List of Famous people named Jim

Name Jim is among the most common names in USA, Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for James. Similar names: James, Jimmy, Jimmie, Jimi, Jemma, Jimmi, Jem. Here are some famous Jims:

Jim Breyer

First Name Jim
Last Name Breyer
Born on January 1, 1961 (age 65)
Net Worth $2.5B

James W. Breyer is an American venture capitalist, founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, an investment and venture philanthropy firm, and a partner at Accel Partners, a venture capital firm. Breyer has invested in over 40 companies that have gone public or completed a merger, with some of these investments, including Facebook, earning over 100 times cost and many others over 25 times cost. On the Forbes 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.

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Jim Laugesen

Jim Laugesen is a former Danish badminton player. He was the 1992 World Junior Champion in the mixed doubles event partnered with Rikke Olsen. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia partnered with Michael Søgaard reaching in to the second round. Laugesen was dismissed from the Danmarks Badminton Forbund (DBS) center in September 2004. He now works as a badminton journalist at TV 2 in Denmark, and as a badminton coach in Gentofte Badminton Klub.

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Jim Johnston

James Alan Johnston
First Name Jim
Last Name Johnston
Born on December 31, 1959 (age 66)

James Alan Johnston is an American music composer and musician best known for his time in WWE.

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Jim Geringer

First Name Jim
Last Name Geringer
Born on April 24, 1944 (age 82)

James Edward Geringer is an American politician who was the 30th Governor of Wyoming, serving from 1995 to 2003.

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Jim Brewer

First Name Jim
Last Name Brewer
Born on October 3, 1920
Died on June 3, 1988 (aged 67)

James Brewer, also known as Blind Jim Brewer, was an American blues singer and guitarist.

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Jim Parker

First Name Jim
Last Name Parker
Born on January 1, 1934 (age 92)

Jim Parker is a BAFTA-winning British composer.

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Jim Cairns

First Name Jim
Last Name Cairns
Born on October 4, 1914
Died on October 12, 2003 (aged 89)

James Ford Cairns, Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. He is best remembered as a leader of the movement against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War, for his affair with Junie Morosi and for his later renunciation of conventional politics. He was also an economist, and a prolific writer on economic and social issues, many of them self-published and self-marketed at stalls he ran across Australia after his retirement.

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Jim Baird

First Name Jim
Last Name Baird
Born on June 4, 1945 (age 80)

James Richard Baird is an American businessman and politician who serves as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th congressional district. Before being elected to Congress, Baird served from 2010 to 2018 as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives. He previously served as commissioner for Putnam County, Indiana from 2006 to 2010. A Vietnam veteran, Baird was elected to Congress on November 6, 2018.

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Jim Moody

First Name Jim
Last Name Moody
Born on September 25, 1949 (age 76)

James Moody is an American television and film character actor. He played the tough-talking counselor/teacher Gene Daniels in Bad Boys. His first feature film role was in the 1980 hit film Fame, in which he played Mr. Farrell, a drama teacher. Moody starred in the 1983 comedy film D.C. Cab as Arnie, a member of the rival cab company, Emerald Cab. He also appeared in the 1999 drama The Best Man and as Leroy Greene, Sr. in The Last Dragon.

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Jim Burke

First Name Jim
Last Name Burke
Born on December 11, 1957 (age 68)

Jim Burke Jr. is an American film producer.

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