James Allen Explained

James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to:

Academics

James Allen (Army engineer) (1806–1846), organizer of the Mormon Battalion, helped found Des Moines, Iowa, and helped design the Chicago harbor
James Allen (Medal of Honor) (1843–1913), Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War
James R. Allen (1925–1992), former superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy

James Allen (New Zealand politician) (1855–1942), cabinet minister
James Allen (Virginia politician) (1802–1854), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
James Allen (Alabama politician) (1912–1978), U.S. Senator from Alabama
James C. Allen (1822–1912), U.S. representative from Illinois
James E. Allen Jr. (1911–1971), commissioner of education for New York State
Jim Allen (Wyoming politician) (born 1952), member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
Jim L. Allen (1934–2003), member of the Kansas state legislature

James Allen (cricketer) (1881–1958), English cricketer
James Allen (journalist) (born 1966), who has worked in, and commentated on, Formula One
James Allen (linebacker) (born 1979), American football linebacker
James Allen (running back) (born 1975), American football running back
James Allen (racing driver) (born 1996), Australian racing driver
Jim Allen (cricketer) (born 1951), Montserratian cricketer
Jim Allen (footballer) (1912–1972), Australian rules footballer
Jim Allen (hurdler) (born 1941), American track and field athlete
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 (American football) (1952–2019), American football player
Jimmy Allen (basketball) (born 1971), American college basketball coach

James Allen (newspaperman) (1806–1886), English-born writing in colonial Australia and New Zealand
James Allen (author) (1864–1912), philosophical writer from England
James Allen (collector) (born 1954), antique collector, co-author of Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
James B. Allen (historian) (born 1927), historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
James Lane Allen (1849–1925), American writer
James S. Allen (1906–1986), American Communist historian and journalist
Jim Allen (Atlantis hypothesis), British author of the hypothesis that the lost land of Atlantis is South America
Jim Allen (playwright) (1926–1999), English playwright
James Allen, cartoonist who wrote and illustrated Mark Trail from 2014 to 2020

James Allen (died 1829), female husband
James Allen (highwayman) (1809–1837), Massachusetts criminal and memoirist
James Allen (nurseryman) (1830–1906), British nurseryman
James Allen (priest) (1802–1897), Anglican Dean of St David's, 1878–1895
James Allen (Dean of Killaloe) (1805–1880), Irish Anglican priest
James Allen da Luz (1938–1973), Brazilian guerrilla
James Baylis Allen (1803–1876), English line-engraver
James C. Allen (engraver) (1790–1833), English engraver
James E. Allen (artist) (1894–1964), American illustrator, printmaker, and painter
James F. Allen (businessman) (born 1960), with Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming
James H. Allen (1928–2015), actor who played clown "Rusty Nails", inspired "Krusty the Clown"
James L. Allen (1904–1992), co-founder of Booz Allen Hamilton; with PricewaterhouseCoopers
James Latimer Allen (1907–1977), photographer and portraitist
James Mountford Allen (1809–1883), British architect
Jim Allen (artist) (1922–2023), New Zealand visual artist
Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Puddle of Mudd
Jimmy Allen (pastor) (1927–2019), American Southern Baptist pastor
Jimmie Allen (born 1985), American country singer
James Allen, jewelry retailer owned by Signet Jewelers
James Allen, protagonist in the 1932 film, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang