List of people with surname Jones

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Jones is a surname common in the English-speaking world. This list provides links to biographies of people who share this common surname.

Arts and entertainment[]

Architecture[]

  • Inigo Jones (1573–1652), English architect of Welsh descent
  • George Howell Jones (1887–1950), American architect from Oregon

Acting[]

  • Angus T. Jones (born 1993), American actor
  • Bruce Jones (actor) (born 1953), English actor
  • Carolyn Jones (1930–1983), American actress
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969), Welsh actress (nee Jones)
  • Charlie Jones (actor), English actor
  • Cherry Jones (born 1956), American actress
  • Chloe Jones (1975–2005), American porn actress
  • Christopher Jones (1941–2014), American actor
  • Darby Jones (1910–1986), American actor
  • Dean Jones (actor) (1931–2015), American actor
  • Duane Jones (1937–1988), American actor and theatre director
  • Emilia Jones (born 2002), English actress
  • Felicity Jones (born 1983), English actress
  • Finn Jones (born 1988), English actor
  • Freddie Jones (1927–2019), English actor
  • Gemma Jones (born 1942), English actress
  • Griff Rhys Jones (born 1953), Welsh comedian
  • James Earl Jones (born 1931), American actor
  • January Jones (born 1978), American actress
  • Jasmine Cephas Jones (born 1989), American actress
  • Jennifer Jones (1919–2009), American actress
  • Julian Lewis Jones (born 1968), Welsh actor
  • Katie Rowley Jones, English musical theatre actress
  • Ken Jones (actor) (1940–2014), English actor
  • Leslie Jones (comedian) (born 1967), American comedian and actress
  • Mark Lewis Jones (born 1964), Welsh actor
  • Mei Jones (1953–2021), Welsh actor and writer
  • Michael Jones (actor) (born 1987), American actor
  • Nicky Jones (born 1996), American kid actor
  • Orlando Jones (born 1968), American comedian and actor
  • Rashida Jones (born 1976), American actress
  • Renée Jones (born 1958), American actress
  • Rob Brydon (born 1965), Welsh actor and comedian; real name Robert Brydon Jones
  • Ruth Jones (actress) (born 1966), Welsh actress and writer
  • Shirley Jones (born 1934), American actress
  • Simon Jones (actor), English actor
  • Suranne Jones (born 1978), English actress
  • Tamala Jones (born 1974), American actress
  • Terry Jones (1942–2020), Welsh comedian, actor and writer, member of the Monty Python
  • Toby Jones (born 1966), English actor
  • Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946), American actor
  • Tyler Patrick Jones (born 1994), American actor

Animation[]

  • Chuck Jones (1912–2002), American cartoonist

Dance[]

Fashion[]

  • Chantal Jones (born 1988), American model & America's Next Top Model Cycle 9 1st runner-up
  • Grace Jones (born 1948), Jamaican-American model, actress, and singer
  • Stephen Jones (milliner) (born 1957), British milliner

Music[]

  • Adam Jones (musician) (born 1965), guitarist of the band Tool
  • Aled Jones (born 1970), Welsh singer, who started out as a choirboy and is now a popular baritone
  • Anton Jones (c. 1937–2016), Sri Lankan Burgher bayila musician
  • Ayron Jones (born 1986), American guitarist, singer and songwriter
  • Brian Jones (1942–1969), English multi-instrumentalist, founder and original leader of band The Rolling Stones
  • Camille Jones (born 1973), Danish singer-songwriter
  • Caryl Parry Jones (born 1958), Welsh singer-songwriter and radio presenter
  • Jones (singer), British singer-songwriter, also known by her stage name JONES
  • Cliff Jones (musician) (born 1968), singer with Britpop band Gay Dad, writer and producer
  • Daniel Jones (composer) (1912–1993), Welsh classical composer
  • Danny Jones (born 1986), English singer and guitarist, member of pop group McFly
  • Darryl Jones (born 1961), American jazz bassist
  • David Robert Jones (1947–2016), birth name of David Bowie, English singer-songwriter and actor
  • Davy Jones (musician) (1945–2012), English musician, member of The Monkees, and actor
  • Della Jones (born 1946), Welsh operatic mezzo-soprano
  • Dominique Jones (born 1994), American rapper known professionally as Lil Baby
  • Donell Jones (born 1973), American R&B singer-songwriter-producer
  • Donovan Jones, bassist of the band This Will Destroy You
  • Dora Herbert Jones (1890–1974), Welsh administrator and singer
  • Elvin Jones (1927–2014), American drummer for John Coltrane
  • Etta Jones (1928–2001), American jazz singer
  • Frances Môn Jones (1919–2000), Welsh harpist and teacher
  • George Jones (1931–2013), American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Gloria Jones (born 1945), American singer and songwriter
  • Grace Jones (born 1948), Jamaican singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model
  • Gwyneth Jones (soprano) (born 1936), Welsh soprano
  • Hank Jones (1918–2010), American jazz pianist
  • Hannah Jones (singer), British dance music vocalist
  • Howard Jones (English musician) (born 1955), English singer-songwriter
  • Jill Jones (born 1962), American singer-songwriter
  • Jim Jones (rapper) (born 1976), American rapper
  • Jimmy Jones (singer) (1937–2012), American pop and R&B singer-songwriter
  • Jo Jones (1911–1985), also known as "Papa Jo Jones", American jazz drummer
  • John Paul Jones (musician) (born 1946), English multi-instrumentalist musician and Led Zeppelin bassist
  • Kelly Jones (born 1974), Welsh vocalist/guitarist of Stereophonics
  • Kenney Jones (born 1948), English rock drummer
  • Linda Jones (1944–1972), American soul singer
  • Lucie Jones (born 1991), Welsh singer
  • Maggie Jones (blues musician) (1894–?), American blues singer
  • Mickey Jones (1941–2018), American musician
  • Mick Jones (Foreigner) (born 1944), English rock guitarist and vocalist
  • Mick Jones (The Clash) (born 1955), English punk guitarist and vocalist
  • Mike Jones (rapper) (born 1981), American rapper
  • Nas (born Nasir Jones in 1973), American rapper
  • Nic Jones (born 1947), English folk singer
  • Nicky Wire (born 1969), Welsh musician; real name Nicholas Jones
  • Norah Jones (born 1979), American musician
  • Oliver Jones (pianist) (born 1934), Canadian jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
  • Paul Carey Jones (born 1974), Welsh operatic baritone
  • Paul Jones (singer) (born 1942), English singer, actor, TV presenter vocalist and harmonica player with Manfred Mann
  • Philip Jones (musician) (1928–2000), British classical trumpeter
  • Philly Joe Jones (1923–1985), American jazz drummer
  • Quincy Jones (born 1933), American music impresario, musical arranger, record producer, and film composer
  • Richard D. P. Jones, English musicologist
  • Rickie Lee Jones (born 1954), American singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Rod Jones (musician) (born 1976), English guitarist, founding member of Indie band Idlewild
  • Russell Tyrone Jones (1968–2004), birth name of American rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard
  • Samantha Jones (singer) (born 1943), English singer and entertainer and member of The Vernons Girls
  • Sidney Jones (composer) (1861–1946), British composer and conductor
  • Simon Jones (musician), British bassist with The Verve
  • Sharon Jones (singer) (1956–2016), American soul/funk singer
  • Spike Jones (1911–1965), born Lindley Armstrong Jones, American musician
  • Steve Jones (musician) (born 1955), English guitarist, founding member of The Sex Pistols
  • Tammy Jones (born 1944), Welsh singer
  • Terry Jones (singer), singer and founding member of Point of Grace
  • Thad Jones (1923–1986), African American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader
  • Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), professional name of Welsh singer Sir Thomas Woodward
  • Watkin Tudor Jones (born 1974), South African rapper, better known by his stage name Ninja

Radio[]

  • Aled Jones (born 1970), Welsh singer and radio host for BBC Radio 2
  • Aled Haydn Jones (born 1976), Welsh radio presenter for BBC Radio 1
  • Ben Jones (born 1977), English radio presenter for Virgin Radio
  • Matt Jones (radio host) (born 1978), American sports talk radio host and attorney

Television and film[]

  • Barry Jones (magician) (born 1982), British TV magician
  • David John Jones (born 1943), Welsh television presenter, singer and radio broadcaster known as Dai Jones
  • Doreen Jones (1940–2017), British casting director
  • Duncan Jones (born 1971), British film director, producer and screenwriter; son of the musician David Bowie
  • Geoffrey Jones (1931–2005), British documentary film director and editor
  • Gethin Jones (born 1978), Welsh television presenter
  • Kenneth V. Jones (1924–2020), British film score composer
  • Star Jones (born 1962), American lawyer, journalist, television personality, fashion designer, author, and women's and diversity advocate
  • Steve Jones (Welsh presenter) (born 1977), Welsh television presenter
  • Tony Jones (news journalist) (born 1955), Australian TV journalist

Visual arts[]

  • Alfred Garth Jones (1872–1965), British illustrator
  • Allen Jones (artist) (born 1937), British sculptor
  • Aneurin Jones (1930–2017), Welsh painter
  • Barbara Jones (artist) (1912–1978), British artist and muralist
  • Colin Jones (artist) (1928–1967), Welsh painter
  • Francis William Doyle Jones (1873–1938), English sculptor
  • Jean Jones (artist) (1927–2012), English artist
  • Joe Jones (artist) (1909–1978), American painter
  • John Paul Jones (1924–1999), American painter and printmaker
  • Joy Farrall Jones (born 1933), British artist
  • Lucy Jones (born 1955), British artist
  • Nneka Jones, Trinidadian artist
  • Samuel Levi Jones (born 1978), American painter, assemblage artist
  • Wayson R. Jones, American painter

Business[]

  • Helen Jones (born 1954), British Labour Party politician
  • Jesse H. Jones (1874–1956), Texas businessman, politician, owner and publisher of the Houston Chronicle
  • Kim Jones (Sun) (born 1956/57), American IT business leader
  • Melvin Jones (Lions Club) (1879–1961), American businessman and founder of Lions Club
  • Thomas V. Jones (1920–2014), American businessman

Education[]

  • Arnold Hugh Martin Jones (1904–1970), British classical scholar
  • Audrey Evelyn Jones (1927–2014), English teacher and campaigner for women's rights
  • E. D. Jones (1903–1987), Librarian of the National Library of Wales 1958–1969
  • Owen Glynne Jones (1867–1899), pioneering Welsh rock climber and mountaineer

Law and politics[]

Law[]

  • B. Todd Jones (born 1957), American lawyer and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director
  • Edith Jones (born 1949), Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Gabriel Jones (politician) (1724–1806), member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia and Clerk of Court for Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
  • John Rice Jones (1759–1824), Welsh-born American politician, jurist and military officer
  • Nathaniel R. Jones (1926–2020), American jurist
  • Norman L. Jones (1870–1940), American jurist
  • Patrick H. Jones (1830–1900), American lawyer, public servant and postmaster of New York City
  • Theodore T. Jones (1944–2012), Judge of New York State's Court of Appeals

American politics[]

  • Addison P. Jones (1822–1910), New York state senator
  • Alex Jones (born 1974), radio show host based in Texas
  • Anson Jones (1798–1858), the last president of the Republic of Texas
  • Brereton C. Jones (born 1939), Democratic Governor of Kentucky from 1991 to 1995
  • Brenda Jones (politician) (born 1959), former U.S. Representative from Michigan
  • Charles W. Jones (1834–1897), U.S. Senator from Florida
  • Daryl Jones (politician) (born 1955), Florida state senator
  • Denny Jones (1920–2012), American politician
  • Doug Jones (politician) (born 1954), U.S. Senator from Alabama
  • Evan John Jones (politician) (1872–1952), Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
  • George Jones (U.S. senator) (1766–1838), U.S. Senator from Georgia
  • Guy H. Jones (1911–1986), Arkansas state senator
  • Jamie Leigh Jones (born 1985), founder of the Jamie Leigh Foundation
  • Jewell Jones (born 1995), American politician
  • J. Charles Jones (1937–2019), American lawyer and civil rights activist
  • J. Weldon Jones (1896–1981), American administrator and acting High Commissioner to the Philippines
  • Kizziah J. Bills (1860–1924), maiden name Kizziah Jones, Black American suffragist, correspondent and columnist for Black press in Chicago, civil rights activist
  • LaDawn Jones (born 1980), American politician and lawyer
  • Moze Hunt Jones (1883–1914), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
  • Paula Jones (born 1966), former Arkansas state employee who sued President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment
  • Shirley M. Jones (1939–2016), American politician
  • Spencer Cone Jones (1836–1915), President of the Maryland State Senate from 1901–1905
  • Tishaura Jones (born 1972), Mayor of St. Louis
  • Van Jones (born 1968), Green Jobs Advisor to the Obama administration
  • Walter B. Jones (1943–2019), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
  • Wendell E. Jones (1937–2011), Illinois state senator
  • Wesley Livsey Jones (1863–1932), U.S. Representative and Senator from Washington state

United Kingdom politics[]

  • Alun Ffred Jones (born 1949), Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
  • Andrew Jones (British politician) (born 1963), Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough (2010–present)
  • Ann Jones (Welsh politician) (born 1953), Welsh Labour Co-op politician
  • Barry Jones, Baron Jones (born 1938), Labour politician and MP for Alyn and Deeside (1970–2001)
  • Caroline Jones (politician) (born 1955), Welsh independent politician
  • Claudia Jones (1915–1964), Trinidad-born journalist and activist
  • David Brynmor Jones (1851–1921), Welsh barrister and politician
  • Denise Idris Jones (born 1950), Welsh Labour Member of the Welsh Assembly (2003–2007)
  • Elin Jones (born 1966), Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
  • Ernest Charles Jones (1819–1868), British orator, poet, and politician
  • Fay Jones (born 1985), Welsh Conservative politician
  • Frederick Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones (1909–1989), Welsh Labour politician
  • Gareth Jones (Welsh politician) (born 1939), Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
  • Helen Jones (born 1954), British Labour Party politician
  • Helen Mary Jones (born 1960), Welsh Plaid Cyrmru politician
  • Ieuan Wyn Jones (born 1949), leader of Plaid Cymru, Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government
  • Jackie Jones, Welsh Labour politician
  • Jon Owen Jones (born 1954), Welsh Labour Co-op politician
  • Josiah Towyn Jones (1858–1925), Welsh Liberal politician
  • Laura Anne Jones (born 1979), Welsh Conservative Member of the Welsh Assembly (2003–2007)
  • Leifchild Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader (1862–1939) Welsh Liberal Party politician and Privy Councillor
  • Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, British Labour Peer and trade union official
  • Mandy Jones, Welsh Brexit Party politician
  • Morgan Jones (1886–1939), Welsh Labour politician
  • Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham (born 1948), English Liberal Democrat
  • Philip Asterley Jones (1914–1978), British Labour politician
  • Robert Jones (Conservative politician) (1950–2007), English Conservative politician
  • Ruth Jones (born 1962), Welsh Labour politician
  • Susan Elan Jones (born 1968), Welsh Labour MP (2010–2019)
  • Theobald Jones (1790–1868), also known as Toby Jones, Irish officer in the Royal Navy, MP for County Londonderry, and lichenologist
  • William Elwyn Edwards Jones (1904–1989), Welsh Labour politician

Other politics[]

  • Barry Jones (Australian politician) (born 1932), Australian politician
  • Jim Jones (Canadian politician) (born 1943), Canadian MP for Markham (1997–2000)
  • Yvonne Jones (born 1968), Canadian MP for Labrador (2013–present)

Literature[]

Writers[]

  • Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943), Welsh writer and editor
  • Cleolinda Jones, American writer and blogger
  • Dan Jones (writer), British historian and writer
  • Dennis Feltham Jones (1917–1981), British science fiction author
  • Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011), British fantasy novelist
  • E. B. C. Jones (1893–1966), British novelist
  • Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860), English poet
  • Edgar Dewitt Jones (1876–1956), American clergyman and author
  • Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (born circa 1857), English educator and writer on logic and ethics
  • Feminista Jones (fl. 2010s), American writer and activist
  • Gail Jones (born 1955), Australian novelist and academic
  • Gayl Jones (born 1949), African American poet and novelist
  • Ida E. Jones (historian) (born 1970), American archivist and author
  • Ivan Jones (author) (fl. 2000s–2010s), British writer
  • James Jones (author) (1921–1977), American writer of WWII novels
  • J. V. Jones (born 1963), British fantasy author
  • Lara Jones (1975–2010), British children's author
  • Liz Jones (born 1958), English journalist and writer
  • Mal Lewis Jones British author
  • Pamela Jones, computer law scholar, founder and editor of Groklaw
  • Raymond F. Jones (1915–1994), American science fiction author
  • Rhiannon Davies Jones (1921–2014), Welsh historical novelist
  • Rod Jones (author), Australian writer
  • T. Llew Jones (1915–2009), Welsh language writer

Military[]

See also: General Jones
  • Arnold Elzey, born Arnold Elzey Jones (1816–1871), Confederate general during the American Civil War
  • Colonel Philip Jones of Fonmon (1618–1674), English Civil War Parliamentary military officer and comptroller of Oliver Cromwell's household
  • Don A. Jones (1912–2000), American admiral and civil engineer, seventh Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and second Director of the Environmental Science Services Administration Corps
  • E. H. Jones (author) (1883–1942), British prisoner of war
  • Ernest Lester Jones (1876–1929), American colonel, last Superintendent (1915–1919) and first Director (1919–1929) of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • George L. Jones (1918–1997), Korean War flying ace
  • H. Jones (1940–1982), British posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Hilary P. Jones (1863–1938), American naval officer
  • Jacob Jones (1768–1850), American naval officer
  • James L. Jones (born 1943), United States Marine Corps officer
  • John Jones Maesygarnedd (c. 1597–1660), English Civil War Parliamentary military officer executed for regicide
  • John Paul Jones (1747–1792), American naval captain
  • Michael Jones (soldier) (c. 1606–1649), Irish Confederate War and English Civil War Parliamentary military officer
  • Patrick H. Jones (1830–1900), Union brigadier general
  • Philip Andrew Jones (born 1960), Royal Navy officer
  • Victor Jones (British Army officer) (1898–?), British Army officer

Mathematics and science[]

Astronomy[]

  • Albert F. A. L. Jones (1920–2013), New Zealand astronomer
  • John Jones (astronomer) (1818–1898), Welsh amateur astronomer

Archeology[]

  • Vendyl Jones (1930–2010), American scholar

Biology[]

  • Chonnettia Jones, American geneticist and developmental biologist
  • E. Yvonne Jones, British molecular biologist
  • Holly Jones (ecologist), American restoration ecologist and conservation biologist
  • Monty Jones (born 1951), Sierra Leonean biologist and plant breeder
  • Steve Jones (biologist) (born 1944), Welsh geneticist, biologist and writer

Chemistry[]

  • Alan A. Jones (1944–2006), American chemistry professor
  • David E. H. Jones (1938–2017), British chemist and writer (pseudonym Daedalus of DREADCO)
  • Harry Clary Jones (1865–1916), American physical chemist
  • Humphrey Owen Jones (1878–1912), Welsh chemist and mountaineer

Computer science[]

  • Cliff Jones (computer scientist) (born 1944), British computer scientist
  • Karen Spärck Jones (1935–2007), British computer scientist
  • Paul Jones (computer technologist) (born 1950), American computer technologist

Economics[]

  • Richard Jones (economist) (1790–1855), English macro economist

Engineering[]

Geology[]

  • Thomas Rupert Jones (1819–1911), British geologist and palaeontologist

Linguistics and philology[]

  • William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794), British pioneer of Indo-European studies

Mathematics[]

  • Burton Wadsworth Jones (1902–1983), American mathematician
  • F. Burton Jones (1910–1999), American mathematician
  • John Viriamu Jones (1856–1901), British mathematician and physicist
  • Peter Jones (mathematician) (born 1952), American mathematician
  • Thomas Jones (mathematician) (1756–1807), British mathematician
  • Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones (1952–2020), New Zealand mathematician
  • William Jones (mathematician) (1675–1749), Welsh mathematician

Medicine[]

  • Barrie R. Jones (1921–2009), New Zealand & British ophthalmologist
  • Edith Irby Jones (1927–2019), American physician
  • Henry Bence Jones (1813–1873), British physician and chemist
  • Mabel Jones (c. 1865–1923), British physician and suffragette sympathiser
  • Philip Sydney Jones (1836–1918), Australian surgeon
  • Robert Jones (surgeon) (1857–1933), British orthopaedic surgeon
  • Trevor M. Jones (born 1942), visiting professor at King's College, University of London and former head of R&D at Wellcome

Physics[]

  • Reginald Victor Jones (1911–1997), English physicist
  • Robert Clark Jones (1916–2004), American physicist

Psychology[]

  • Edward E. Jones (1927–1993), American social psychologist

Religion[]

  • Christopher Jones (bishop) (1936–2018), Bishop of the Diocese of Elphin
  • Jenkin Lloyd Jones (1843–1918), American Unitarian missionary, minister and father of newspaper publisher Richard Lloyd Jones
  • Jim Jones (1931–1978), American founder of the People's Temple
  • Malachi Jones (clergyman) (c.1651–1729), Welsh Presbyterian missionary in America
  • Noël Jones (Bishop of Sodor and Man) (1932–2009), Welsh bishop in the Church of England
  • Noel Jones (Pentecostal bishop) (born 1950), senior pastor of the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California
  • Paul Jones (bishop) (1880–1941), Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Utah, USA and pacifist
  • Robert Elijah Jones (1872–1960), Protestant Episcopal Bishop and civil rights advocate
  • Serene Jones (born 1959), American academic

Sports[]

Association football[]

American football[]

Baseball[]

  • Adam Jones (baseball) (born 1985), outfielder
  • Andruw Jones (born 1977), Curaçaoan outfielder
  • Chipper Jones (born 1972), American third baseman (Atlanta Braves, 1993–2012)
  • Fielder Jones (1871–1934), American baseball player and manager
  • Garrett Jones (born 1981) American Major League outfielder and first baseman
  • Gordon Jones (baseball) (1930–1994), Major League pitcher
  • Itch Jones (born 1938), American college baseball coach
  • JaCoby Jones (born 1992), American outfielder
  • Jacque Jones (born 1975), American outfielder
  • Jahmai Jones (born 1997), American outfielder
  • Jones (left fielder), unidentified baseball player for the Washington Nationals in 1884
  • Jones (third baseman), unidentified baseball player for the New York Metropolitans in 1885
  • Rick Jones, American college baseball coach
  • Ruppert Jones (born 1955), outfielder
  • Terry Jones (born 1971), former outfielder
  • Tex Jones (1885–1938), Chicago White Sox first baseman
  • Tracy Jones (born 1961), former outfielder and current co-host on WLW radio in Cincinnati

Basketball[]

Boxing[]

Cricket[]

  • Alfred Jones (Northamptonshire cricketer) (1900–1986)
  • Alfred Jones (Kent cricketer)
  • Dean Jones (cricketer) (born 1961), Australian cricketer
  • Ernie Jones (Australian sportsman) (1869–1943), Australian bowler
  • Geraint Jones (born 1976), England and Papua New Guinea player
  • Jeff Jones (cricketer, born 1941), Welsh cricketer
  • Sammy Jones (1861–1951), Australian Test player
  • Simon Jones (cricketer) (born 1978), England and Wales player
  • Steffan Jones (born 1974), Welsh cricketer
  • Jones (Essex cricketer) (fl. 1787)
  • Jones (Godalming cricketer) (fl. 1820s), English player for Surrey
  • Jones (MCC cricketer) (fl. 1816–1830)
  • Jones (Sussex cricketer) (fl. 1832–1833)

MMA[]

  • Jon Jones (fighter) (born 1987), American mixed martial artist and a former two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Motor racing[]

  • Adam Jones (racing driver) (born 1980), British racer in the British Touring Car Championship
  • Alan Jones (racing driver) (born 1946), Australian Formula One World Champion
  • Andrew Jones (race driver) (born 1980), Australian V8 Supercar racing driver
  • Brad Jones (racing driver) (born 1960), Australian racing driver and team owner
  • Brandon Jones (racing driver) (born 1997), American NASCAR driver
  • Buckshot Jones (born 1970), American NASCAR driver
  • Erik Jones (born 1996), American NASCAR driver
  • Stan Jones (racing driver) (1923–1973), Australian racing driver

Rugby league[]

  • Lewis Jones (rugby) (born 1931), Welsh rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
  • , English rugby league footballer of the 2010s
  • Stacey Jones (born 1976), New Zealand rugby league footballer
  • Steve Jones (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 2000s

Rugby union[]

  • Adam Jones (rugby union, born 1980), Wales rugby union international lock forward
  • Adam Jones (rugby union, born 1981), Wales international rugby union prop forward
  • Alun Wyn Jones (born 1985), Wales international rugby union player
  • Daniel Jones (rugby player) (1875–1959), Wales rugby union player
  • Duncan Jones (rugby player) (born 1978), Wales rugby union player
  • Elvet Jones (1912–1989), Wales and British Lions rugby international
  • Gwyn Jones (rugby player) (born 1972), Wales rugby union player
  • Ivor Jones (1901–1982), Wales rugby union player
  • Kingsley Jones (rugby union, born 1969), Welsh rugby union player and coach
  • Robert Jones (rugby union, born 1965) (born 1965), Wales rugby union player
  • Ryan Jones (rugby player) (born 1981), Wales rugby union player
  • Stephen Jones (rugby player) (born 1977), Wales rugby union player

Swimming[]

  • Alyson Jones (born 1956), English swimmer
  • Burwell Jones (1933–2021), American swimmer
  • Cullen Jones (born 1984), American swimmer
  • Jenna Jones (born 2001), Australian swimmer
  • Leisel Jones (born 1985), Australian swimmer

Track and field (athletics)[]

Other sports[]

  • Alun Jones (tennis) (born 1980), Australian professional tennis player
  • Beth Bronger-Jones, American curler
  • Colleen Jones (born 1959), Canadian curler and television personality
  • Doug Jones (curler), American curler
  • Eric Jones (climber) (born 1935), Welsh mountaineer
  • Heather Jones (born 1970), Canadian field hockey player
  • Jade Jones (taekwondo) (born 1993), Welsh double Olympic champion in taekwondo
  • Jennifer Jones (curler) (born 1974), Canadian curler
  • Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993), née Jones, American national champion fencer and fencing coach
  • Wayne Jones (darts player) (born 1965), English darts player
  • Wayne Jones (snooker player) (born 1959), Welsh snooker player

Sports executives[]

  • Whip Jones (1909–2001), American businessman and philanthropist, founder of Aspen Highlands

Miscellaneous[]

  • April Jones (2007–2012), Welsh murder victim
  • Casey Jones (1863–1900), American locomotive engineer, subject of an eponymous song
  • Gareth Jones (journalist) (1905–1935), Welsh journalist
  • Holly Jones (died 2003), Canadian female murder victim
  • Kirsty Jones (died 2000), British female murder victim
  • Marlon Jones (c. 1970–1980), Jamaican criminal
  • Phoenix Jones (born 1988), American real-life superhero
  • Sally-Anne Jones (1968–2017), British-born terrorist and UN-designated recruiter who is believed to have been killed
  • Sally Jones (journalist) (born 1954), British journalist

Fictional characters[]

  • Alfred F. Jones, aka America from Hetalia
  • Angelica "Angel" Jones, secret identity of Marvel superheroine Firestar
  • B. J. Jones, a character from the American soap opera General Hospital
  • Bridget Jones, novel and movie character
  • Bustopher Jones, from the musical Cats
  • Carly Jones, in the film House of Wax
  • Casey Jones, human ally of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Charming Jones, the female lead played by Ann-Margret in the 1979 Hal Needham film The Villain
  • Cleopatra Jones, heroine of a 1973 blaxploitation movie of the same name
  • Cyrano Jones, a minor Star Trek character dealing in tribbles
  • Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), main villain in the latter two installments of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
  • Dijonay Jones, a main character in the Proud Family franchise
  • Dr. Christmas Jones, Bond girl in The World Is Not Enough
  • Eugene Jones, a one-off character on the BBC Three television series Torchwood
  • Felicia Jones, from the American soap opera General Hospital
  • Flattop Jones, a.k.a. Floyd Jones Sr. a villain from Dick Tracy media
  • Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo), a main character in most incarnations of Scooby-Doo
  • Frisco Jones, from the American soap opera General Hospital
  • Georgie Jones, from the American soap opera General Hospital
  • Gwenog Jones, captain of the Holyhead Harpies, a Welsh Quidditch team in the Harry Potter books
  • Harriet Jones, British Prime Minister in the BBC's Doctor Who
  • Hezekiah Jones, main character of the 1948 poem "Black Cross (Hezekiah Jones)" by Joseph Simon Newman, recorded by Lord Buckley and by Bob Dylan
  • Hestia Jones, a member of the Order of the Phoenix in the Harry Potter Series
  • Ianto Jones, on the BBC Three television series Torchwood
  • Indiana Jones (character), main character of Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels
  • Jessica Jones, Marvel Comics comic book character
  • Jimbo Jones, bully from The Simpsons
  • Jughead Jones, from Archie Comics
  • Junie B. Jones, the main character of the eponymous children's book series by Barbara Park
  • Jones (Animal Farm), the overthrown farmer in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm
  • Lance-Corporal Jack Jones from Dad's Army
  • Larvelle Jones, one of the main characters in all seven Police Academy films
  • Loretta Jones, from British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Lucas Jones, from the American soap opera General Hospital
  • Martha Jones, a companion in the science fiction series Doctor Who
    • Martha's family, Francine, Clive, Tish and Leo
  • Maxie Jones, from the American soap opera General Hospital
  • Mercedes Jones, on television series Glee
  • Mia Jones, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Michelle "MJ" Jones, in Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home
  • Morgan Jones (The Walking Dead), in the television series The Walking Dead and its sister show Fear the Walking Dead
  • Neighbor Jones, Donald Duck's next door neighbor in Disney comics
  • Ralf Jones, from a series of SNK video games
  • Robot Jones, the main character in the Cartoon Network show Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?
  • Deputy S. Jones, on Reno 911! played by Cedric Yarbrough
  • Sam Jones (Doctor Who), from the Doctor Who novel series Eighth Doctor Adventures
  • Samantha Jones (Sex and the City), in the television series Sex and the City
  • Tamika Jones, in the Netflix series Grand Army
  • Tony Jones (General Hospital), from the American soap opera General Hospital

See also[]

  • Adam Jones (disambiguation)
  • Alan Jones (disambiguation)
  • Albert Jones (disambiguation)
  • Alex Jones (disambiguation)
  • Alfred Jones (disambiguation)
  • Allan Jones (disambiguation)
  • Allen Jones (disambiguation)
  • Alun Jones (disambiguation)
  • Anthony Jones (disambiguation)
  • Arthur Jones (disambiguation)
  • Barry Jones (disambiguation)
  • Bill Jones (disambiguation)
  • Billy Jones (disambiguation)
  • Bob Jones (disambiguation)
  • Bobby Jones (disambiguation)
  • Brandon Jones (disambiguation)
  • Brian Jones (disambiguation)
  • Bruce Jones (disambiguation)
  • Bryn Jones (disambiguation)
  • Charles Jones (disambiguation)
  • Christopher Jones (disambiguation)
  • Cliff Jones (disambiguation)
  • Daniel Jones (disambiguation)
  • David Jones (disambiguation)
  • Davy Jones (disambiguation)
  • Dean Jones (disambiguation)
  • Dennis Jones (disambiguation)
  • Derrick Jones (disambiguation)
  • Diana Jones (disambiguation)
  • D. J. Jones (disambiguation)
  • Doug Jones (disambiguation)
  • Edward Jones (disambiguation)
  • Elizabeth Jones (disambiguation)
  • Ernest Jones (disambiguation)
  • Fred Jones (disambiguation)
  • Frederick Jones (disambiguation)
  • Gary Jones (disambiguation)
  • George Jones (disambiguation)
  • Gwyneth Jones (disambiguation)
  • Henry Jones (disambiguation)
  • Howard Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jack Jones (disambiguation)
  • James Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jamie Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jeff Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jennifer Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jenny Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jim Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jimmy Jones (disambiguation)
  • Joe Jones (disambiguation)
  • Joey Jones (disambiguation)
  • John Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jon Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jonathan Jones (disambiguation)
  • Joseph Jones (disambiguation)
  • Joshua Jones (disambiguation)
  • Julius Jones (disambiguation)
  • Keith Jones (disambiguation)
  • Kevin Jones (disambiguation)
  • Kim Jones (disambiguation)
  • Lee Jones (disambiguation)
  • Lewis Jones (disambiguation)
  • Lloyd Jones (disambiguation)
  • Margaret Jones (disambiguation)
  • Marilyn Jones (disambiguation)
  • Mark Jones (disambiguation)
  • Martin Jones (disambiguation)
  • Mary Jones (disambiguation)
  • Matthew Jones (disambiguation)
  • Michael Jones (disambiguation)
  • Mick Jones (disambiguation)
  • Morgan Jones (disambiguation)
  • Oliver Jones (disambiguation)
  • Owen Jones (disambiguation)
  • Patrick Jones (disambiguation)
  • Paul Jones (disambiguation)
  • Peter Jones (disambiguation)
  • Richard Jones (disambiguation)
  • Rick Jones (disambiguation)
  • Ricky Jones (disambiguation)
  • Robert Jones (disambiguation)
  • Ron Jones (disambiguation)
  • Russell Jones (disambiguation)
  • Samantha Jones (disambiguation)
  • Samuel Jones (disambiguation)
  • Sarah Jones (disambiguation)
  • Shirley Jones (disambiguation)
  • Simon Jones (disambiguation)
  • Stephen Jones (disambiguation)
  • Steve Jones (disambiguation)
  • Ted Jones (disambiguation)
  • Thomas Jones (disambiguation)
  • Tom Jones (disambiguation)
  • Tony Jones (disambiguation)
  • Trevor Jones (disambiguation)
  • Will Jones (disambiguation)
  • William Jones (disambiguation)
  • Willie Jones (disambiguation)
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