James Allen

James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to:

• James Allen (linebacker) (born 1979), American football linebacker
• James Allen (running back) (born 1975), American football running back
• 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 (author) (1864–1912), philosophical writer from England
• James Allen (collector), antique collector, co-author of Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
• James Allen (cricketer) (1881–1958), English cricketer
• James Allen (engraver) (died 1831), English line engraver
• James Allen (formerly Alleyn) (1683–1746), eighteenth century English educationalist
• James Allen (highwayman) (19th century), Massachusetts criminal and memoirist
• James Allen (journalist) (born 1966), who has worked in, and commentated, Formula One
• James Allen (Medal of Honor) (1843–1913), Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War
• James Allen (New Zealand) (1855–1942), Cabinet Minister
• James Allen (nurseryman) (died 1906), British nurseryman
• James Allen (priest) (1802–1897), Anglican Dean of St David's, 1878–1895
• James Allen (U.S. senator) (1912–1978), U.S. Senator from Alabama
• James Allen (Virginia delegate) (1802–1854), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• James B. Allen (historian) (born 1927), historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• James Baylis Allen (1803–1876), English line-engraver
• James C. Allen (1822–1912), U.S. representative from Illinois
• James C. Allen (engraver) (died 1831), English engraver
• James E. Allen, Jr. (1911–1971), commissioner of education for New York State
• James F. Allen (born 1950), professor of computer science
• James L. Allen (1904–1992), cofounder of management consultancies Booz Allen Hamilton and Booz & Company
• James Lane Allen (1849–1925), American writer
• James Mountford Allen (1809–1883), British architect
• James P. Allen (born 1945), Egyptologist
• James R. Allen (1925–1992), former superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy
• James S. Allen (1906–1986), American Communist historian and journalist
• Jim Allen (archaeologist), Australian archaeologist
• Jim Allen (born 1928 or 1929), actor who portrayed the television clown Rusty Nails, the inspiration for The Simpsons character Krusty the Clown
• Jim Allen, British author who developed a hypothesis that claims the lost continent Atlantis to be South America
• Jim Allen (cricketer) (born 1951), Montserratian cricketer
• Jim Allen (playwright) (1926–1999), English playwright
• 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 (born 1952), American football player
• Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will

In fiction

• James Allen, protagonist in the 1932 film, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

See also

• James Allan (disambiguation)
• James Van Allen (1914–2006), space scientist