Famous People with Name Jimmy

Jimmy Allen Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jimmy Allen Oliver: is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round (39th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft.A 6'5" guard-forward from Purdue University, Oliver played five seasons in the NBA for five different teams. His best year as a pro came during the 1993-94 NBA season as a member of the Boston Celtics, appearing in 44 games (6 starts) and averaging 4.9 ppg. In his NBA career, Oliver played in 78 games and scored a total of 331 points.

Jimmy Dawn Carruth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jimmy Dawn Carruth: is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and appeared 4 games for the Milwaukee Bucks (1996-97) in the NBA.

Jimmy Hal King            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jimmy Hal King: is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.He was part of the famed University of Michigan Wolverines Fab Five along with Ray Jackson, current NBA player Juwan Howard, and former NBA players Chris Webber and Jalen Rose, that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both Freshmen and Sophomores. He was a starter for teams that reached the tournament four times. Before this, he was a high school All-American basketball player at Plano East Senior High School in Plano, a city north of Dallas, Texas.

Jimmy Rayl            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jimmy Rayl: Parents were Dude Rayl a local Pontiac dealer and Lucille a musician. Jimmy was the 1959 Mr. Basketball and 1959 Trester Award winner for the state of Indiana. Rayl went on to star at Indiana University, he was an All-American his Junior and Senior seasons. Rayl averaged 20.8 ppg for his career and still holds the IU single game scoring record of 56 points. He did this twice against (Michigan State) and (Minnesota). The Cincinnati Royals drafted Rayl in the 3rd round of the NBA draft, 23rd overall. He later signed and played 2 seasons for the Indiana Pacers ending with a career average of 11.1 ppg. Rayl still resides in Kokomo, Indiana with his wife Nancy.

Jimmy Wakely            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jimmy Wakely: was an American Country-Western singer and actor, one of the last crooning cowpokes following the Second World War.During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, he made several Country-Western recordings, appeared in several B-Western movies with most of the major studios, appeared on radio and television, and even had his own series of comic books.

Jimmy Abegg Aka Jimmy A            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jimmy Abegg Aka Jimmy A: is a guitarist, composer, director, photographer and artist, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee.In the early 1980s, Abegg formed the pop-rock band Vector with Steve Griffith and Charlie Peacock. Vector released their first album in 1983 on Exit Records with distribution from A&M Records. Abegg also toured and worked heavily with Peacock on his solo career. In the early 1990s, Abegg began a solo career of his own, releasing two albums Entertaining Angels in 1991 and Secrets in 1994.