# James Davis

James, Jim, or Jimmy Davis may refer to:

## Entertainment

* J. Gunnis Davis (1873–1937), actor and director, whose directorial work was credited as James Davis
* Jim Davis (actor) (1909–1981), American actor
* Jim Davis (cartoonist) (born 1945), creator of the Garfield comic strip
* James B. Davis (musician) (1917–2007), American musician
* James "Thunderbird" Davis (1938–1992), American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
* Jimmy Davis (songwriter) (1915–1997), co-writer of the song "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"
* Jimmy Davis (Memphis singer), singer-songwriter for 1980s rock band Jimmy Davis & Junction
* James Davis (critic) (1853–1907), pen-name Owen Hall, Irish-born theatre writer and theatre critic
* James Davis (satirist) (c. 1706–1755), Welsh doctor and satirist
* James G. Davis, American artist
* Jim Davis (radio presenter), British radio presenter

## Sports
### American football

* James Davis (cornerback) (born 1957), NFL cornerback and safety
* James Davis (linebacker) (born 1979), NFL linebacker
* Jim Davis (gridiron football) (born 1981), American football player
* James Davis (running back) (born 1986), American football halfback

### Baseball

* Jumbo Davis (James J. Davis, 1861–1921), American baseball player
* Jim Davis (pitcher) (1924–1995), baseball pitcher
* Jim Davis (third baseman) (fl. 1945), American baseball player

### Other sports

* James Davis (Surrey cricketer) (fl. 1840s), English cricketer
* James Davis (Kent cricketer) (died 1870), English cricketer
* Jim Davis (rugby league) (1887–1934), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s
* Jim Davis (basketball player) (1941–2018), American basketball player
* Jim Davis (basketball coach) (born 1946), American college basketball coach
* James Davis (sprinter) (born 1976), American sprinter
* James Davis (runner), middle-distance runner, 1938 mile run All-American for the North Carolina Tar Heels track and field team
* Jimmy Davis (footballer) (1982–2003), Manchester United footballer
* James Davis (fencer) (born 1991), British fencer
* James Davis (footballer, born 1995), Equatoguinean footballer

## Politics

* James Davis (printer) (1721–1785), first postmaster of North Carolina
* James Davis (Australian politician) (c. 1811–1859), politician in Alberton, Victoria, Australia
* James Davis (Iowa politician) (1826–1897), Iowa state senator
* James H. Davis (congressman) (1853–1940), United States Representative from Texas
* James J. Davis (1873–1947), United States Senator from Pennsylvania and Secretary of Labor
* James C. Davis (1895–1981), United States Representative from Georgia
* Jimmie Davis (1899–2000), musician and Governor of Louisiana
* Jim Davis (Florida politician) (born 1957), United States Representative from Florida
* Jim Davis (Indiana politician) (1928–2012), Indiana state representative
* Jim Davis (North Carolina politician) (born 1947), North Carolina state senator
* James E. Davis (New York politician) (1962–2003), assassinated New York City politician
* Jim Davis (Ohio politician) (1935–2011), Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives

## Religion

* James J. Davis (bishop) (1852–1926), Roman Catholic bishop
* James Peter Davis (1904–1988), American Roman Catholic archbishop
* James Levert Davis, African Methodist Episcopal bishop

## Law

* James Z. Davis (1943–2016), judge on the Utah Court of Appeals
* James Edward Davis (1817–1887), barrister, magistrate and author
* James E. Davis (Los Angeles police officer) (1889–1949), Los Angeles Chief of Police

## Business

* Jim Davis (businessman) (born 1943), Chairman of New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. and founder of Major League Lacrosse
* James M. Davis (born 1948), former chief financial officer of Stanford Financial Group who pled guilty for his role in a US$7 billion Ponzi scheme

## Other

* James Davis (VC) (1835–1893), Scottish Victoria Cross recipient
* James Davis (escaped convict) (1808–1889), aka "Duramboi", escaped convict who lived with Aborigines
* James A. Davis (1929–2016), sociologist
* James B. Davis (general) (born 1935), U.S. Air Force general
* Jim Limber Davis, mulatto boy who was briefly a ward of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America
* James Davis (mariner) (1575–c. 1620), English ship captain and author
* James William Davis, British naturalist
* James Davis (musical group), musical group signed to Motown

## Other uses

* USS James L. Davis (1861) (1861), sailing bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War