James Allen
James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to:
- James Allen (highwayman) (19th century), Massachusetts criminal and memoirist
- James C. Allen (engraver) (died 1831), English engraver
- James Allen (Virginia delegate) (1802–1854), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- James Allen (priest) (1802–1897), Anglican Dean of St David's, 1878–1895
- James Baylis Allen (1803–1876), English line-engraver
- James Allen (Army engineer) (1806–1846), organizer of the Mormon Battalion, helped found Des Moines, Iowa, and helped design the Chicago harbor
- James Allen (Australian colonial author) (1806–1886), English-born writing in colonial Australia and New Zealand
- James Allen (nurseryman) (1832–1906), British nurseryman
- James Mountford Allen (1809–1883), British architect
- James C. Allen (1822–1912), U.S. representative from Illinois
- James Allen (Medal of Honor) (1843–1913), Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War
- James Lane Allen (1849–1925), American writer
- James Allen (New Zealand politician) (1855–1942), cabinet minister
- James Allen (author) (1864–1912), philosophical writer from England
- James Allen (cricketer) (1881–1958), English cricketer
- James L. Allen (1904–1992), cofounder of management consultancies Booz Allen Hamilton and Booz & Company
- James S. Allen (1906–1986), American Communist historian and journalist
- Jimmy Allen (footballer born 1909) (1909–1995), Portsmouth, Aston Villa and England footballer
- James E. Allen, Jr. (1911–1971), commissioner of education for New York State
- James Allen (U.S. senator) (1912–1978), U.S. Senator from Alabama
- Jimmy Allen (footballer born 1913) (1913–1979), Queens Park Rangers footballer
- James R. Allen (1925–1992), former superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy
- Jim Allen (playwright) (1926–1999), English playwright
- James B. Allen (historian) (born 1927), historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Jim Allen (born 1928/9), actor who portrayed the television clown Rusty Nails, the inspiration for The Simpsons character Krusty the Clown
- James Peter Allen (born 1945), Egyptologist
- James F. Allen (born 1950), professor of computer science
- Jim Allen (cricketer) (born 1951), Montserratian cricketer
- Jimmy Allen (born 1952), American football player
- James Allen (journalist) (born 1966), who has worked in, and commentated, Formula One
- James Allen (running back) (born 1975), American football running back
- James Allen (linebacker) (born 1979), American football linebacker
- James Allen (collector), antique collector, co-author of Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
- Jim Allen (archaeologist), Australian archaeologist
- Jim Allen (Atlantis hypothesis), British author who developed a hypothesis that claims the lost continent Atlantis to be South America
- Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will
- James Allen (educator) (1683–1746), English educationalist
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