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

Politics

James Allen (New Zealand politician) Sir James Allen (10 February 1855 – 28 July 1942) was a prominent New Zealand politician and diplomat. He held a number of the most important political offices in the country, including Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He ...

(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 th ...

(1912–1978), U.S. Senator from Alabama * James C. Allen (1822–1912), U.S. representative from Illinois * James E. Allen Jr. (1911–1971), commissioner of education for New York State * Jim Allen (Wyoming politician) (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) (born 1979), American football linebacker * James Allen (running back) (born 1975), American football running back * James Allen (racing driver) (born 1996), Australian racing driver * Jim Allen (cricketer) (born 1951), Montserratian cricketer * Jim Allen (footballer) (1912–1972), Australian rules footballer * Jim Allen (hurdler) (born 1941), American track and field athlete * Jimmy Allen (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1995), Portsmouth, Aston Villa and England footballer * Jimmy Allen (footballer, born 1913) (1913–1979), Queens Park Rangers footballer * Jimmy Allen (American football) (1952–2019), American football player * Jimmy Allen (basketball), American college basketball coach

Writers

James Allen (newspaperman) James Allen (1806 – 21 March 1886), nicknamed "Dismal Jemmy", was an English-born writer, journalist and newspaper owner in Australia and New Zealand. Biography Allen was born in Birmingham and educated at Horton College. He was for some ti ...

(1806–1886), English-born writing in colonial Australia and New Zealand *

James Allen (author) James Allen (28 November 1864 – 24 January 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, '' As a Man Thinketh'', has been mass-produced si ...

(1864–1912), philosophical writer from England * James Allen (collector), antique collector, co-author of ''Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America'' * James B. Allen (historian) (born 1927), historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * James Lane Allen (1849–1925), American writer * James S. Allen (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), 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) (1683–1746), English educationalist * James Allen (d. 1829), female husband *

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 f ...

(1809–1837), Massachusetts criminal and memoirist * James Allen (nurseryman) (1830–1906), British nurseryman * James Allen (priest) (1802–1897), Anglican Dean of St David's, 1878–1895 * James Allen (Dean of Killaloe) (1805–1880), Anglican priest in Ireland * James Baylis Allen (1803–1876), English line-engraver * James C. Allen (engraver) (died 1833), English engraver * James E. Allen (artist) (1894–1964), American illustrator, printmaker, and painter * James F. Allen (computer scientist) (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 (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 Scho ...

(1809–1883), British architect *

James Peter Allen James Peter Allen (born 1945) is an American Egyptologist, specializing in language and religion. He was curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1990 to 2006. In 2007, he became the Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egypt ...

(born 1945), Egyptologist *

James Van Allen James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa. He was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space. The Van Allen radiation belts were named aft ...

(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 Po ...

, Australian archaeologist * Jim Allen (artist) (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 '' C ...

, member of American rock band Puddle of Mudd * Jimmy Allen (pastor), American Southern Baptist pastor *

Jimmie Allen James Edward Allen (born June 18, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is signed to Broken Bow Records imprint Stoney Creek, for which he has released the two singles " Best Shot" and "Make Me Want To" and the 2018 album ...

, American country singer * James Allen, cartoonist for '' Mark Trail'' * James Allen, jewelry retailer owned by

Signet Jewelers Signet Jewelers Ltd. (Ratner Group 1949–1993 then Signet Group plc to September 2008) is, as of 2015, the world's largest retailer of diamond jewellery. The company is domiciled in Bermuda and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, and is listed on ...

* James Allen, protagonist in the 1932 film, ''

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932. The f ...

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