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 Politics 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 Sports 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), American college basketball coach Writers 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), 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 (4x4 writer) (born 1954), American 4WD magazine and book writer Jim Allen (Atlantis hypothesis), British author of hypothesis that the lost land of Atlantis is South America Jim Allen (playwright) (1926–1999), English playwright Other James Allen (educator) (1683–1746), English educationalist James Allen (d. 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), Anglican priest in Ireland James Baylis Allen (1803–1876), English line-engraver James C. Allen (engraver) (died 1833), English engraver James E.