List of Famous people named Jim

James Allen Rhodes was an American Republican politician from Ohio, one of only seven governors to serve four four-year terms in office. Rhodes is tied for the fourth longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,840 days.

Jim Mitchell was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Deputy Leader of Fine Gael from 2001 to 2002, Minister for Communications from 1984 to 1987, Minister for Transport from 1982 to 1987, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1982 to 1984, Minister for Justice from 1981 to 1982 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1976 to 1977. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 2002.

Jim Melchert is an American artist best known for his ceramics and sculptures.

James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness,, FRSE is a British politician and former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. He was formerly Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Orkney, the first Deputy First Minister of Scotland in the Scottish Executive and Advocate General for Scotland. He is Moderator Designate of the Church of Scotland for 2021.

James Thomas Kolbe is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Arizona's 5th congressional district, 1985–2003 and 8th congressional district, 2003–2007.

Jim Gillespie is a Scottish film director. His directing work includes I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), D-Tox (2002), and Venom (2005).

James Joseph McDaid is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency from June 1989 until he resigned in November 2010. He also served as Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation between 1997 and 2002 and as Minister of State for Transport between 2002 and 2004.

James Ortlieb is an American film, television and theatre actor known for his roles in Roswell and Felicity. Ortlieb has also appeared in Broadway productions of Guys and Dolls and Of Mice and Men, Billy Elliot the Musical, and The Farnsworth Invention.

James G. Palmer was an American professional basketball player. Palmer was selected in the 1957 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks.

James Albon Mattox was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives and two four-year terms as state Attorney General, but lost high-profile races for Governor in 1990, the U.S. Senate in 1994, and again as attorney general in 1998. He was known as the "people's lawyer" because of his advocacy of what he deemed the needs of everyday Texans. He was a member of the Democratic Party.