Sportspeople
- Jim Johnson (right-handed pitcher) (born 1983), pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
- James H. Johnson (1874–1921), British silver medalist in pairs figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Jim Johnson (jockey), Australian jockey
- James Johnson (Canadian football) (born 1980), professional American football and Canadian football cornerback
- Jim Johnson (American football) (1941–2009), American football coach
- Jim Johnson (ice hockey b. 1942), former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association
- Jim Johnson (ice hockey b. 1962), former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
- James Johnson (basketball coach), head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team
- James Johnson (basketball player) (born 1987), former Wake Forest basketball player now with the NBA's Sacramento Kings
- James Johnson (running back) (born 1984), former running back for the Minnesota Vikings
- J. J. Johnson (running back) (born 1974), former running back for the Miami Dolphins, 1998 winner of the Conerly Trophy
- Jim Johnson (coach) (died 2004), American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator
- Jim Johnson (boxer) (1887–1918), American boxer
- James Johnson (baseball owner) (died 1967), co-owner of the Washington Senators of the American League
- Jim Johnson (left-handed pitcher) (1945–1987), American baseball pitcher (1967–1970) and briefly a member of 1970 San Francisco Giants
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