James Allen

James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to:

Military

• James Allen (Army engineer) (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) (1855–1942), cabinet minister
• James Allen (Virginia politician) (1802–1854), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• James Allen (Alabama politician) (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

Sports

• James Allen (cricketer) (1881–1958), English cricketer
• James Allen (journalist) (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
• 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 (1952–2019), American football player
• Jimmy Allen (basketball), American college basketball coach

Writers

• James Allen (Australian colonial author) (1806–1886), English-born writing in colonial Australia and New Zealand
• James Allen (author) (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) (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) (1926–1999), English playwright

Other

• James Allen (educator) (1683–1746), English educationalist
• James Allen (highwayman) (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 (born 1950), professor of computer science
• James F. Allen (businessman) (born 1960s), chairman of Hard Rock International and chief executive officer of Seminole Gaming
• James H. Allen (1928–2015), actor who portrayed the television clown Rusty Nails, the inspiration for The Simpsons character Krusty the Clown
• James L. Allen (1904–1992), co-founder of management consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton and PricewaterhouseCoopers' Strategy& division
• James Latimer Allen (1907–1977), photographer and portraitist
• James Mountford Allen (1809–1883), British architect
• James Peter Allen (born 1945), Egyptologist
• James Van Allen (1914–2006), space scientist
• Jim Allen (archaeologist), Australian archaeologist
• Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will
• Jimmie Allen, American country singer
• James Allen, cartoonist for Mark Trail
• James Allen, jewelry retailer owned by Signet Jewelers
• James Allen, protagonist in the 1932 film, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

See also

• James Allan (disambiguation)
• Allen (surname)