James Davis
Encyclopedia
James Davis, Jim Davis, Jimmy Davis, or Jamie Davis may refer to:
In sport
- Jim Davis (baseball)Jim Davis (baseball)James Bennett Davis was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. In 1956, he had the unique distinction of being the first pitcher in forty years to record four strikeouts in a single inning. He threw both a screwball and a knuckler.-References:...
(1924–1995), baseball pitcher - Jim Davis (basketball)Jim Davis (basketball)James W. Davis is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" center from the University of Colorado, Davis played in the National Basketball Association from 1967 to 1975 as a member of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, and Detroit Pistons. He averaged 6.7 points and 5.2...
(born 1941), American basketballer - James Davis (cornerback)James Davis (cornerback)James Steven Davis is a former American football cornerback with the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League. He attended Southern University.-External links:*...
(born 1957), NFL cornerback and safety - James Davis (athlete) (born 1976), American sprinter
- James Davis (linebacker) (born 1979), NFL linebacker
- Jim Davis (gridiron football) (born 1981), American football player
- Jimmy Davis (footballer)Jimmy Davis (footballer)James Roger William "Jimmy" Davis was a footballer who played for Manchester United, Royal Antwerp, Swindon Town and Watford, as well as the England youth teams, who was killed in a car crash on the M40 in Oxfordshire on 9 August 2003, aged 21, when twice over the drink-drive limit.-Career:Davis...
(1982–2003), Manchester United footballer - James Davis (running back)James Davis (running back)-Cleveland Browns:On September 12, Davis was involved in a minor one-car accident and suffered a head injury.He was briefly hospitalized and released a few hours later....
(born 1986), American football halfback - Jumbo DavisJumbo DavisJames J. "Jumbo" Davis , is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, between 1884 and 1891, for the Brooklyn Gladiators, St...
(1861–1921), James J. "Jumbo" Davis, American baseball player
In politics
- James Davis (Australian politician) (c. 1811–1859), politician in Electoral district of AlbertonElectoral district of AlbertonThe electoral district of Alberton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Alberton:...
, Victoria, Australia - James H. Davis (congressman)James H. Davis (congressman)James H. "Cyclone" Davis was a Populist Party organizer and a Democratic Congressman from Texas for one term from 1915–1917.-Early life:...
(1853–1940), United States Representative from Texas - James J. DavisJames J. DavisJames John Davis was an American steel worker and Republican Party politician in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as U.S. Secretary of Labor and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate...
(1873–1947), United States Senator and Secretary of Labor - James C. DavisJames C. DavisJames Curran Davis was a politician from the state of Georgia.Davis was born in Franklin, Georgia. He attended Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia and Emory College in Oxford, Georgia. During World War I, Davis served in the United States Marine Corps...
(1895–1981), United States Representative from Georgia - Jimmie DavisJimmie DavisJames Houston Davis , better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 47th Governor of Louisiana...
(1899–2000), musician and Governor of Louisiana - Jim Davis (Florida politician) (born 1957), United States Representative from Florida
- Jim Davis (North Carolina politician)Jim Davis (North Carolina politician)Jim Davis is a Republican Party member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the Senate's fiftieth district, which includes Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, and Transylvania counties....
(born 1947), North Carolina State Senator - James E. Davis (councilman) (1962–2003), assassinated New York City politician
- Jim Davis (mayor), mayor of Antioch, California
- Jim Davis (Ohio politician), former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- James B. Davis (politician), member of the Texas Senate, District 14Texas Senate, District 14District 14 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Travis county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 14 is Kirk Watson.-2006:-2002:-2000:-1996:-1994:...
from 1863 to 1864
Other
- James B. Davis (musician)James B. Davis (musician)James Bodie Davis was an American gospel music singer and a founder of The Dixie Hummingbirds, one of the longest-lasting and most influential groups in gospel music....
(1917–2007), American musician - James Davis (satirist)James Davis (satirist)James Davis was a Welsh physician and satirist.-Life:Davis was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, and, on 18 February 1723 at the age of sixteen, he matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree on 13 October 1726, advancing to Master of Arts on 9 July 1729...
(c. 1706–1755), Welsh doctor and satirist - James Davis (escaped convict) (1808–1889), aka "Duramboi", escaped convict who lived with Aborigines
- James Davis (VC)James Davis (VC)James Davis VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1835–1893), Scottish Victoria Cross recipient - James J. Davis (Catholic bishop)James J. Davis (Catholic bishop)James J. Davis was a 20th-century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in the state of Iowa from 1906 to 1926.-Early life and ministry:...
(1852–1926), Roman Catholic bishop - James E. Davis (police)James E. Davis (police)James Edgar Davis was Chief of Police of the City of Los Angeles Police Department from 1926–1931 and from 1933-1939. During his first term as Police Chief, Davis emphasized firearms training. Under Davis, the L.A.P.D. developed its lasting reputation as an organization that relied on brute force...
(1889–1949), Los Angeles Chief of Police - James Peter DavisJames Peter DavisJames Peter Davis was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of San Juan and Archbishop of Santa Fe .-Biography:...
(1904–1988), American Roman Catholic Archbishop - Jim Davis (actor)Jim Davis (actor)Jim Davis was an American actor, best known for his role as Jock Ewing in the CBS prime-time soap Dallas, a role which he held up until his death in April 1981.-Biography:...
(1909–1981), American actor - James A. DavisJames A. Davis'James A. Davis' is a distinguished American sociologist who is best known as a pioneer in the application of quantitative statistical methods to social science research and teaching...
(born 1929), sociologist - James B. Davis (general)James B. Davis (general)General James Burr Davis was a U.S. Air Force general and was chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium.-Early life and qualifications:...
(born 1935), U.S. Air Force general - Jim Davis (cartoonist)Jim Davis (cartoonist)James Robert Davis is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic strip Garfield, which he signs as Jim Davis. He has also worked on other strips: Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, U.S. Acres and a strip about Mr...
(born 1945), creator of the Garfield comic strip - Jamie DavisJamie DavisFor the American singer of the same name, see Jamie Davis .Jamie Davis is an English actor. He is known for playing Harley Lawson in Footballers' Wives and its spin-off, Footballers' Wives: Extra Time, Leon Taylor in Hex and Alex Partridge in "Candy Cabs".-Biography:Davis was born and brought up...
(born 1981), English actor - James Levert DavisJames Levert DavisJames Levert Davis is the 123rd elected and consecrated bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was elected to the office of bishop at the 47th General Conference of the AME Church in 2004...
, African Methodist Episcopal bishop - James Davis (musician)James Davis (musician)James Davis is the British house and techno music producer and DJ born in Portsmouth, England. As well as a solo artist James is also one half of the act Grafiti.- Biography :...
, British music producer and DJ - James M. DavisJames M. DavisJames M. Davis is the former chief financial officer of Stanford Financial Group. On 27 August 2009 he pled guilty to charges of fraud and obstruction of Justice in relation to a $7 billion investment fraud Ponzi scheme allegedly run by the company....
(born about 1948), former chief financial officer of Stanford Financial Group - Jim Davis (business)Jim Davis (business)Jim Davis is the Chairman of New Balance and a co-founder of Major League Lacrosse.-Biography:James S. Davis was born in 1943. He attended the Worcester Academy, and he received a Bachelor of Science in biology and chemistry from Middlebury College in 1966...
, Chairman of New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. and founder of Major League Lacrosse - Jim Limber Davis, mulatto boy who was briefly a ward of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America
- James Davis (mariner)James Davis (mariner)James Davis was an English ship captain and author. He was part of the group of the proprietary Virginia Company of Plymouth which established the short-lived Popham Colony near present-day Phippsburg, Maine in August of 1607...
(1575–c. 1620), English ship captain and author - James Davis (critic) (1853- 1907), pen-name Owen Hall, Irish-born theatre writer and theatre critic
- Jimmy Davis (songwriter), co-writer of the song "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"
Other
- USS James L. Davis (1861)USS James L. Davis (1861)USS James L. Davis was a bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries....
(1861), sailing bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War