Jim (given name)
Jim is a masculine given name. It is often short for James, Jimena, or Jimmy.
People
- Jim Abbott, American baseball player
- Jim Acosta, American journalist
- Jim Adkins, American rock musician, lead guitarist and vocalist of band Jimmy Eat World
- Jameel "Jim" Al-Khalili, British physicist and author
- Jim Bacchus, American politician
- Jim Backus, American actor
- Jim Baker, American explorer
- Jim Bakker, American televangelist
- Jim Balsillie, Canadian businessman
- Jim Banks, American politician
- Jim Belushi, American actor
- Jim Bennett, British museum curator and historian of science
- Jim Betts, American politician
- Jim Betts, American gridiron football player, university administrator, and business executive
- Jim Black, American jazz musician
- Jim Boeheim, American basketball coach
- Jim Bolger, New Zealand politician
- Jim Bottomley, American baseball player
- Jim Bouton, American baseball player
- Jim Bowen, English comedian and television personality
- Jim Breuer, American comedian
- Jim Breyer, American venture capitalist
- Jim Brickman, American composer and recording artist
- Jim Bridger, American explorer
- Jim Bridwell, American rock climber
- Jim Broadbent, English actor
- Jim Brown, multiple people
- Jim Browne, American basketball player
- Jim Browne (American football), American football player
- Jim Browning, multiple people
- Jim J. Bullock, American actor
- Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
- Jim Burwell, one of the Alcoholics Anonymous founding members
- Jim Buss, American basketball executive
- Jim Butcher, American author
- Jim Caldwell, multiple people
- Jim Campbell, multiple people
- Jim Cantore, American meteorologist and on-air TV personality
- Jim Capaldi, English musician and songwriter
- Jim Caple, American sportswriter
- Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor
- Jim Carroll, American poet and author
- Jim Carter, English actor
- Jim Caviezel, American actor
- Jim Chapman, multiple people
- Jim Clancy, multiple people
- Jim Clark, British racing driver
- * Jim Clark (criminal), American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw
- * Jim Clark (film editor), British film editor and director
- * Jim Clark (Australian politician), Australian politician
- * Jim Clark (sheriff), American sheriff
- Jim Clyburn, American politician
- Jim Coffeen, American football player
- Jim Conroy, American voice actor
- Jim Cooper, American politician
- Jim Cornette, American professional wrestling personality
- Jim Corr, Irish musician
- Jim Costa, American politician
- Jim Courier, American tennis player
- Jim Cramer, American TV personality
- Jim Crane, American businessman
- Jim Crawford, multiple people
- Jim Croce, American folk and rock singer-songwriter
- Jim Cummings, American voice actor
- Jim D'Arcy, British socialist
- Jim D'Arcy, Irish politician
- Jim Dale, British actor, singer, songwriter
- Jim Davidson, British stand-up comedian
- Jim Davis, American cartoonist
- Jim DeMint, American politician
- Jim Devine, British politician
- Jim Dowd, British politician
- Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
- Jim Downey, American humorist
- Jim Doyle, multiple people
- Jim Bob Duggar, American television personality
- Jim Eastwood, Northern Irish businessman
- Jim Ellis, multiple people
- Jim Evans, American painter
- Jim Everett, American football player
- Jim Farley, American business executive
- Jim Fassel, American football player and coach
- Jim Florentine, American comedian
- Jim Fitzgerald, American businessman and professional sports owner
- Jim Fitzpatrick, multiple people
- Jim Folsom, American politician
- * Jim Folsom Jr., American politician, son of the above
- Jim Forbes, Australian politician
- Jim Foster, multiple people
- Jim French, multiple people
- Jim Furyk, American golfer
- Jim Gaffigan, American comedian
- Jim Garrison, American district attorney
- Jim Gibbons, multiple people
- Jim Gilliam, American baseball player
- Jim Gordon, American musician
- Jim Grabb, American tennis player
- Jim Gray, American sportscaster
- Jim Gray, American computer scientist and Turing Award recipient
- Jim Gray, American politician
- Jim Gray, American jurist, writer and politician
- Jim Inhofe, American politician
- Jim Haadsma, American politician
- Jim Hagedorn, American politician
- Jim Hall, multiple people
- Jim Hanks, American actor
- Jim Hanratty, British murderer
- Jim Harbaugh, American football coach
- Jim Harris, multiple people
- Jim Harrison, American poet, novelist, and essayist
- Jim Hart, multiple people
- Jim Haslam, American businessman
- Jim Heath, American football and baseball coach
- Jim Hellwig, American professional wrestler better known as The Ultimate Warrior
- Jim Henry, multiple people
- Jim Henson, American film director and puppeteer
- Jim Higgins, multiple people
- Jim Hill, multiple people
- Jim Himes, American businessman and politician
- Jim Hodder, American drummer
- Jim Hodder, Canadian politician
- Jim Hogan, multiple people
- Jim Hogg, American lawyer and statesman
- Jim Hooks, American football player
- Jim Hopper, multiple people
- Jim Hunt, American politician
- Jim Hutton, American actor
- Jim Irsay, American football executive and owner
- Jim Jackson, multiple people
- Jim James, American vocalist, guitarist, producer and songwriter
- Jim Jarmusch, American film director and screenwriter
- Jim Jefferies, Australian stand-up comedian
- Jim Jeffords, American politician
- Jim Jinkins, American animator
- Jim Johnson, multiple people
- Jim Jones, American religious cult leader
- Jim Jones, American rapper
- Jim Jonsin, American record producer
- Jim Jordan, multiple people
- Jim Justice, American politician
- Jim Kaat, American baseball player and analyst
- Jim Kelly, multiple people
- Jim Keltner, American drummer
- Jim Kerr, Scottish singer
- Jim Yong Kim, American physician
- Jim Lang, American composer
- Jim Lauderdale, American musician
- Jim Lea, British musician
- Jim Leavy, Irish gunfighter in the American Old West
- Jim Lee, Korean-American comic book artist, writer, and editor
- Jim Lehrer, American journalist and writer
- Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer
- Jim LeMaster, American politician
- Jim Letherer, American civil-rights activist
- Jim Lonborg, American baseball player
- Jim Lovell, American astronaut
- Jim Marshall, multiple people
- Jim Mattis, American retired general
- Jim McClarin, American politician
- Jim McGovern, American politician
- Jim McKay, American television sports journalist
- Jim McMahon, American football player
- Jim Melchert, American visual artist
- Jim Melenchuk, Canadian politician
- Jim Messina, American musician
- Jim Messina, American political advisor
- Jim Miller, multiple people
- Jim Miller, American mixed martial artist
- Jim Mitchell, multiple people
- Jim Moore, multiple people
- Jim Moran, American politician
- Jim Morrison, American poet and singer of The Doors
- Jim Nabors, American actor
- Jim Nantz, American sportscaster
- Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler
- Jim Nelson, multiple people
- Jim Norton, American comedian, radio personality, actor, author, and podcast host
- Jim Norton, multiple people
- Jim Obergefell, American civil rights activist
- Jim Otto, American football player
- Jim Palmer, American baseball player and analyst
- Jim Parrack, American actor
- Jim Parsons, American actor
- Jim Pattison, Canadian businessman
- Jim Peebles, Canadian-American astrophysicist and cosmologist
- Jim Peterik, American musician and songwriter
- Jim Piddock, British actor
- Jim Plunkett, American football player
- Jim Price, multiple people
- Jim Ramey, American gridiron football player
- Jim Redmond, Trinidadian-British engineer
- Jim Ratcliffe, British engineer and businessman
- Jim Reeves, American singer and songwriter
- Jim Rice, American baseball player
- Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician
- Jim Rogers, American businessman and writer
- Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur
- Jim Rome, American broadcaster
- Jim Ross, American professional wrestling commentator
- Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter and commentator
- Jim Roth, multiple people
- Jim Ryan, multiple people
- Jim Ryun, American politician and track athlete
- Jim Schwartz, American football coach
- Jim Scott, multiple people
- Jim Sensenbrenner, American politician
- Jim Sheridan, Irish film director
- Jim Shooter, American comic book writer
- Jim Simons, American mathematician and billionaire
- Jim Simpson, multiple people
- Jim Smith, multiple people
- Jim Starlin, American comics artist and writer
- Jim Stevenson, multiple people
- Jim Stewart, multiple people
- Jim Stynes, Australian rules footballer
- Jim Sturgess, English actor
- Jim Taylor, multiple people
- Jim Threapleton, British painter and film director
- Jim Thome, American baseball player
- Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter
- Jim Thompson, American fashion designer
- Jim Thorpe, American athlete
- Jim Tressel, American politician and football coach
- Jim Guy Tucker, American politician
- Jim Turner, multiple people
- Jim Vallance, Canadian musical artist
- Jim Varney, American actor
- Jim Walden, American lawyer
- Jim Wallhead, English mixed martial arts fighter
- Jim Walsh, multiple people
- Jim Walton, American businessman
- Jim Warren, multiple people
- Jim Watson, Canadian politician and the 59th mayor of Ottawa
- Jim Wetherbee, American astronaut, aviator and engineer
- Jim Webb, American politician, military officer and author
- Jim Wiggins, English actor
- Jim Williams, multiple people
- Jim Williamson, multiple people
- Jim Wilson, multiple people
- Jim Wise, American actor
- Jim Wiseman, Canadian politician
- Jim Wright, American politician
- Jim Wynorski, American film director
- Jim Yardley, American journalist
- Jim Yeadon, American activist and politician
- Jim Yeats, American football player
- Jim Yester, American musician
- Jim Youel, American football player
- Jim Young, Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
- Jim Young, American football player and coach
- Jim Younger, American outlaw
- Jim Youngs, American actor
- Jim Zapp, American baseball player
- Jim Zebrowski, American football coach
- Jim Zeigler, American politician
- Jim Ziolkowski, American businessman
- Jim Zockoll, American businessman within franchising
- Jim Zoet, Canadian basketball player
- Jim Zorn, American football player and coach
- Jim Zub, Canadian comic book writer
- Jim Zulevic, American actor
- Jim Zumbo, American firearms and hunting commentator and writer
Fictional characters
- Jimmy and Jim, the main character in the movie 28 Days Later
- Jim, one of The Blues in Angry Birds
- Jim, a character in 1990 American fantasy romance movie Edward Scissorhands
- Jim, one of two major characters in the classic novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Jim Bell, a character in the British sitcom Friday Night Dinner
- Jim Crow, a Blackface minstrel character created by white minstrel show performer Thomas D. Rice
- Jim Corrigan, a character in numerous comic books published by DC Comics.
- Big Jim, a supporting character in the comic book series Dog Man
- Jim Block, a character in the American film Final Destination 5
- Jim Bergerac, a main character from the British crime drama television series, Bergerac
- Jim Brockmire, a main character from the American sitcom, Brockmire
- Jim Wilson, a character in Marvel comics
- Jim Halpert, a character in the American version of the television sitcom The Office
- Dr. Jim Hansen, a character in the American television series Providence
- Jim Hawkins, the protagonist in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island
- Jim Hopper, a character in the television series Stranger Things
- Jim Robinson, a character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Jim Lahey, a trailer park supervisor on Trailer Park Boys
- Jim Ellison, character from The Sentinel
- Jim Lake Jr., the protagonist in Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
- Jim Levenstein, a main character in the American Pie film series
- Jim Medina, a character in Soy Luna
- Jim Raynor, a character in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
- Jim Rockford, a character on the television series The Rockford Files
- Jim Phelps, a character from the American multimedia franchise, Mission: Impossible
- Jim Morita, a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
- Jim Ignatowski, a character in the 1970s television series Taxi
- Jim Robinson, character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Jim Taggart, a main character from the Scottish detective fiction television program, Taggart
- Jim Taggart, a main character from the American science fiction television series, Eureka
- Jim Clancy, a character from Ghost Whisperer
- Jim Chapman, a playable character from the video game, Resident Evil Outbreak
- Jim Walsh, a character in Beverly Hills, 90210
- Sheriff Jim Valenti, a main character from the American science fiction television series, Roswell
- James Donovan Halliday, a character in the novel Ready Player One
- Earthworm Jim, the titular character in the Earthworm Jim franchise