Music and Performing Arts
- Butch Moore (James Augustine Moore, 1938–2001), Irish showband icon during the 1960s
- James Moore (gospel singer) (1956–2000), American gospel artist
- Slim Harpo (1924–1970), blues musician whose real name was James Moore
- Jim Moore (dancer), Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist
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