William Jones
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[edit] Academics and authors
- William Jones (mathematician) (1675–1749), Welsh mathematician who proposed the use of the symbol π
- Sir William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794), English philologist who proposed a relationship among Indo-European languages
- William Jones (anthropologist) (1871–1909), Native American specialist in Algonquian languages
- William Jones (Welsh radical) (1726–1795), Welsh poet, antiquary and radical
- W. S. Jones (1920–2007), Welsh language writer
- William Jones (college principal) (1676–1725), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1720–1725
[edit] Military figures
- William E. Jones (1824–1864), Confederate cavalry general
- William Jones (VC) (1839–1913), British Army soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
- William H. Jones (1842–1911), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- William K. Jones (1916–1998), United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
- William A. Jones, III (1922–1969), United States Air Force officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Gore Jones (1826–1888), British admiral
[edit] Political figures
- William Jones (judge) (1566–1640), Welsh judge and English Parliament MP
- William Jones (Parliamentarian), Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1647 and 1648
- William Jones (of Treowen), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614
- William Jones (law-officer) (1631–1682), English lawyer and politician
- William Jones (governor) (1753–1822), Governor of Rhode Island, 1811–1817
- William Jones (statesman) (1760–1831), fourth United States Secretary of the Navy and US Representative from Pennsylvania
- William Theopilus Jones (1842–1882), Delegate to the US Congress from the Territory of Wyoming, 1871–1873
- William Atkinson Jones (1849–1918), US Representative from Virginia, 1891–1918
- William Carey Jones (1855–1927), US Representative from Washington, 1897–1899
- William Jones (Liberal politician) (1860–1915), British Liberal politician
- William Kennedy Jones (1865–1921), British Member of Parliament for Hornsey, 1916–1921
- William Jones (New Zealand) (1868–1953), New Zealand politician
- William W. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio, 1871–1875 and 1877-1879
- William Jones (Chartist) (1809–1873), political Radical and Chartist
- William Moseley Jones (1905–1988), Democratic politician in the California State Assembly
- William Nathaniel Jones (1858–1934), Welsh Liberal politician, businessman and soldier
- William Elwyn Edwards Jones, British Member of Parliament for Caernarfon and Conwy
[edit] Religious figures
- William Jones (clergyman) (1755–1821), Welsh clergyman
- William Jones (ecclesiastic) (1726–1800), British clergyman and author
- Rev. William Augustus Jones, Jr. (1934–2006), African American minister and civil rights leader
- William Basil Jones (1822–1897), bishop of St David's
- William Edward Jones (1897–1974), Anglican priest
- William Stanton Jones (1866–1951), Anglican bishop
- William West Jones (1838–1908), second Bishop and first Archbishop of Cape Town
[edit] Sportsmen
- William P. Jones (1870–1953), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
- William Roberts Jones (1870–1938), Aberystwyth F.C. and Wales international footballer
- William Jones (English footballer born 1876), Bristol City F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and England international footballer
- William Jones (Welsh footballer born 1876) (1876–1918), West Ham United F.C. and Wales international footballer
- William Lot Jones (1882–1941), Manchester City F.C. and Wales international footballer
- Renato William Jones (1906–1981), popularizer of basketball in Europe & Asia and a founding father of FIBA
- William Gorilla Jones (1906–1982), American boxer boxing champion, world Middleweight champion
- William Jones (English footballer) (fl. 1930s), English footballer with Gillingham F.C.
- William Morris Jones (footballer) (1919–1993), English footballer with Port Vale F.C., Swindon Town F.C. and others
- William Jones (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name "Chilly Willy"
- William Jones (canoer) (born 1931), Australian sprint canoer
- William Jones (rower), Uruguayan rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
- William Jones (cricketer, born 1990), Australian-born English cricketer
- Bert Jones (rugby) (William Herbert Jones, 1906–1982), rugby union and rugby league football of the 1930s for Wales (RU), Llanelli, and St. Helens (RL)
[edit] Others
- William Jones (haberdasher) (died 1615), haberdasher, philanthropist and founder of Monmouth School, Wales
- Sir William Jones (optician) (1763–1831), English optician and scientific instrument maker
- William Jones (convict) (1827–1871), Australian colony ex-convict school teacher
- William Jones (novel), a Welsh language novel written by T. Rowland Hughes in 1944
- W. D. Jones (1916–1974), criminal who travelled with Bonnie and Clyde
- William Jones (gangster), New York City criminal
- William Ernest Jones (1895–1973), British trade union leader
- William Giles Jones (1808–1883), U.S. federal judge
- William Blakely Jones (1907–1979), United States federal judge
- William Corbett Jones, American pianist
- William Ifor Jones (1900–1988), Welsh conductor and organist
- William James Jones (born 1972), American actor
- William Todd-Jones, British puppet designer and performer
- William Jones (naturalist) (1745–1818), English naturalist and entomologist
- William Eifion Jones (1925-2004), Welsh marine botanist
[edit] See also
- Bill Jones (disambiguation)
- Billy Jones (disambiguation)
- Will Jones (disambiguation)
- Willie Jones (disambiguation)
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