James Allen
James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to:
- James Allen (linebacker) (born 1979), American football linebacker
- James Allen (running back) (born 1975), American football running back
- 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 (author) (1864–1912), philosophical writer from England
- James Allen (collector), antique collector, co-author of Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America (2000).
- James Allen (cricketer) (1881–1958), English cricketer
- James Allen (engraver) (died 1831), English line engraver
- James Allen (formerly Alleyn) (1683–1746), eighteenth century English educationalist
- James Allen (highwayman) (19th century), Massachusetts criminal and memoirist
- James Allen (journalist) (born 1966), who has worked in, and commentated, Formula One
- James Allen (Medal of Honor) (1843–1913), Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War
- James Allen (New Zealand) (1855–1942), Cabinet Minister
- James Allen (nurseryman) (died 1906), British nurseryman
- James Allen (priest) (1802–1897), Anglican Dean of St David's, 1878 - 1895
- James Allen (U.S. senator) (1912–1978), U.S. Senator from Alabama
- James B. Allen (historian) (born 1927), historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- James C. Allen (1822–1912), U.S. representative from Illinois
- James C. Allen (engraver) (died 1831), English engraver
- James E. Allen, Jr. (1911–1971), commissioner of education for New York State
- James F. Allen (born 1950), professor of computer science
- James Lane Allen (1845–1945), American writer
- James Mountford Allen (1809-1883), British architect
- James P. Allen (born 1945), Egyptologist
- James R. Allen (1925–1992), former superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy
- James S. Allen (1906-1986), American Communist historian and journalist
- Jim Allen (archaeologist)
- Jim Allen (born 1928 or 1929), actor who portrayed the television clown Rusty Nails, the inspiration for The Simpsons character Krusty the Clown
- Jim Allen (cartographer), British author who developed a hypothesis that claims the lost continent Atlantis to be South America
- Jim Allen (cricketer) (born 1951), Montserratian cricketer
- Jim Allen (playwright) (1926–1999), English playwright
- Jimmy Allen (footballer born 1909) (died 1995), Portsmouth, Aston Villa and England footballer
- Jimmy Allen (footballer born 1913) (died 1979), Queens Park Rangers footballer
- Jimmy Allen (born 1952), American football player
- Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will
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