James or Jim Peters may refer to:
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Jimmy Peters (rugby)
James Peters (7 August 1879 – 26 March 1954) was an English rugby union player and, later, a rugby league footballer. He is notable as the first black man to play rugby union for England, and the only black England player until 1988.
Early ...
(1879–1954), English rugby player
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Jack Peters (James Peters), English football player
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James A. Peters
James Arthur Peters (July 13, 1922 – December 18, 1972) was an American herpetologists and zoogeographer.
He was born in Durant, Iowa; raised in Greenup, Illinois. He studied at the University of Michigan and obtained his Ph.D. in biology i ...
(1922–1972), American zoologist
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James L. Peters
James Lee Peters (August 13, 1889 – April 19, 1952) was an American ornithologist.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Dr. Austin Peters and Francis Howie Lee on August 13, 1889. His early education was at the Roxbury Latin School, followe ...
(1889–1952), American ornithologist
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Jim Peters (politician)
James Leonard Peters (born 1937) is a New Zealand educator and politician. Born in Kawakawa, he is of Ngāti Wai and Clan McInnes descent.
He went to school at Whananaki Primary and Wesley College in Auckland. Further education followed a ...
(born 1937), New Zealand politician
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Jim Peters (athlete)
James Henry Peters (24 October 1918 in Hackney, London – 9 January 1999 in Thorpe Bay, Essex) was a long-distance runner from England. He broke the world record for the men's marathon four times in the 1950s. He was the first runner to comp ...
(1918–1999), English long-distance runner
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Jimmy Peters Sr. (1922–2006), Canadian ice hockey player
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Jimmy Peters Jr. (born 1944), Canadian ice hockey player
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