James West
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James West or Jim West may refer to:
- James West (Australian journalist)James West (Australian journalist)James West is an Australian journalist, and author. He lives in Sydney, Australia.He was born in Sydney and attended high school at Barker College, an independent school in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney and New York University...
(born 1982), Australian journalist and author - James West (antiquary)James West (antiquary)James West FRS was a British politician and antiquary, who served as President of the Royal Society between 1768 and 1772....
(1703–1772), English politician and antiquary; president of the Royal Society - James E. West (politician)James E. West (politician)James Elton "Jim" West was an American politician. In 2005, while Mayor of Spokane, Washington, he was the target of allegations of the sexual abuse of boys twenty years earlier. These allegations became public after West became a target of a sting operation conducted by his hometown newspaper,...
(1951–2006), American politician; recalled former mayor of Spokane, Washington - James E. West (Scouting)James E. West (Scouting)Dr. James E. West was a lawyer and an advocate of children's rights, who became the first professional Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America , serving from 1911–1943. Upon his retirement from the BSA, West was given the title of Chief Scout.-Personal life:His father died around the...
(1876–1948), first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) - James Grey WestJames Grey WestSir James Grey West OBE was a British architect. Born and trained in Cardiff, Wales, West joined the government Office of Works in 1904, eventually succeeding Sir Richard Allison as chief architect in 1934....
(1881–1951), British architect - James West (football manager)James West (football manager)James West was the second full-time secretary and de facto manager of football club Newton Heath, the precursor to Manchester United; the term "manager" was not in common usage at the club until the arrival of Jack Robson in 1914.) West oversaw Newton Heath's financial collapse and near bankruptcy,...
, British football manager - James West (Canadian football) (born 1957), Canadian former football player
- James Marion West, Sr. (1871–1941), Houston, Texas businessman and political figure
- James Marion West, Jr. (1903–1957), his son, Houston businessman
- James R. WestJames R. WestJames R. West has been professor of trumpet at the Louisiana State University School of Music in Baton Rouge, Louisiana since 1978. Well-known as an educator and active in the International Trumpet Guild, he is a writer for the International Trumpet Guild Journal and is principal trumpet of the...
, American trumpet player and teacher - James Edward Maceo WestJames Edward Maceo WestJames Edward Maceo West is an American inventor and acoustician. Along with Gerhard Sessler, West developed the foil electret microphone in 1962...
(born 1931), American co-inventor of the microphone - James T. West, a fictional character on the television series The Wild Wild WestThe Wild Wild WestThe Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969....
and the motion picture Wild Wild West - Jim West (biblical scholar and biblioblogger)Jim West (biblical scholar and biblioblogger)Jim West or James E. West is a biblical scholar and biblioblogger. He is an adjunct professor at the Quartz Hill School of Theology, California. He holds a Doctorate of Theology from the unaccredited Andersonville Theological Seminary of Camilla, Georgia...
(born 1960) - Jim West (guitarist)Jim West (guitarist)James "Jim" "Kimo" West is a guitarist best known for working with the singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic. West auditioned for Yankovic, after being introduced by Steve Jay, and the two have worked together ever since...
(born 1953), American guitarist, film and TV composer - Jim West (footballer)Jim West (footballer)Jim West is a former Australian rules footballer, playing with the Sydney Swans from 1990 to 1992.Recruited from Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League , West never really establishing himself in the lineup, only managing 37 games .The highlight of his career came...
Australian former footballer (born 1966) - James West (baseball), American baseball player
- James West (musician), drummer for the band GhostwoodGhostwood (band)Ghostwood are an Alternative-Indie band formed in Sydney, Australia in 2006. They quickly established themselves on the Sydney indie scene, and signed to Modular Recordings for 1 EP in late 2006....