Jim Molan nació el 11 de abril de 1950 en Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Estuvo casado con Anne Molan. Murió el 16 de enero de 2023 en Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia.
Named the Australian Thinker of the Year for 2009 by the international School of Thinking, in recognition of his unique work as an Australian general overseeing a total force of 300,000 troops, including 155,000 Americans, in Iraq from 2004.