James Davis

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

Entertainment

J. Gunnis Davis (1873–1937), actor and director, whose directorial work was credited as James Davis
Jim Davis (actor) (1909–1981), American actor
Jim Davis (cartoonist) (born 1945), creator of the Garfield comic strip
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
James "Thunderbird" Davis (1938–1992), American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
Jimmy Davis (songwriter) (1915–1997), co-writer of the song "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"
James Davis (critic) (1853–1907), pen-name Owen Hall, Irish-born theatre writer and theatre critic
James Davis (satirist) (c. 1706–1755), Welsh doctor and satirist

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 footballer of the 1900s and 1910s
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) (1893–?), British wrestler
Jimmy Davis (footballer) (1982–2003), Manchester United footballer
James Davis (fencer) (born 1991), British fencer

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

Jim Davis (businessman) (born 1943), Chairman of New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. and founder of Major League Lacrosse
James M. Davis (born 1948), former chief financial officer of Stanford Financial Group who pled guilty for his role in a US$7 billion Ponzi scheme

James Davis (VC) (1835–1893), Scottish Victoria Cross recipient
James Davis (escaped convict) (1808–1889), aka "Duramboi", escaped convict who lived with Aborigines
James A. Davis (1929–2016), sociologist
James B. Davis (general) (born 1935), U.S. Air Force general
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 (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