James Allison or Jim Allison may refer to: James Allison (pirate) (fl. 1689-1691), pirate active near Cape Verde and the Bay of Campeche James Allison Jr. (1772–1854), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania James Whidden Allison (1795–1867), Nova Scotia politician James Allison (theatre) (1831–1890), Australian theatre manager James Allison (Assemblyman) (1858–?), Wisconsin politician James Edward Allison (1870–1955), American architect with Allison & Allison James A. Allison (1872–1928), American inventor and businessman James Barnett Allison (1880–1907), Irish rugby union player Jim Allison (American football) (born 1943), American football player James P. Allison (born 1948), American immunologist. Nobel laureate James Allison (motorsport) (born 1968), English engineer