Sunny Jim may refer to:

Advertising mascots

  • a cartoon character created to promote Force cereal
  • Sunny Jim (peanut butter)

Nickname

<!--From shortly after the time of its use in advertising, the term gained general currency for cheerful man, and was particularly applied as a nickname to individuals named James, such as UK Prime Minister James Callaghan. Often with the spelling Sonny Jim, it was used as familiar term of address in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.-->

  • Jim Bottomley (1900–1959), American baseball player.
  • James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1976-1979
  • Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons (1874–1966), thoroughbred horse trainer
  • James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish writer
  • James Mackay (cricketer) (1880–1953), Australian cricketer
  • James Rolph (1869–1934), American politician.
  • James S. Sherman (1855-1912), Vice-President of the United States
  • James Young (footballer, born 1882) of Celtic FC (1882–1922)
  • Alexander Vandegrift, 18th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps<!--, a nickname given to him by his mentor Smedley J. Butler-->

Other uses

  • Sunny Jim's Sea Cave in La Jolla, California
  • A character in the David Lynch film The Elephant Man
  • A character in the 2017 David Lynch television series Twin Peaks
  • A character in the 1968 film Coogan's Bluff
  • A character in Lobo web series.
  • Sonny Crockett of Miami Vice has a legal first name of James, and is frequently and even officially referred to as "Sonny James Crockett".