James, Jamie, Jim or Jimmy Porter may refer to:
Politics and diplomacy
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James Porter (Australian politician)
James Robert Porter (born 19 February 1950) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1975 to 1990, representing the regional South Australian seat of Barker.
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(born 1950), former member of the Australian House of Representatives
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James Porter (diplomat) (1710–1776), British
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James Porter (Jacobite), Vice-Chamberlain of King James II of England who followed him into exile
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James Porter (New Brunswick politician) (1847–1926), farmer, miller and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
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James Porter (New York politician)
James Porter (April 18, 1787 – February 7, 1839) was a United States representative from New York. He was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts on April 18, 1787. He graduated from Williams College in 1810, studied law, was admitted to the bar a ...
(1787–1839), U.S. Representative from New York
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James D. Porter (1828–1912), Governor of Tennessee
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James E. Porter (1857–1946), mayor of Kansas City, Kansas
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James Madison Porter (1793–1862), American cabinet secretary
Sport
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James Porter (cricketer) (fl. 1844–1845), English cricketer
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Jamie Porter
James Alexander Porter (born 25 May 1993) is an English cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Essex since 2014. He is a righthanded batsman who bowls right arm medium-fast pace.
Career
In the 2011/12 season, Porter attended the Dar ...
(born 1993), English cricketer
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Jim Porter
Jim Porter (born 1949) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. An Australia national representative er, he played his club football in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership with the Eastern Sub ...
(born 1949), Australian rugby player
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Jim Porter (Australian rules footballer) (1892–1936)
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Jimmy Porter (football manager)
W. James Porter (31 July 1901 – 1967) was a Scottish football player and manager who played as a right-half.
Born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, he began his career with nearby Wishaw YMCA before moving to England to join Bury in 1921. He played ...
(1901–1967), manager of Manchester United F.C. of Bury F.C.
Fiction
* James Porter, character in Disney's 2008 film ''
College Road Trip''
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Jim Porter (Falling Skies)
This is a list of characters from the TNT television series ''Falling Skies''.
Main characters
Supporting characters
Alien races Skitters
Originally thought to be the alien species responsible for invading Earth, the Skitters are a r ...
, character in the TNT television series ''Falling Skies''
* Jimmy Porter, the lead character in John Osborne's 1956 play ''
Look Back in Anger''
Other
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James Porter (Catholic priest)
James Porter (January 2, 1935 – February 11, 2005) was a Roman Catholic ex-priest who was convicted of molesting 28 children; he admitted to sexually abusing at least 100 children of both sexes over a period of 30 years, starting in the 1960s.
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(1935–2005), defrocked American priest and child molester
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James Porter (Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge)
James Porter (2 October 1827, Belfast – 2 October 1900, Cambridge) was a British academic in the second half of the 19th century.
Porter was born on 2 October 1827 in Belfast, the son of Rev. James Porter, Presbyterian minister, Rector of Druml ...
(1827–1900), British academic
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James A. Porter
James Amos Porter (December 22, 1905 – February 28, 1970) was an African-American art historian, artist and teacher. He is best known for establishing the field of African-American art history and was influential in the African American Art ...
(1905–1970), African American art historian, author of ''Modern Negro Art''
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James A. Porter (novelist) (1836–1897), American novelist
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James Ezekiel Porter
James Ezekiel Porter (February 2, 1847 – June 25, 1876) was one of General Custer's eleven officers killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, and Porter was among the first verified casualties of the historic batt ...
(1847–1876), American soldier in the Battle of the Little Bighorn
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James Frederick Porter
James Frederick Porter (1855-1919) was an Australian engineer and mine manager of the Gippsland region of Victoria.
Biography
James Porter (known as ‘Jim’) was born on 10 April 1855 in Hindmarsh, South Australia. His father, Frederick Ch ...
(1855–1919), Australian engineer and mine manager
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(died 1973), English brewer and brewing executive
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James Madison Porter III
James Madison Porter III (1864–1928) was an American civil engineer notable for his role in designing two unique bridges across the Delaware River and for his development of the civil engineering program at Lafayette College. His grandfather, Jam ...
(1864–1928), American civil engineer
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James W. Porter II
James W. Porter II (born February 7, 1949) is an American lawyer who was president of the National Rifle Association from 2013 to 2015. Born in Birmingham in 1949, his father, Irvine Porter, was president before him, serving from 1959 to 1961. H ...
(born 1949), elected president of the National Rifle Association in 2013
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Jim Porter (giant) (1811–1859), American tavern keeper and coach driver
*James I. Porter, literary theorist
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