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Jim Jones
Jim Jones, born James Warren Jones, was an American pastor who founded Peoples Temple and led over 900 followers to their deaths in Guyana in 1978.
Jim Jones (rapper)
Jim Jones (Joseph Guillermo Jones II, born 1976) is an American rapper and record executive, co-founder of Harlem's Diplomats (Dipset) with Cam'ron, known for the 2006 platinum Top Ten hit "We Fly High" and albums On My Way to Church and El Capo.
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan, Republican U.S. Representative for Ohio's 4th district since 2007, House Freedom Caucus founder and House Judiciary Committee chairman, known for failed 2023 Speaker bids and Biden-era oversight investigations.
Jim Justice
Jim Justice (born 1951), West Virginia coal magnate and governor 2017-2025, first as Democrat then Republican; signed record 2023 tax cut and won the 2024 U.S. Senate race.
Jim Juvenal
Jim Juvenal (James Benner Juvenal, 1874–1942), American rower of Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; Olympic gold in the 1900 men's eight and silver in the 1904 single sculls, later a professional rowing coach.
Jim K. Omura
Jim K. Omura, born Jimmy Kazuhiro Omura, was an American information theorist who taught at UCLA, co-founded encryption maker Cylink, and won the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 2005.
Jim Kaat
Jim Kaat (James Lee Kaat, "Kitty"), born 1938, American left-handed pitcher who won 283 games over 25 MLB seasons with six teams, took 16 Gold Gloves, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 by the Golden Days Era Committee.
Jim Kavanaugh
Jim Kavanaugh is an American business executive, co-founder and CEO of World Wide Technology, a St. Louis technology firm with over $20 billion in annual revenue.
Jim Keller (engineer)
Jim Keller is an American microprocessor engineer known for AMD's K8 and Zen groundwork, Apple's A4 and A5, Tesla's Autopilot chip, and Tenstorrent, where he is CEO.
Jim Kelly
Jim Kelly (born 1960), Hall of Fame quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, 1986-1996; led Bills to four straight Super Bowls (all losses) and ran the no-huddle K-Gun offense; also starred for the USFL's Houston Gamblers.
Jim Kelly (martial artist)
Jim Kelly (James Milton Kelly, 1946-2013), American karate champion and actor, played Williams in Enter the Dragon (1973) and starred in Black Belt Jones and other 1970s martial arts blaxploitation films.
Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner (born 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American session drummer known for ex-Beatles solo records, decades with Bob Dylan, the Traveling Wilburys as Buster Sidebury, and Little Village.
Jim Kennedy
Jim Kennedy, also known as James J. Kennedy, is an American Democratic politician who has represented New Jersey's 22nd district in the General Assembly since 2016.
Jim Kenney
Jim Kenney (James Francis Kenney, born 1958) is an American politician, 99th Mayor of Philadelphia 2016-2024 after two decades on City Council; known for the nation's first major-city soda tax, PHLpreK, and local school control.
Jim Kerr
Jim Kerr is the Scottish lead singer and founding lyricist of Simple Minds, formed with Charlie Burchill after their punk band Johnny & The Self-Abusers; "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the US chart in 1985.
Jim Kim
Jim Kim, born James Jimin Kim, is a venture capitalist who co-founded Formation 8 Partners in 2011 with Joe Lonsdale and Brian Koo, and later Builders VC.
Jim King
Jim King refers to several Americans, chiefly NBA guard James Leonard King (born 1941, Lakers, Warriors, Bulls, 1968 All-Star) and Olympic basketball gold medalist James H. King (born 1943), plus a bodybuilder, keyboardist, and politician.
Jim Kingston
Jim Kingston is an American Republican politician and the 2026 nominee for the U.S. House in Georgia's 1st District, the son of former Rep. Jack Kingston.
Jim Koch
Jim Koch is an American brewer and entrepreneur who founded The Boston Beer Company in 1984 and built it into the largest US craft brewer, known for Samuel Adams.
Jim Kurose
Jim Kurose is an American computer scientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst known for network protocol research and the textbook Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach.
Jim L. Mora
Jim L. Mora, American football coach, son of Jim E. Mora; head coach of the Falcons (2004-06), Seahawks (2009), UCLA (2012-17), UConn (2022-25), and Colorado State, known for program turnarounds.
Jim Lahey
Jim Lahey is the alcoholic trailer park supervisor of Sunnyvale in Trailer Park Boys, played by John Dunsworth from 1998's One Last Shot until Dunsworth's 2017 death; the character was not recast.
Jim Larrañaga
Jim Larrañaga (born 1949, Bronx) is a retired American college basketball coach; head coach at Bowling Green, George Mason, and Miami, with 716 wins, two Final Fours (2006, 2023), and December 2024 retirement.
Jim Lea
Jim Lea (James Gilbert Lea, Jr., 1932–2010), American sprinter; 440-yard world record 45.8 (1956 Modesto Relays), 1956 Olympian, 1955 Pan Am gold and silver medalist, later a Sunnyvale, California lawyer.
Jim Lea (musician)
Jim Lea (born 1949) is the English bassist, violinist and, with Noddy Holder, co-writer and arranger of Slade's hits, including "Merry Xmas Everybody"; later a psychotherapist and solo artist.
Jim Lee (이용철)
Jim Lee (이용철, born 1964, Seoul) is a Korean-American comic artist and President, Publisher, and CCO of DC Comics (since 2023). Distinct from the Seagate legal officer and the engineering expert of the same name; famous for X-Men #1's record sales, Batman: Hush, WildStorm, and Image Comics.
Jim Legxacy
Jim Legxacy (James Folorunso Ifeanyi Olaloye, born 1999) is a British rapper, singer, and producer from Lewisham, London. Known for genre-blending mixtapes HNPM and black british music (2025) on XL Recordings, and for co-producing Dave and Central Cee's chart-topping Sprinter.
Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer (1934–2020) was an American broadcast journalist who co-founded and anchored the PBS NewsHour (formerly MacNeil/Lehrer) for 36 years and moderated 12 U.S. presidential debates, 1988–2012, more than anyone in American history.
Jim Leighton
Jim Leighton (born 1958, Johnstone, Scotland) is a former goalkeeper, Aberdeen and Manchester United player, and Scotland's most capped keeper with 91 caps across four World Cups.
Jim Leonhard
Jim Leonhard, former Wisconsin walk-on safety and 10-year NFL defensive back, is the Buffalo Bills' defensive coordinator hired January 31, 2026 after two seasons with the Denver Broncos; he was Wisconsin's defensive coordinator 2017-22 and interim head coach in 2022.