James Davis

James, Jim, Jimmy, or Jamie Davis may refer to:

People

In entertainment

• J. Gunnis Davis (1873–1937), actor and director, whose directorial work was credited as James Davis
• Jim Davis (actor) (1909–1981), American actor
• Jamie Davis (born 1981), English actor
• Jamie Davis (musician) (born 1983), American musician
• James B. Davis (musician) (1917–2007), American musician
• James Davis (musician), British music producer and DJ
• Jimmy Davis (songwriter) (1915–1997), co-writer of the song "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"
• Jimmy Davis (singer), Australian singer known as a finalist on The X Factor Australia in 2015

In sport

• Jim Davis (baseball) (1924–1995), baseball pitcher
• Jumbo Davis (James J. Davis, 1861–1921), American baseball player
• Jim Davis (basketball) (born 1941), American basketball player
• Jim Davis (coach) (born 1946), American college basketball coach
• Jim Davis (rugby league) (1887–1934), Australian rugby league player
• James Davis (cornerback) (born 1957), NFL cornerback and safety
• James Davis (linebacker) (born 1979), NFL linebacker
• James Davis (running back) (born 1986), American football halfback
• Jim Davis (gridiron football) (born 1981), American football player
• James Davis (Surrey cricketer), English cricketer
• James Davis (Kent cricketer) (died 1870), English cricketer
• James Davis (athlete) (born 1976), American sprinter
• James Davis Borikó (born 1995), Equatoguinean footballer
• James Davis (wrestler) (born 1893), British wrestler
• Jimmy Davis (footballer) (1982–2003), Manchester United footballer
• James Davis (fencer) (born 1991), British fencer

In politics

• James Davis (Australian politician) (c. 1811–1859), politician in Alberton, Victoria, Australia
• James H. Davis (congressman) (1853–1940), United States Representative from Texas
• James J. Davis (1873–1947), United States Senator and Secretary of Labor
• James C. Davis (1895–1981), United States Representative from Georgia
• Jimmie Davis (1899–2000), musician and Governor of Louisiana
• Jim Davis (Florida politician) (born 1957), United States Representative from Florida
• Jim Davis (Indiana politician) (1928–2012), legislator
• Jim Davis (North Carolina politician) (born 1947), North Carolina State Senator
• James E. Davis (councilman) (1962–2003), assassinated New York City politician
• Jim Davis (Ohio politician) (1935–2011), former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Other

• James Davis (satirist) (c. 1706–1755), Welsh doctor and satirist
• James Davis (escaped convict) (1808–1889), aka "Duramboi", escaped convict who lived with Aborigines
• James Edward Davis (1817–1887), barrister, magistrate and author
• James Davis (VC) (1835–1893), Scottish Victoria Cross recipient
• James J. Davis (Catholic bishop) (1852–1926), Roman Catholic bishop
• James E. Davis (police officer) (1889–1949), Los Angeles Chief of Police
• James Peter Davis (1904–1988), American Roman Catholic Archbishop
• James A. Davis (born 1929), sociologist
• James B. Davis (general) (born 1935), U.S. Air Force general
• Jim Davis (cartoonist) (born 1945), creator of the Garfield comic strip
• James Levert Davis, African Methodist Episcopal bishop
• James M. Davis (born 1948), former chief financial officer of Stanford Financial Group who plead guilty for his role in a US$7 billion Ponzi scheme
• James Z. Davis (born 1943), judge on the Utah Court of Appeals
• Jim Davis (business) (born 1943), Chairman of New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. and founder of Major League Lacrosse
• Jim Limber Davis, mulatto boy who was briefly a ward of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America
• James Davis (mariner) (1575–c. 1620), English ship captain and author
• James Davis (critic) (1853–1907), pen-name Owen Hall, Irish-born theatre writer and theatre critic

Other

• James Davis (musical group), musical group signed to Motown
• USS James L. Davis (1861) (1861), sailing bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War

See also

• James Davies (disambiguation)