James, Jamie, Jim or Jimmy Porter may refer to:

Politics and diplomacy

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. Porte ...

(born 1950), former member of the Australian House of Representatives *

James Porter (diplomat) Sir James Porter FRS (1710 – December 1776) was a British diplomat. He wrote papers on astronomy and geology and was a member of the Royal Society. Life Porter was born in 1710 in Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of a Captain of Horse named La ...

(1710–1776), British *

James Porter (Jacobite) Colonel James Porter ( fl.1686–1701) was an Irish politician and supporter of the Catholic King James II. He was a Groom of the Bedchamber to King James II in 1686. He was elected a Member of Parliament for Fethard, County Wexford in the 1689 ...

, Vice-Chamberlain of King James II of England who followed him into exile * James Porter (New Brunswick politician) (1847–1926), farmer, miller and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada * James Porter (New York politician) (1787–1839), U.S. Representative from New York * James D. Porter (1828–1912), Governor of Tennessee * James E. Porter (1857–1946), mayor of Kansas City, Kansas *

James Madison Porter James Madison Porter (January 6, 1793 – November 11, 1862) served as the 18th United States Secretary of War and a founder of Lafayette College. Porter began his career studying law in 1809 and later became a clerk in the prothonotary's of ...

(1793–1862), American cabinet secretary

Sport

* James Porter (cricketer) (fl. 1844–1845), English cricketer * Jamie Porter (born 1993), English cricketer *

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 *

Jim Porter (Australian rules footballer) James Henry Porter (30 July 1892 – 12 December 1936) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia se ...

(1892–1936) * Jimmy Porter (football manager) (1901–1967), manager of Manchester United F.C. of Bury F.C.

Fiction

* James Porter, character in Disney's 2008 film ''

College Road Trip ''College Road Trip'' is a 2008 American family comedy film directed by Roger Kumble and starring Martin Lawrence, Kym Whitley, Raven-Symoné, Brenda Song, Margo Harshman, and Donny Osmond. The film centers on college-bound teen Melanie Porter (R ...

'' * Jim Porter (Falling Skies), character in the TNT television series ''Falling Skies'' * Jimmy Porter, the lead character in John Osborne's 1956 play ''

Look Back in Anger ''Look Back in Anger'' (1956) is a realist play written by John Osborne. It focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working-class origin, Jimmy Porter, and his equally competent yet i ...

Other

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. ...

(1935–2005), defrocked American priest and child molester * James Porter (Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge) (1827–1900), British academic * James A. Porter (1905–1970), African American art historian, author of ''Modern Negro Art'' * James A. Porter (novelist) (1836–1897), American novelist *

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 * James Frederick Porter (1855–1919), Australian engineer and mine manager * James Herbert Porter (died 1973), English brewer and brewing executive * James Madison Porter III (1864–1928), American civil engineer * James W. Porter II (born 1949), elected president of the National Rifle Association in 2013 * Jim Porter (giant) (1811–1859), American tavern keeper and coach driver *James I. Porter, literary theorist {{hndis, Porter, James