James, Jim, or Jimmy Simpson may refer to:

Politicians

James Simpson (Canadian politician) James "Jimmie" Simpson (1873 – September 24, 1938) was a British-Canadian trade unionist, printer, journalist and left-wing politician in Toronto, Ontario. He was a longtime member of Toronto's city council and served as Mayor of Toronto in ...

(1873–1938), Canadian trade unionist and mayor of Toronto (1935) * James Simpson (Ugandan politician) (1908–1994), Minister of Economic Affairs in the first Cabinet of Uganda *

James Simpson Jr. James C. Simpson Jr. (January 7, 1905 – February 29, 1960) was an American politician who served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935, representing Illinois. Early life and career Simpson was born in Chica ...

(1905–1960), U.S. Representative from Illinois * Jim Simpson (Australian politician) (1905–1968), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Sportspeople

Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1873) James Simpson (born 2 April 1873) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right half. Career Born in Ardrossan, Simpson played club football for Saltcoats Victoria and Third Lanark, Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster / S ...

(1873–?), Scottish footballer * Jimmy Simpson (American football) (1897–1979), blocking back in the National Football League * Jimmy Simpson (motorcyclist) (1898–1981), British motorcycle racer *

Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1908) James McMillan Simpson (29 October 1908 – 15 March 1972) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half. Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012 He spent most of his cl ...

(1908–1972), Scottish footballer * Jimmy Simpson (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2010), English footballer *

Jim Simpson (sportscaster) James Shores Simpson (December 20, 1927 – January 13, 2016) was an American sportscaster, known for his smooth delivery as a play-by-play man and his versatility in covering many different sports. In 1997, he won the Sports Lifetime Achieveme ...

(1927–2016), American sportscaster * Jim Simpson (footballer, born 1959), Scottish footballer * Jimmy Simpson (racing driver) (born 1992), American racing driver * Jimmy Simpson (North Carolinian racing driver), American racing driver

Other people

* James Simpson (advocate) (1781–1853), Scottish advocate and author * James Simpson (Scottish architect) (1830-1894) *

James Simpson (British Army officer) General Sir James Simpson (1792 – 18 April 1868) was a British Army officer of the 19th century. He commanded the British troops in the Crimea from June to November 1855, following the death of Field Marshal Lord Raglan. Simpson's competence i ...

(1792–1868), general of the British Army * James Simpson (civil servant) (c. 1792–1857), early Australian civil servant and property developer * James Simpson (engineer) (1799–1869), president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1853–1855 *

James Young Simpson Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet, (7 June 1811 – 6 May 1870) was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine. He was the first physician to demonstrate the anesthetic, anaesthetic properties of chloroform ...

(1811–1870), Scottish surgeon and pioneer in use of chloroform as anaesthetic * James H. Simpson (1813–1883), surveyor of the American West for the U.S. Army. * James Young Simpson (minister) (c. 1843–1898), Methodist minister in South Australia; nephew of the surgeon *

James Simpson (priest) James Gilliland Simpson (16 October 1865 – 10 October 1948) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1928 to 1942. He was educated at the City of London School and Trinity College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1889 and bega ...

(1865–1948), Dean of Peterborough (1928–1942) *

James Young Simpson (diplomat) Professor James Young Simpson (3 August 1873 – 20 May 1934) FRSE FRSSA FRAI DJur(Hon) DSc(Hon) was a Scottish zoologist, writer, diplomat, biographer and theologian. After World War I, he was instrumental in establishing the Baltic states a ...

(1873–1934), Scottish professor of natural science and a diplomat; great nephew of the surgeon *

James Simpson (explorer) Commander Cortlandt James Woore Simpson, CBE, DSC, PM (2 September 1911, Westbourne, Sussex – 9 May 2002, South Hams, Devon) was an English polar explorer and naval officer. Personal life Simpson was born into a naval family. His grandfathe ...

(1911–2002), polar explorer * James B. Simpson (1927–2002), American journalist and Episcopal priest, known for ''Simpson's Contemporary Quotations'' *

James E Simpson Jr James Simpson Jr (1928–1999) was the first African American to win a city commission election in the history of Covington, KY. Simpson was one of nearly 30 people who filed to run for the City Commission in 1971. He finished third, winning o ...

(1928–1999), Kentucky politician *

James Jenkins Simpson James Jenkins Simpson (24 November 1881 – 10 November 1936) was a British entomologist and marine biologist who worked in West Africa and Turkey. Background Simpson was the son of a gardener from Elgin; he studied at Elgin West End School and A ...

, British entomologist and marine biologist *

James Simpson (academic) James Simpson (born 16 March 1954 in Melbourne) is an Australian-British-American medievalist currently serving as the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University. Education * Educated at Scotch College (1966– ...

(born 1954), Australian academic *

James Simpson (minister) James A. Simpson is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1994-5 - the first from a Highland parish since James Gunn Matheson (from Portree Parish Church on the Isle of ...

(fl. 1970s–1990s), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland *

Jimmi Simpson Jimmi Simpson (born November 21, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his work on television, which includes recurring roles as Liam McPoyle on ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' (2005–2013), Lyle the Intern on ''The Late Show ...

(born 1975), American actor *

James Simpson (government official) James Stuart "Jim" Simpson is the former commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Transportation (NJDOT), from 2010–2014, and a former federal government official and moving company executive. He became Federal Transit Administrator (head ...

(fl. 2010s), New Jersey Department of Transportation commissioner and former Federal Transit Administrator for the United States DOT *

Jimbo Simpson James "Jimbo" Simpson, also known as the Bacardi Brigadier, (died 11 October 2018) was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary. He was most noted for his time as Brigadier of the North Belfast Ulster Defence Association (UDA). After falling from g ...

(?–2018), Northern Irish paramilitary * James Alexander Simpson (1805–1880), American painter

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