* Jim Pepper ( 1941 – 1992 ), Muscogee-Kaw jazz musician

* Jim Pepper, the U. S. jazz saxophonist, singer, and composer was of both Kaw and Creek ancestry

Native American jazz sax player Jim Pepper was born in Salem in 1941 and lived for two years at Chemawa Indian School, where his mother and father were employed.

The show gave a stage to nightclub and working men's club comedians of the era, including Russ Abbot, Lennie Bennett, Stan Boardman, Jim Bowen, Jimmy Bright, Duggie Brown, Mike Burton, Dave Butler, Brian Carroll, Frank Carson, Jimmy Cricket, Colin Crompton, Charlie Daze, Vince Earl, Steve Faye, Eddie Flanagan, Stu Francis, Ken Goodwin, Jackie Hamilton, Jerry Harris, George King, Bobby Knutt, Bernard Manning, Paul Melba, Mick Miller, Tom O ' Connor, Tom Pepper, Bryn Phillips, Mike Reid, Mike McCabe, George Roper, Harry Scott, Sammy Thomas, Johnny Wager, Roy Walker, Charlie Williams, Lee Wilson and Lenny Windsor.

Jim Pepper, who came from a Kaw and Creek family, used a peyote song he learned from his grandfather as the basis for " Witchi Tai To ", which has since gone on to become a jazz and pop standard.

Announcer Jim Ross apologized immediately for the stunt, and confirmed on air that Pepper had been removed from the box before the match.

* Remembering the Moment with David Friesen, Eddie Moore, Jim Pepper & Julian Priester ( Soul Note, 1987 )

* Art of the Duo with Jim Pepper ( Tutu, 1989 )

* Quadrologue at Utopia featuring Jim Pepper ( Tutu, 1989 )

* More Git ' Go at Utopia featuring Jim Pepper ( Tutu, 1989 )

From the early 1980s he led a trio featuring guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano, occasionally joined by bassists Ed Schuller, Charlie Haden or Marc Johnson, and other musicians, including Jim Pepper, Lee Konitz, Dewey Redman and Geri Allen.

With David Friesen, Eddie Moore, Jim Pepper, and Mal Waldron

Working from sketches by Jim Henson, Michael K. Frith and Bonnie Erickson, he also built Animal, Floyd Pepper, and Zoot, the latter becoming his first major character.

He then moved to New York and spent two years freelancing with a number of notable musicians, including Jim Hall, Phil Woods, Art Farmer, Gary Burton, Art Pepper, John Scofield, Bob Brookmeyer and Toots Thielmans.

Pepper was a member of the short-lived band Everything Is Everything with Chris Hills, Lee Reinoehl, Chip Baker, John Waller and Jim Zitro.

Jim Pepper died in 1992, of lymphoma.

In 1998, composer Gunther Schuller arranged, conducted and recorded The Music of Jim Pepper for symphony orchestra and jazz band.

* NEW Comprehensive Jim Pepper Discography

* Jim Pepper Lives!

* Jim Pepper Tribute at Portland, Oregon Jazz Festival ( Feb. 2005 )

*" Jazz and The Politics of Identity: The Legacy of Jim Pepper " ( In Motion Magazine )

*" Jim Pepper: The Man Who Never Sleeps " ( In Motion Magazine )

* Oregon State Legislature Joint Resolution 31, passed 20 May 2005 in honor of Jim Pepper

James R. " Jim " Jarmusch (; born January 22, 1953 ) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer.

James Orsen " Jim " Bakker ( pronounced " Baker "; born January 2, 1940 ) is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God minister, convicted felon, and a former host ( with his then-wife Tammy Faye Bakker ) of The PTL Club, a popular evangelical Christian television program.

James Robert Flynn PhD FRSNZ ( born 1934 ), aka Jim Flynn, Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, researches intelligence and is famous for his discovery of the Flynn effect, the continued year-after-year increase of IQ scores in all parts of the world.

In the same year, Waits lent his vocals to Gavin Bryars ' 75-minute reworking of his 1971 classical music piece Jesus ' Blood Never Failed Me Yet ; appeared in Robert Altman's film version of Raymond Carver's stories Short Cuts and Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California, a short black-and-white movie with Iggy Pop ; and his third child, Sullivan, was born.

* Jim Zorn ( born 1952 ), former National Football League quarterback and head coach

Representing the last generation of black leaders born into slavery, Washington was generally perceived as a supporter of education for freedmen in the post-Reconstruction, Jim Crow-era South.

* Jim Quick ( born 1943 ), Major League Baseball umpire

James " Jim " Rouse was born in Easton, Maryland, the son of Lydia Agnes ( née Robinson ) and Willard Goldsmith Rouse, a canned-foods broker.

They also have twin sons, Jim and Andy ( born 1999, named for comics Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman ), and reside in Connecticut, USA.

* Jim Durham ( born 1947 ), American sportscaster

Locations featured in the 1990s television cartoon, " Doug ", are named after or inspired by areas in Richmond and nearby counties as creator Jim Jinkins was born and raised in Richmond.

* Bearcat Murray ( Jim Murray, born 1933 ), Canadian ice hockey trainer

* Jim Murray ( ice hockey ) ( born 1943 ), Canadian ice hockey player

* Jim Murray ( writer ) ( born 1957 ), English-born whisky writer

* Jim Rome ( born 1964 ), American sports radio talk show host

* Jim McGreevey ( born 1957 ), former Governor of New Jersey.

* Jim Sheridan ( politician ) ( born 1952 ), Scottish politician

* Jim Sheridan ( born 1949 ), Irish film director

* Jim Kearney ( born 1943 ), American football player

* Jim Singleton ( born 1931 ), New Orleans politician

James Edward " Jim " Rice ( born March 8, 1953 ), nicknamed " Jim Ed ", is a former Major League Baseball left fielder.

Jim Shooter was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to parents Ken and Eleanor " Ellie " Shooter, who are of Polish descent.

* Jim Folsom, governor of Alabama from 1947 to 1951 and 1955 to 1959, was born in Coffee County.