Jim Wilson
Encyclopedia
Sports
- James B. Wilson (1896–1986), American football player and coach
- Jim Wilson (first baseman)Jim Wilson (first baseman)- External links :*...
(born 1960), American Major League Baseball player - Jim Wilson (pitcher)Jim Wilson (pitcher)James Alger Wilson , was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1945-1958. He would play for the Boston Red Sox, St...
(1922–1986), American pitcher in Major League Baseball, 1945–1958 - Jim Wilson (soccer), Canadian international soccer player
- Jim Wilson (wrestler) (1942–2009), American football player, professional wrestler
- Jimmie WilsonJimmie WilsonJames Wilson , nicknamed "Ace," was an American professional athlete in soccer and baseball.He began his professional sports career as a soccer outside right in the National Association Football League and American Soccer League before becoming a catcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball...
(1900–1947), American baseball player and manager and professional soccer player - Jimmy Wilson (footballer born 1924)Jimmy Wilson (footballer born 1924)James Thompson Wilson was an English footballer. He was capable of playing as either a half back or a forward....
(1924–1987), English footballer - Jimmy Wilson (footballer born 1942)Jimmy Wilson (footballer born 1942)Jimmy Wilson is a Scottish former football player and manager, who played for Newcastle United, Greenock Morton, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Dundee and Falkirk. He later became player–manager of Elgin City, while they were a Highland Football League club.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
, Scottish footballer - Jimmy Wilson (American football)Jimmy Wilson (American football)Jimmy Wilson is an American football cornerback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Montana. He started the preseason with #35 and picked up #25 with the departure of...
(born 1986), American football cornerback
Politicians
- Jim Wilson (Canadian politician) (born 1963), politician in Ontario, Canada
- Jim Wilson (Oklahoma politician)Jim Wilson (Oklahoma politician)Jim Wilson is an Oklahoma Senator from District 3, which includes Adair, Cherokee and Sequoyah counties, since 2004. He earlier was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2000 through 2004. He ran unsuccessfully against Democrat Incumbent US Rep. Dan Boren in Oklahoma's 2nd...
(born 1947), Oklahoma state senator - Jim Wilson (UK politician)Jim Wilson (UK politician)Jim Wilson is a Northern Irish politician.Born in County Antrim, Wilson attended Belfast College of Technology before becoming a marine engineer. He was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1975 for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, and joined the Ulster Unionist Party the following...
(born 1941), former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly - Jim Wilson (Los Angeles)Jim Wilson (Los Angeles)Jim Wilson was a pioneer banker and businessman of the San Fernando Valley who was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1933 to 1941....
(1872–1956), banker and City Council member - Jimmy Wilson (1931–1986), Louisiana politician
Entertainment
- Jim Wilson (comics)Jim Wilson (comics)Jim Wilson is a fictional comic book character. A supporting character appearing in Marvel Comics, Wilson was a longtime friend of Bruce Banner and Rick Jones. In Incredible Hulk #388 , it was revealed that Wilson was HIV-positive...
, fictional character, friend of the Incredible Hulk and Rick Jones who later dies of AIDS - Jim Wilson (guitar player)Jim Wilson (guitar player)Jim Wilson is an American guitarist in the band Mother Superior, and previously in the Rollins Band. He is a professional musician known for his soulful vocals and powerful blues-rock guitar work. He also plays guitar and bass with Daniel Lanois...
, guitar player for rock band Mother Superior and former guitar player for the Rollins Band - Jim Wilson (producer)Jim Wilson (producer)Jim Wilson is a film producer. He won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1990 for Dances with Wolves, which he shared with fellow producer Kevin Costner.-Producing:...
, American movie producer
Other
- Jimmy Wilson (handyman)Jimmy Wilson (handyman)Jimmy Wilson, born in 1903 or 1904, was an African-American handyman who was convicted of robbery and sentenced to death by an all-White jury in a Marion, Alabama court in 1958 for stealing $1.95 from a White American woman, Esteele Barker. According to the Des Moines Register, "a court official...
, African-American handyman who was convicted of robbery and sentenced to death for stealing $1.95