James McGovern may refer to: James F. McGovern (born 1946), United States Under Secretary of the Air Force, 1986–1989 James F. McGovern (coach) (1893–1976), American college football and basketball player and coach James J. McGovern, president of A.T. Still University James B. McGovern Jr. (1922–1954), World War II fighter pilot and aviator with the Central Intelligence Agency Jim McGovern (American politician) (born 1959), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 1997–present Jim McGovern (golfer) (born 1965), American PGA Tour player Jim McGovern (British politician) (born 1956), Member of the United Kingdom Parliament, 2005–2015 Jimmy McGovern (born 1949), English television scriptwriter