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Jim Rice
Jim Rice (James Edward Rice, born 1953, Anderson, South Carolina), Boston Red Sox left fielder 1974-1989, 1978 AL MVP with 46 home runs and 406 total bases, 382 career home runs, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009 on his 15th ballot.
Jim Risch
Jim Risch, Republican U.S. senator from Idaho since 2009 and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the 119th Congress; former Idaho lieutenant governor and 31st governor (2006-2007), focused on China competition, NATO, and Iran war powers votes.
Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers, born James Beeland Rogers, Jr., is an American investor who co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973 and created the Rogers International Commodity Index in 1998.
Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn (Emanuel James Rohn) was an American entrepreneur and motivational speaker who gave more than 6,000 seminars over four decades and mentored Tony Robbins, Les Brown, and Brian Tracy.
Jim Rome
Jim Rome, American sports talk host of The Jim Rome Show (The Jungle), syndicated since 1996 via Premiere, CBS Sports Radio, and Westwood One; also hosted Talk2, The Last Word, and Jim Rome Is Burning.
Jim Root
Jim Root, born James Donald Root, is an American guitarist known as #4 in Slipknot, which he joined in 1999, and a former Stone Sour lead guitarist.
Jim Rosapepe
Jim Rosapepe is an American Democratic politician who has represented District 21 in the Maryland State Senate since 2007 and served as Ambassador to Romania from 1998 to 2001.
Jim Rosenberger
Jim Rosenberger (James Maher Rosenberger, 1887–1946), American sprinter of the Irish-American Athletic Club, 1912 Olympic 400 m semifinalist who anchored the first IAAF-recognized 4×440 y world record (3:18.2, 1911) and won the 1910 AAU 100 yards.
Jim Rosenthal
Jim Rosenthal (born 1947, Oxford) is a British sports presenter and commentator, ITV Sport mainstay for 32 years across eight football World Cups, three Rugby World Cups, F1, boxing, and Crufts; distinct from Ken Rosenthal and Tom Rosenthal.
Jim Ross
Jim Ross, also known as Good Ol' JR, is an American professional wrestling commentator, a WWE Hall of Fame inductee and longtime voice of Raw.
Jim Runestad
Jim Runestad is an American politician, a Republican member of the Michigan Senate representing the 23rd district in western Oakland County since his 2022 election.
Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun (born 1947, Wichita, Kansas), American middle-distance runner, first high schooler under 4:00 in the mile, six world records, 1968 Olympic 1500 m silver, later a Kansas congressman.
Jim Sarbh
Jim Sarbh (born 1987, Mumbai) is an Indian film and stage actor, director, and producer known for Neerja, Padmaavat, Sanju, Made in Heaven, and his Emmy-nominated Homi Bhabha in Rocket Boys.
Jim Sasser
Jim Sasser (James Ralph Sasser, 1936-2024), Democratic U.S. senator from Tennessee 1977-1995, Senate Budget Committee chairman, defeated by Bill Frist in 1994, later U.S. Ambassador to China 1996-1999.
Jim Schwartz
Jim Schwartz, NFL coach since 1993; Detroit Lions head coach 2009-13, defensive coordinator for Titans, Bills, Eagles, and Browns; Wide 9 attack defense; AP Assistant Coach of the Year 2023.
Jim Schwartzel
Jim Schwartzel is an American Republican politician and businessman who owns 92.5 FOX News and is the party's 2026 nominee for Florida's 19th congressional district.
Jim Sciutto
Jim Sciutto (born 1970) is CNN's chief national security analyst, anchor of The Brief, a Yale Jackson School senior fellow, former ABC senior foreign correspondent, former chief of staff to the U.S. Ambassador to China, and author of four books including the 2024 bestseller The Return of Great Powers.
Jim Seals
Jim Seals (James Eugene Seals, 1941 or 1942, Sidney, Texas; died June 6, 2022, Nashville) was an American singer-songwriter, half of soft rock duo Seals & Crofts with Dash Crofts, known for 'Summer Breeze,' 'Diamond Girl,' and 'Get Closer'; former Champs saxophonist and brother of Dan Seals.
Jim Shea, Jr.
Jim Shea, Jr. (born 1968, Hartford, Connecticut) is an American skeleton racer, 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic gold medalist, 1999 world champion, and third-generation Winter Olympian, grandson of Jack Shea.
Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan (born 1949, Dublin) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, and producer; six-time Oscar nominee behind My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, The Boxer, In America, Murder at the Cottage, and Re-creation. Distinct from Taylor Sheridan.
Jim Simons (mathematician)
Jim Simons, also known as James Harris Simons, was an American mathematician known for Chern–Simons theory who founded Renaissance Technologies and, with his wife Marilyn, the Simons Foundation.
Jim Stafford
Jim Stafford, full name James Wayne Stafford, is an American singer-songwriter and comedian known for mid-1970s country novelty songs like "Spiders & Snakes" and "Wildwood Weed".
Jim Starlin
Jim Starlin (born 1949, Detroit) is an American comics writer-artist, creator or co-creator of Thanos, Drax, Gamora, Shang-Chi, and Dreadstar, writer of Marvel's Infinity Gauntlet trilogy and DC's A Death in the Family, and a 2017 Eisner Hall of Fame inductee.
Jim Stasheff
Jim Stasheff is a mathematician whose 1961 Princeton thesis introduced the A∞-space hierarchy, rediscovered the associahedra, and characterized loop spaces; he taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jim Steinman
Jim Stein, also known as James Richard Stein, was a prolific American composer and producer. He is best known for writing all songs on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell (1977).
Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess (James Anthony Sturgess, born 1978, London) is an English actor and musician, breakout star of Across the Universe, lead in 21, One Day, The Way Back, and a six-role player in Cloud Atlas, married to Dina Mousawi.
Jim Stynes
Jim Stynes, full name James Peter Stynes, was an Irish-born Australian rules footballer who won the 1991 Brownlow Medal with Melbourne, co-founded the Reach Foundation, and served as club president until his death in 2012.
Jim Sullivan (musician)
Jim Sullivan (James Anthony Sullivan, born August 13, 1939, disappeared March 1975) was an American folk-rock singer-songwriter whose two albums, U.F.O. (1969) and Jim Sullivan (1972), sold poorly; he vanished near Santa Rosa, New Mexico, leaving his car, guitar, and wallet behind.
Jim Swire
Jim Swire (born 1936), English doctor whose daughter Flora died on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988; lifelong campaigner with UK Families Flight 103 who believed Megrahi innocent; subject of Lockerbie: A Search for Truth.
Jim Tananbaum
Jim Tananbaum is an American healthcare venture capitalist who founded Foresite Capital in 2011 and is known for early investments in 10x Genomics and Denali Therapeutics.