Jim the Penman may refer to:
Emanuel Ninger (1846/1847–1924), American counterfeiter nicknamed "Jim the Penman" James Townshend Saward (1798–c. 1875), English barrister and forger nicknamed "Jim the Penman" Jim the Penman, a play by Charles Lawrence Young (1839–1887) featuring a fictional version of Saward Jim the Penman (1915 film), an American silent film adaptation of the play, starring John B. Mason Jim the Penman (1921 film), an American silent film adaptation of the play, starring Lionel Barrymore
See also Jim Penman, Australian businessman and biohistorian James Penman, Scottish footballer