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Jimmy Iovine
Jimmy Iovine, also known as James Iovine, is an American record executive and producer from Brooklyn, New York, best known as co-founder of Interscope Records and Beats Electronics.
Jimmy Jacobs
Jimmy Jacobs (Christopher Scoville, born 1984, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American pro wrestler, five-time ROH World Tag Team Champion, Age of the Fall founder, and later WWE, IMPACT, and AEW creative writer and producer.
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Jimmy Jam (James Harris III) and Terry Lewis are a Minneapolis songwriting and production duo, ex-members of The Time fired by Prince in 1983, famous for Janet Jackson's Control and Rhythm Nation, five Grammys, and a record 16 Hot 100 and 26 R&B No. 1 hits.
Jimmy Jean-Louis
Jimmy Jean-Louis, born 1968 in Pétion-Ville, Haiti, is a Haitian actor and humanitarian known as The Haitian on NBC's Heroes, for Toussaint Louverture, The Goat Life, and founding Hollywood Unites for Haiti.
Jimmy John Liautaud
Jimmy John Liautaud (born 1964) is the American founder of Jimmy John's sandwich chain, started in 1983 in Charleston, Illinois with a $25,000 father loan; sold stakes to Roark Capital and Inspire Brands by 2019; Forbes net worth $2.6 billion.
Jimmy John's
Jimmy John's: American sandwich chain founded 1983 by Jimmy John Liautaud in Charleston, Illinois; over 2,600 U.S. locations, franchised, owned by Inspire Brands since 2019.
Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)
Jimmy Johnson (James William Johnson, born 1943), Hall of Fame coach of the Miami Hurricanes' 1987 national champions and the Dallas Cowboys' Super Bowl XXVII-XXVIII winners, later Dolphins coach and Fox NFL Sunday analyst.
Jimmy Johnstone
Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone (1944-2006), Scottish right winger for Celtic, Lisbon Lion in the 1967 European Cup win, nine league titles, 515 appearances, 130 goals, 23 Scotland caps, voted greatest ever Celt.
Jimmy Kalinowski
Jimmy "Cicero" Kalinowski, also known as Uncle Jimmy, is a fictional businessman in FX's The Bear, played by Oliver Platt. He loaned Mikey $300,000 for the Original Beef, invests in Carmy's restaurant, and earned a 2023 Emmy nomination.
Jimmy Keene
Jimmy Keene, or James Keene, is an American author and former drug dealer who went undercover in prison to elicit a confession from suspected serial killer Larry Hall.
Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel (James Christian Kimmel, born 1967, Brooklyn) is an American late-night host of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! since 2003, a four-time Oscars host, Emmy winner, suspended and reinstated by ABC in 2025.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is ABC's late-night talk show, premiered January 26, 2003, airing weeknights at 11:35 p.m. from Hollywood Boulevard; suspended in September 2025 over Charlie Kirk remarks, extended through May 2027.
Jimmy King
Jimmy King (born 1973) is an American former basketball player, a Fab Five member at Michigan (1991-95), 1,542 career points, drafted 35th overall by Toronto in 1995, two NBA seasons.
Jimmy Kirkwood
Jimmy Kirkwood (James William Kirkwood, born 1962, Lisburn) is a Northern Irish field hockey forward who won 1988 Olympic gold with Great Britain, earned 79 caps for Ireland and Britain, and also played cricket for Ireland.
Jimmy Lai (黎智英)
Jimmy Lai (黎智英), born 1947, British-Hong Kong founder of Giordano and Apple Daily; prosecuted under Hong Kong's National Security Law and sentenced in February 2026 to 20 years for foreign collusion and sedition.
Jimmy Lin
Jimmy Lin is a Canadian-based computer scientist and professor at the University of Waterloo known for research in natural language processing, information retrieval, and question answering.
Jimmy McCulloch
Jimmy McCulloch (James McCulloch), Scottish rock guitarist (1953–1979), teenage guitarist on Thunderclap Newman's UK No. 1 "Something in the Air" and lead guitarist of Paul McCartney's Wings 1974–1977, died at 26 in London.
Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern (born 1949, Liverpool) is the British screenwriter behind Cracker, Hillsborough, The Street, Accused, Broken, and Time, known for working-class, Catholic-tinged dramas about law and justice.
Jimmy McMillan
Jimmy McMillan (James McMillan III), New York perennial candidate and founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, went viral at the 2010 gubernatorial debate with his slogan, ran for mayor and governor repeatedly, and got 41,131 votes in 2010.
Jimmy McNichol
Jimmy McNichol (James Vincent McNichol, born 1961) is an American actor and singer, 1970s teen idol of The Fitzpatricks, California Fever, and General Hospital, RCA duet albums with sister Kristy, later a Colorado environmentalist and real-estate developer.
Jimmy McNulty
Jimmy McNulty (James "Jimmy" McNulty) is the fictional Baltimore police detective played by Dominic West in HBO's The Wire, whose insubordinate pursuit of the Barksdale case drives the series.
Jimmy McRae
Jimmy McRae, Scottish rally driver, five-time British Rally Champion (1980s record) and Irish Tarmac champion; father of Colin (1995 WRC champion) and Alister McRae.
Jimmy McShane
Jimmy McShane (James Harry McShane, 1957-1995), Derry-born dancer and singer, frontman of Italo disco act Baltimora of "Tarzan Boy" fame (UK No. 3, US No. 13); died of AIDS in 1995.
Jimmy Moses
Jimmy Moses (Jimmy Moses Janumala), Mumbai-born Indian stand-up comedian, mimicry artist, actor and playback singer; younger brother of Johny Lever; known for Chennai Express, Happy New Year, The Heartbreak Kid, and about 4,000 shows in 30+ countries.
Jimmy Nail
Jimmy Nail (James Michael Aloysius Bradford, born 1954, Newcastle) is an English actor, singer and writer known as Oz in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, creator of Spender and Crocodile Shoes, and the 1992 chart-topper 'Ain't No Doubt'.
Jimmy Napes
Jimmy Napes (James Napier) is a British songwriter and producer behind Sam Smith hits Stay With Me, Writing's on the Wall (Oscar-winning 2015 Bond theme), and Unholy, plus Disclosure's Latch and Clean Bandit's Rather Be.
Jimmy Nardello Pepper
Jimmy Nardello pepper, also called Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian Frying Pepper, an heirloom Capsicum annuum from Ruoti, Basilicata, brought to Connecticut in 1887; heatless, thin-walled red pods prized for frying and preserved via Seed Savers Exchange and Slow Food's Ark of Taste.
Jimmy Neutron
Jimmy Neutron (James Isaac Neutron) is the boy-genius inventor of Nickelodeon's CGI franchise: the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, the 2002–2006 series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, and Planet Sheen, set in Retroville with robot dog Goddard.
Jimmy Neutron (franchise)
Jimmy Neutron franchise: American CGI animated property from Nickelodeon, beginning with the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (John A. Davis, DNA Productions), followed by the 2002-2006 TV series, Jimmy Timmy Power Hour crossovers, Planet Sheen, and games.
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is a 2001 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film directed by John A. Davis and released by Paramount Pictures, about a boy inventor rescuing abducted parents.