James, Jimmy or Jim Kelly may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • James E. Kelly (artist) (1855–1933), American sculptor and illustrator
  • James F. Kelly, American actor
  • James Kelly (artist) (1913–2003), American painter
  • James Martin Kelly (born 1954), American actor and writer
  • James Patrick Kelly (born 1951), American writer
  • Jim Kelly (martial artist) (1946–2013), karate champion and film actor
  • Jim Kelly (author) (born 1957), British crime writer and journalist
  • Jimmy Kelly (singer) (born 1971), Irish-American singer and musician
  • James Kelly, member of Irish metal group Altar of Plagues
  • James Kelly (fiddler) (born 1957), Irish fiddler, member of folk group Patrick Street

Crime and law

  • James Kelly (pirate) (died 1701), English pirate
  • James Kelly (crimper), 19th-century American criminal
  • James McGirr Kelly (1928–2005), U.S. federal judge
  • James Kelly (Irish Army officer) (1929–2003), cleared of attempting to import arms for the IRA in 1970
  • James Kelly (murderer) (1860–1929), English murderer and Jack the Ripper suspect
  • Jimmy Kelly (saloon keeper) (fl. 1900–1914), organizer and underworld figure in New York

Politics

United States

  • James Kelly (U.S. representative) (1760–1819), for the Federalist Party, Pennsylvania, 1805–1809
  • James K. Kelly (1819–1903), U.S. senator for Oregon (1871–1877)
  • James C. Kelly (1857-1947), American politician and farmer from Minnesota
  • James W. Kelly Jr. (1908–1990), mayor of East Orange, New Jersey
  • James H. Kelly (1919–1984), American politician
  • James A. Kelly Jr. (1926–2013), member of Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate
  • James A. Kelly (born 1936), Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 2001–2005
  • James B. Kelly III (born 1941), Pennsylvania politician
  • James M. Kelly (Boston politician) (1940–2007), Boston City Council member
  • James Paul Kelly (1911–1972), American politician, Missouri state senator
  • Jim Kelly (Kansas politician) (born 1947), member of the Kansas House of Representatives
  • James M. Kelly (Maryland politician) (born 1960), American politician in Maryland

Other politics

  • James Whyte Kelly (1855–1938), New Zealand politician
  • James Kelly (Fianna Fáil politician), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
  • James Kelly (Repeal Association politician) (1808–1875), Irish Repeal Association politician
  • James Kelly (Scottish politician) (born 1963), 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 (footballer, born 1865) (1865–1932), Scottish football player (Renton FC, Celtic FC, national team) and administrator
  • James Kelly (Lincoln City footballer) (fl. 1892–93), Scottish footballer (Lincoln City FC)
  • James Kelly (American soccer) (c. 1920s), U.S. soccer player
  • Jimmy Kelly (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1984), English professional footballer
  • Jimmy Kelly (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1970), Irish international footballer
  • Jimmy Kelly (footballer, born 1931) (1931–2003), English footballer active in the 1950s and 1960s
  • Jimmy Kelly (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2020), Scottish footballer active in the 1950s
  • Jimmy Kelly (footballer, born 1954), Northern Irish footballer active in England and North America in the 1970s and 1980s
  • Jimmy Kelly (footballer, born 1957), English footballer for Manchester United and NASL teams
  • Jimmy Kelly (footballer, born 1973), English footballer for Wrexham and Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Jimmy Kelly (Northern Ireland footballer) (fl. 1920s), Northern Irish footballer

American football

  • Jim Kelly (born 1960), American football Hall of Fame quarterback
  • Jimmy Kelly (American football) (1892–1964), American NFL player
  • Jim Kelly (tight end, born 1942) (1942–2022), American football player
  • Jim Kelly (tight end, born 1951), American football player

Other sports

  • Jim Kelly (baseball) (1884–1961), American
  • Jimmy Kelly (Mooncoin hurler) (1884–1966), Irish hurler
  • Jimmy Kelly (Carrickshock hurler) (1916–1985), Irish hurler
  • Jim Kelly (coach) (1893–1972), American basketball, football, and track and field coach
  • Jim Kelly (Australian cricketer) (1867–1938), wicket-keeper
  • Jim Kelly (New Zealand cricketer) (1928–1995), Wellington representative cricketer in 1951
  • Jim Kelly (boxer) (1912–?), Northern Irish boxer of the 1920s, '30s and '40s
  • Jimmy Kelly (boxer) (born 1992), Irish boxer
  • James Kelly (Australian footballer) (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
  • Jim Kelly (sportscaster), American sportscaster
  • James Kelly (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player
  • Jimmy Kelly (rugby union), Irish international rugby union player

Other

  • James Kelly (Australian explorer) (1791–1859), Australian mariner and explorer
  • James Kelly (journalist) (1809–1895), founder of Chicago Tribune
  • James Kelly (bishop) (1832–1907), Anglican bishop of Newfoundland and Scotland
  • James Kelly (priest) (1877–1939), New Zealand Catholic priest and editor
  • James W. Kelly (1913–1989), U.S. Navy admiral
  • James Kelly (historian) (born 1959), professor of Irish history
  • James M. Kelly (astronaut) (born 1964), NASA astronaut on Space Shuttle missions
  • James Graves Kelly (1843–1923), officer in the British Indian Army
  • James Gordon Kelly (1929–2020), professor of psychology
  • James Johnson Kelly (1928–2018), Tuskegee Airman
  • James P. Kelly, CEO of United Parcel Service, 1997–2001
  • Jim Kelly, managing editor of Time magazine (2001–2005)

See also

  • James Kelley (disambiguation)
  • James Edward Kelly (disambiguation)
  • James Fitzmaurice-Kelly (1858–1923), British writer on Spanish literature
  • Jim Kelly Peak, a mountain in British Columbia, Canada