James Allen

James Allen

James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to:

  • James Allen (highwayman) (19th century), Massachusetts criminal and memoirist
  • James C. Allen (engraver) (died 1831), English engraver
  • James Allen (Virginia delegate) (1802–1854), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
  • James Allen (priest) (1802–1897), Anglican Dean of St David's, 1878–1895
  • James Baylis Allen (1803–1876), English line-engraver
  • James Allen (Army engineer) (1806–1846), organizer of the Mormon Battalion, helped found Des Moines, Iowa, and helped design the Chicago harbor
  • James Allen (Australian colonial author) (1806–1886), English-born writing in colonial Australia and New Zealand
  • James Allen (nurseryman) (1832–1906), British nurseryman
  • James Mountford Allen (1809–1883), British architect
  • James C. Allen (1822–1912), U.S. representative from Illinois
  • James Allen (Medal of Honor) (1843–1913), Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War
  • James Lane Allen (1849–1925), American writer
  • James Allen (New Zealand politician) (1855–1942), cabinet minister
  • James Allen (author) (1864–1912), philosophical writer from England
  • James Allen (cricketer) (1881–1958), English cricketer
  • James L. Allen (1904–1992), cofounder of management consultancies Booz Allen Hamilton and Booz & Company
  • James S. Allen (1906–1986), American Communist historian and journalist
  • Jimmy Allen (footballer born 1909) (1909–1995), Portsmouth, Aston Villa and England footballer
  • James E. Allen, Jr. (1911–1971), commissioner of education for New York State
  • James Allen (U.S. senator) (1912–1978), U.S. Senator from Alabama
  • Jimmy Allen (footballer born 1913) (1913–1979), Queens Park Rangers footballer
  • James R. Allen (1925–1992), former superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy
  • Jim Allen (playwright) (1926–1999), English playwright
  • James B. Allen (historian) (born 1927), historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Jim Allen (born 1928/9), actor who portrayed the television clown Rusty Nails, the inspiration for The Simpsons character Krusty the Clown
  • James Peter Allen (born 1945), Egyptologist
  • James F. Allen (born 1950), professor of computer science
  • Jim Allen (cricketer) (born 1951), Montserratian cricketer
  • Jimmy Allen (born 1952), American football player
  • James Allen (journalist) (born 1966), who has worked in, and commentated, Formula One
  • James Allen (running back) (born 1975), American football running back
  • James Allen (linebacker) (born 1979), American football linebacker
  • James Allen (collector), antique collector, co-author of Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
  • Jim Allen (archaeologist), Australian archaeologist
  • Jim Allen (Atlantis hypothesis), British author who developed a hypothesis that claims the lost continent Atlantis to be South America
  • Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will
  • James Allen (educator) (1683–1746), English educationalist

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