photographing for 4x4 magazines including Four Wheeler since the early 1980s, and is the author of eight books on four-wheeling and technical topics. He is credited as a veteran journalist, and a Jeep and four-wheel ...

(born 1954), American 4WD magazine and book writer *

Jim Allen (Atlantis hypothesis) There are several hypotheses about real-world events that could have inspired Plato's fictional story of Atlantis, told in the ''Timaeus'' and ''Critias''. While Plato's story was not part of the Greek mythic tradition and his dialogues use it so ...

, British author of hypothesis that the lost land of Atlantis is South America *

Jim Allen (playwright) James Allen (7 October 1926 – 24 June 1999) was an English socialist playwright, best known for his collaborations with Ken Loach. Early life Allen was born in the Miles Platting area of Manchester, Lancashire, on 7 October 1926, the seco ...

(1926–1999), English playwright

Other

James Allen (educator) James Allen (4 May 1683 – 28 October 1746) was a prominent 18th-century educationalist, Master of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich (then colloquially called "Dulwich College") and was the founder of James Allen's Girls' School. Early life ...

(1683–1746), English educationalist * James Allen (d. 1829),

female husband A female husband is a person born as a woman, living as a man, who marries a woman. The term was known historically from the 17th Century and was popularised by Henry Fielding who titled his 1746 fictionalised account of the trial of Mary Hamil ...

James Allen (highwayman) James Allen (1809-1837), also known as George Walton, Jonas Pierce, James H. York, Burley Grove, was a Massachusetts, United States highwayman in the early 19th century. Start in crime According to his confession, Allen made many attempts to fi ...

(1809–1837), Massachusetts criminal and memoirist *

James Allen (nurseryman) James Allen (1830 – 1906), known as the "Snowdrop King," was a nurseryman and galanthophile of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, United Kingdom, known principally for his hybridizations of snowdrops and anemones. He is credited with the discovery of ...

(1830–1906), British nurseryman *

James Allen (priest) James Allen (15 July 1802 – 26 June 1897) was an Anglican clergyman, the second Dean of St David's. Allen was born in Burton, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Westminster, Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1825. He wa ...

(1802–1897), Anglican Dean of St David's, 1878–1895 *

James Allen (Dean of Killaloe) James Hastings Allen (1805 - 1880) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the nineteenth century. Allen was born in County Clare and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.''Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and pr ...

(1805–1880), Anglican priest in Ireland *

James Baylis Allen James Baylis Allen (1803–1876) was a British engraver. Allen, together with Edward and William Radclyffe and the Willmores, belonged to a school of landscape-engravers which arose in Birmingham, where there were numerous engravers working on ir ...

(1803–1876), English line-engraver * James C. Allen (engraver) (died 1833), English engraver *

James E. Allen (artist) James Edmund Allen (February 23, 1894 – September 9, 1964) was an American illustrator, printmaker, and painter. His works include a significant body of lithographs and etchings showing steelworkers, pipe workers, and other aspects of America ...

(1894–1964), American illustrator, printmaker, and painter *

James F. Allen (computer scientist) James Frederick Allen (born 1950) is a computational linguist recognized for his contributions to temporal logic, in particular Allen's interval algebra. He is interested in knowledge representation, commonsense reasoning, and natural language ...

(born 1950), professor of computer science * James F. Allen (businessman) (born 1960s), with Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming *

James H. Allen James H. Allen (May 15, 1928 – July 28, 2015) was an American actor who portrayed the clown character Rusty Nails and was the host of various children's television shows in the Portland, Oregon television market from 1957–1972. His program on ...

(1928–2015), actor who played clown "Rusty Nails", inspired "Krusty the Clown" *

James L. Allen James Lane Allen (November 21, 1904 – November 5, 1992) was one of the founders of the management consulting firms Booz Allen Hamilton and Strategy&, a division of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Allen was born November 21, 1904, on a farm in Somerset, ...

(1904–1992), co-founder of Booz Allen Hamilton; with PricewaterhouseCoopers * James Latimer Allen (1907–1977), photographer and portraitist *

James Mountford Allen James Mountford Allen (14 August 1809, Crewkerne, Somerset – 1883, St Pancras, London) was an English architect. Allen was the son of Rev. John Allen, vicar of Bleddington, Gloucestershire, and formerly the master of Crewkerne Grammar Schoo ...

(1809–1883), British architect * James Peter Allen (born 1945), Egyptologist * James Van Allen (1914–2006), space scientist *

Jim Allen (archaeologist) Jim Allen is an Australian archaeologist specialising in the archaeology of the South Pacific. Allen led the first professional excavation of a European site in Australia, the 1840s military settlement of Victoria, which was established at Port ...

, Australian archaeologist *

Jim Allen (artist) William Robert "Jim" Allen (born 22 July 1922) is a New Zealand visual artist. In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and the arts. In October 2007, he was a ...

(born 1922), New Zealand visual artist *

Jimmy Allen (musician) Puddle of Mudd is an American rock band formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1992. To date, the band has sold over seven million albums and has had a string of No. 1 mainstream rock singles in the United States. Their major-label debut '' Co ...

, member of American rock band Puddle of Mudd *

Jimmy Allen (pastor) Jimmy Raymond Allen (October 26, 1927 – January 8, 2019) was an American pastor who was President of the Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC) from 1977 to 1979. As president of the SBC, Allen was noted for his moderation and commitment to compa ...

, American Southern Baptist pastor * Jimmie Allen, American country singer * James Allen, cartoonist for ''

Mark Trail ''Mark Trail'' is a newspaper comic strip created by the American cartoonist Ed Dodd. Introduced April 15, 1946, the strip centers on environmental and ecological themes. As of 2020, King Features syndicated the strip to "nearly 150 newspaper ...

'' * James Allen, jewelry retailer owned by Signet Jewelers * James Allen, protagonist in the 1932 film, '' I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang''

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