James Allen

James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to:

Military

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 delegate) (1802–1854), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
James Allen (U.S. senator) (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

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
Jim Allen (cricketer) (born 1951), Montserratian cricketer
Jim Allen (footballer) (1912–1972), Australian rules footballer
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

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 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 hypothesis that the lost land of Atlantis is South America
Jim Allen (playwright) (1926–1999), English playwright

James Allen (educator) (1683–1746), English educationalist
James Allen (highwayman) (19th century), Massachusetts criminal and memoirist
James Allen (nurseryman) (1832–1906), British nurseryman
James Allen (priest) (1802–1897), Anglican Dean of St David's, 1878–1895
James Baylis Allen (1803–1876), English line-engraver
James C. Allen (engraver) (died 1831), English engraver
James F. Allen (born 1950), professor of computer science
James H. Allen (1928–2015), actor who portrayed the television clown "Rusty Nails", the inspiration for The Simpsons character Krusty the Clown
James L. Allen (1904–1992), cofounder of management consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton and PricewaterhouseCoopers' Strategy& division
James Latimer Allen (1907–1977), photographer and portraitist
James Mountford Allen (1809–1883), British architect
James Peter Allen (born 1945), Egyptologist
James Van Allen (1914–2006), space scientist
Jim Allen (archaeologist), Australian archaeologist
Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will
James Allen Jewelers, an online retailer of jewelry