James Roberts
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

James, Jamie, Jim, or Jimmy Roberts may refer to:


Entertainment and journalism

*
James Roberts (printer) James Roberts (Floruit, fl. 1564–1606), was an English printer who printed many important works of Elizabethan literature. F. G. Fleay says that "he seems to have been given to piracy and invasion of copyright". Career Roberts was made free of t ...
(1564–1606), English printer of Elizabethan literature * James Roberts (painter) (1753-ca.1809), English portrait painter *
James C. Roberts James Cleveland Roberts (born August 9, 1946) is the President of the American Studies Center, a non-profit foundation founded in 1978 and currently headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. In 1985, Roberts founded Radio America, a news/talk netw ...
(born 1946), founder of Radio America *
Jimmy Roberts Jimmy Roberts (born 1957) is a sportscaster for NBC Sports. Roberts joined NBC in May 2000 after serving as a sports reporter for almost 12 years at ESPN and ABC Sports, winning Emmy awards throughout his career. Early life and career Roberts gre ...
(born 1957), sports broadcaster for NBC *
Jimmy Roberts (composer) Jimmy Roberts is an American composer for the musical theater as well as a pianist and entertainer. His musical scores include: ''I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'' (1996) and '' The Thing About Men'' (2003), both with book and lyrics by Joe ...
, composer of the musical ''I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'' * Jimmy Roberts (musician), saxophonist and member of rock groups Young and Truck, * Jimmy Roberts (singer) (1924–1999), American singer, featured on the Lawrence Welk Show * Jim Roberts, singer/songwriter/lyricist in 1960s and 1970s, member of Seatrain


Sports


Football and rugby

* James Roberts (footballer, born 1878) (1878–?), Bradford City A.F.C. and Wales international footballer * James Roberts (footballer, born 1891) (1891–?), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer * James Roberts (footballer, born 1996), Oxford United F.C. footballer *
Jamie Roberts Jamie Huw Roberts (born 8 November 1986) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a centre. Beginning in 2005, Roberts played for Cardiff RFC, Cardiff Blues, Racing Métro, Cambridge University, Harlequins, Bath, the S ...
(born 1986), rugby union player * James Roberts (football and futsal) (born 1948), Australian footballer and national futsal coach *
James Roberts (rugby league) James Roberts (born 3 March 1993) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL). Roberts had previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in two s ...
(born 1993), Australian rugby league footballer * Jimmy Roberts (Australian footballer) (1883–1961), Australian rules footballer for Geelong * Jim Roberts (Australian footballer) (1931–2013), Australian rules footballer for Geelong * James Soto Roberts (born 1992), Liberian footballer *
Jim Roberts (rugby union) James Roberts (25 June 1932 – 1 November 2020) was an English international rugby union player. Born in Liverpool, Roberts was educated at Mill Hill School and the University of Cambridge. Roberts played with Old Millhillians, Sale, Middlesex a ...
(1932–2020), English rugby union player


Other sports

* Jim Roberts (baseball) (1895–1984), former MLB player * James Roberts (cricketer) (1864–1911), English cricketer * James Roberts (Liberian athlete) (born 1936), Liberian sprinter *
Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) James Wilfred Roberts (April 9, 1940 – October 23, 2015), known as Jim Roberts or Jimmy Roberts, was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and forward. Early life Roberts was born in Toronto. After playing for future Montreal Canadiens coach Scot ...
(1940–2015), NHL player for Montreal and St. Louis * Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1956), retired NHL player for Minnesota *
James Roberts (British athlete) James Roberts (born 11 May 1986 in Mons, Belgium) is a wheelchair basketball player and Paralympic athlete based in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales. Roberts was born with a disability called femoral dysplasia. He started out in his sporting caree ...
(born 1986), wheelchair basketball player *
James Roberts (swimmer) James Roberts (born 11 April 1991) is an Australian swimmer. He is a two-time medalist at the World Championships (one gold, one silver), and represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career At the 2011 Australian Swimming Championsh ...
(born 1991), Australian swimmer


Government and politics

* James C. Roberts (politician) (1822–1872), American politician and businessman from Pennsylvania * James A. Roberts (1847–1922), American lawyer and politician *
James Roberts (trade unionist) James Roberts (21 February 1878 – 4 February 1967) was a New Zealand trade unionist, politician and was president of the Labour Party from 1937 to 1950. He was called 'Big Jim' and 'the uncrowned King of New Zealand' in recognition of the co ...
(1878–1967), New Zealand trade unionist and member of Legislative Council * James L. Roberts Jr. (born 1945), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi


Other people

*
James Roberts (slave narrative) Rev. James Robinson (March 21, 1753 – March 27, 1868) was an American preacher and soldier. Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland into bondage on March 21, 1753, his enslaver was Francis De Shields. Robinson served under the General Gilbert du M ...
(1753–?), American slave *
James Reynolds Roberts James Reynolds Roberts VC (c. 1826 – 1 August 1859) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. De ...
(1826–1859), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *
Sir James Roberts, 1st Baronet Sir James Roberts (1848–1935) was a Yorkshire industrialist and businessman. He was born at Lane Ends in the parish of Oakworth, Yorkshire on 30 September 1848. He was one of eleven children of a weaver who became a tenant farmer. His parents wer ...
(1848–1935), Yorkshire industrialist and businessman *
J. O. M. Roberts Lieutenant Colonel James Owen Merion Roberts MVO MBE MC (21 September 1916 – 1 November 1997) was one of the greatest Himalayan mountaineer-explorers of the twentieth century; a highly decorated British Army officer who achieved his gre ...
(1916–1997), British mountaineer and explorer * Jim Roberts (architect) (1922–2019), British architect * James E. Roberts (1930–2006), American engineer * Jimmie T. Roberts (1939–2015), founder of The Brethren church group * J. J. M. Roberts (Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts, born 1939), American theologian * James Roberts (Medal of Honor) (1837–?), United States Navy seaman and Medal of Honor recipient {{hndis, Roberts, Jim