James Kelly

Arts and entertainment

• James E. Kelly , American sculptor and illustrator
• James F. Kelly, American actor
• James Kelly , American painter
• James Martin Kelly, American actor and writer
• James Patrick Kelly, American writer
• Jim Kelly , karate champion and film actor
• Jim Kelly , British crime writer and journalist
• Jimmy Kelly , Irish-American singer and musician
• James Kelly, member of Irish metal group Altar of Plagues
• James Kelly , Irish fiddler, member of folk group Patrick Street

  Crime and law

• James Kelly , English pirate
• James Kelly, 19th-century American criminal
• James McGirr Kelly, U.S. federal judge
• James Kelly , cleared of attempting to import arms for the IRA in 1970
• James Kelly , English murderer and Jack the Ripper suspect
• Jimmy Kelly , organizer and underworld figure in New York

  Politics

United States

• James Kelly , for the Federalist Party, Pennsylvania, 1805–1809
• James K. Kelly, U.S. senator for Oregon
• James C. Kelly, American politician and farmer from Minnesota
• James W. Kelly Jr., mayor of East Orange, New Jersey
• James H. Kelly, American politician
• James A. Kelly Jr., member of Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate
• James A. Kelly, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 2001–2005
• James B. Kelly III, Pennsylvania politician
• James M. Kelly , Boston City Council member
• James Paul Kelly, American politician, Missouri state senator
• Jim Kelly , member of the Kansas House of Representatives
• James M. Kelly , American politician in Maryland

  Other politics

• James Whyte Kelly, New Zealand politician
• James Kelly, Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• James Kelly , Irish Repeal Association politician
• James Kelly , member of the Scottish Parliament
• James Kelly, MP for the Irish constituency of Limerick City, 1844–1847
• James Francis Kelly, Ontario MPP for Muskoka—Ontario, 1934–1945

  Sports

Association football

• James Kelly , Scottish football player and administrator
• James Kelly , Scottish footballer
• James Kelly , U.S. soccer player
• Jimmy Kelly , English professional footballer
• Jimmy Kelly , Irish international footballer
• Jimmy Kelly , English footballer active in the 1950s and 1960s
• Jimmy Kelly , Scottish footballer active in the 1950s
• Jimmy Kelly, Northern Irish footballer active in England and North America in the 1970s and 1980s
• Jimmy Kelly, English footballer for Manchester United and NASL teams
• Jimmy Kelly, English footballer for Wrexham and Wolverhampton Wanderers
• Jimmy Kelly , Northern Irish footballer

  American football

• Jim Kelly, American football Hall of Fame quarterback
• Jimmy Kelly , American NFL player
• Jim Kelly , American football player
• Jim Kelly, American football player

  Other sports

• Jim Kelly , American
• Jimmy Kelly , Irish hurler
• Jimmy Kelly , Irish hurler
• Jim Kelly , American basketball, football, and track and field coach
• Jim Kelly , wicket-keeper
• Jim Kelly , Wellington representative cricketer in 1951
• Jim Kelly , Northern Irish boxer of the 1920s, '30s and '40s
• Jimmy Kelly , Irish boxer
• James Kelly , Australian rules footballer
• Jim Kelly, American sportscaster
• James Kelly , American basketball player
• Jimmy Kelly, Irish international rugby union player

  Other

• James Kelly , Australian mariner and explorer
• James Kelly , founder of Chicago Tribune
• James Kelly , Anglican bishop of Newfoundland and Scotland
• James Kelly , New Zealand Catholic priest and editor
• James W. Kelly, U.S. Navy admiral
• James Kelly , professor of Irish history
• James M. Kelly , NASA astronaut on Space Shuttle missions
• James Graves Kelly, officer in the British Indian Army
• James Gordon Kelly, professor of psychology
• James Johnson Kelly, Tuskegee Airman
• James P. Kelly, CEO of United Parcel Service, 1997–2001
• Jim Kelly, managing editor of Time magazine