James "Jim" Kerr (born in Toryglen, Glasgow, Scotland, on 9 July 1959) is the frontman, lead singer and lyricist of Scottish band Simple Minds. He attended Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Glasgow. He was married to Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, in 1984 (divorced, 1990). Together, they had a daughter named Yasmin Paris Kerr (born, 1985). He was subsequently married to actress Patsy Kensit in 1992 (divorced, 1996) with whom he had a son, James Kerr (born, 1993).

He continues to record and tour with Simple Minds who released their latest album Black and White 050505 in September 2005. He currently resides in Taormina in Sicily, where he is pursuing additional commercial endeavours.