Jones

Jones is a common family name that comes from the term 'Son of John' but can also be attributed to the name 'Jonah. It has further been suggested it derives from Germanic settlers in the United Kingdom with the name Johannes. It is also a common last name of people with Scandinavian heritage since common Scandinavian names such as Johansson and Jonsson were changed to Jones when settlers came to America. Jones is the most common surname in Wales because of the anglicisation of patronymic surnames e.g. Gwilym ap John to Gwilym Jones.

Jones may refer to:

Architecture

• Alan Jones, Northern Ireland architect
• Inigo Jones (1573-1652), British architect
• Owen Jones (1809-74), British architect

Arts & entertainment

Acting

• Allan Jones (1908-1992), American actor and singer
• Chloe Jones, porn actress
• Davy Jones, British-born actor and singer
• Dean Jones, American actor
• Griff Rhys Jones, a British comedian
• Henry Arthur Jones, English dramatist
• Henry Jones, American actor
• James Earl Jones, well-known American film and stage actor
• Jeffrey Jones, an American actor
• Peter Jones, English actor
• Renée Jones, an actress
• Sam J. Jones, American actor
• Tommy Lee Jones, an American actor
• Catherine Zeta-Jones, a Welsh actress

Film

• Black Belt Jones, blaxploitation kung-fu film
• Christopher Jones (actor) (b. 1941), American actor in the film Ryan's Daughter
• Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish-born film director
• Mr. Jones, a film starring Richard Gere
• Sam Jones, filmmaker
• Tom Jones, British 1963 comedy film and winner of four Academy Awards
• Indy Jones The main character of the series about the same person
• Andrew Jones, Swansea born filmmaker.

Fine arts

• Charles Jones (photographer) (1866-1959), gardener and photographer
• Chuck Jones, a cartoonist
• Dan Jones (artist), rock musician, figurative painter, designer and author of alternative comic Bruised Fruit
• David Jones (poet), artist and one of the most important first generation British modernist poets
• Desolation Jones, comic book
• Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954), American artist
• The Ballad of Halo Jones, a comic strip

Music

• Adam Jones Guitarist for the band Tool
• Brian Jones, founding member of the Rolling Stones
• Chris Jones aka Chrys Jones(b.1961), British Singer-Songwriter with The Invisible 1985-7 with Lester Square
• Christopher Paul Jones (1958-2005), American expatriate musician who recorded with Sara K.
• Daniel Jones (composer), Welsh composer of classical music
• Daniel Jones (musician), one half of the Australian pop duo Savage Garden
• Danny Jones, singer and guitarist in McFly
• David Robert Jones, English singer, songwriter, musician and producer
• Desmond and Molly Jones, fictional characters from the Beatles' song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
• Diana Jones (singer-songwriter), American singer-songwriter
• Donell Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter-producer
• Edward Elwyn Jones, Welsh conductor and organist
• George Jones, American country singer known for his distinctive voice and phrasing
• Howard Jones, current lead singer of metalcore band Killswitch Engage
• Howard Jones (musician), English singer and songwriter
• Jesus Jones, a British rock and roll group
• John Jones, musician and record producer
• John Paul Jones, English musician
• Kelly Jones, vocalist/guitarist of Stereophonics
• Kenny Jones, a British musician
• Matthew Jones, British campanologist
• Me and Mrs. Jones, a song by Billy Paul
• Mick Jones (Foreigner), guitarist, songwriter and record producer known for his work with the rock band Foreigner
• Mick Jones (The Clash), English guitarist and singer best known for his work with The Clash
• Mike Jones, American southern rap artist from the north side of Houston, Texas
• Mike Jones (Jazz musician), American jazz pianist
• Mr. Jones, a song by the band Counting Crows
• Nasir Jones, American rap-star better known as Nas.
• Norah Jones, an American musician
• Oliver Jones (musician), Australian singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and audio engineer
• Oliver Jones (pianist), jazz pianist
• Peter Jones (drummer), Liverpool-born Australian session drummer
• Quincy Jones, American music impresario, musical arranger, record producer, and film composer
• Rickie Lee Jones, an American musician
• Sam Jones, Founding member of Hardcore band Robots on the Rise
• Samantha Jones (singer), a singer from Liverpool, England.
• Steve Jones (musician), English rock and roll guitarist and singer
• Sugar Jones, a Canadian pop group created on Popstars
• Tom Jones (singer), Welsh singer particularly noted for his powerful voice
• Tom Jones (writer), lyricist of musical theatre

Photography

• Anthony Jones (photographer), British photographer

Radio

• Alan Jones (radio broadcaster), Australian commercial radio personality
• Alex Jones, American author, film maker, and radio host
• Peter Jones (broadcaster), Welsh-born broadcaster
• Aled Jones, Welsh singer and radio host for BBC Radio 2
• Aled Haydn Jones, Welsh radio presenter for BBC Radio 1. Not to be confused with the above mentioned Aled Jones.

Television

• Alas Smith and Jones, a British comedy series and a parody of Alias Smith and Jones
• Alias Smith and Jones, a 1970s Western series
• Chris Jones (sports journalist), Australian sports journalist with the Nine Network
• Christopher Jones (WNYW), television reporter on WNYW
• Donyelle Jones, Top four finalist on So You Think You Can Dance (television show)
• Jenny Jones, talk show host who hosted The Jenny Jones Show from 1991 to 2002
• Rick Jones, one of the best-known faces on BBC children's television programmes
• Steve Jones, Welsh model and presenter
• Terry Jones, British actor, writer and director, member of comedy group Monty Python.

Commerce

Businesspeople

• Edward D. Jones, investment banker born in St. Louis
• Henry Jones (baker), baker in Bristol
• Henry Jones (entrepreneur), Australian businessman
• Peter Jones (Entrepreneur), one of the UK's most successful businessmen
• Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone, British banker and politician

Companies

• David Jones Limited, Australian retailing company
• Dow Jones & Company, a publisher and financial information firm
• Edward Jones Investments, brokerage firm based out of St. Louis, Missouri
• Jones Day, a United States law firm
• Jones Soda, an American beverage company based in Washington
• Peter Jones (department store), one of the largest and best known department stores in London
• JONES Intercable, a former cable TV company.

Software developers

• Chris Jones (Access Software), co-creator of the Tex Murphy detective adventure game series
• Chris Jones (Obsidian Entertainment), founder of Obsidian Entertainment, a computer game company
• Chris Jones (AGS), creator of the freeware adventure game creation tool AGS
• Christopher Jones, software developer, DJ and pilot

Education

• Arnold Hugh Martin Jones (1904–1970), a British classical scholar
• Bob Jones, Sr., American evangelist, founder and first president of Bob Jones University
• Bob Jones, Jr., former president of Bob Jones University. Son of Bob Jones, Sr.
• Bob Jones III, former president and current chancellor of Bob Jones University. Son of Bob Jones, Jr.
• Bob Jones University, a university in Greenville, South Carolina
• Edward E. Jones, influential social psychologist who worked at Duke University for most of his career
• Henry Stuart Jones, British academic and fellow of Trinity College, Oxford University
• Jones College Prep, A school named after William Jones
• Lewis Wade Jones, sociologist and educator
• Owen Glynne Jones, a pioneering British rock climber and mountaineer
• Steven Jones, current president of Bob Jones University
• Steve Jones, professor of genetics at Galton laboratory of University College London
• Thomas Jones CH, British civil servant and educationalist
• William Jones, English philologist and student of ancient India

History

• Casey Jones, a famous U.S. locomotive engineer, subject of an eponymous song
• Casey Jones, locomotive superintendent for the Highland Railway in Scotland
• Christopher Jones (sailor) (c.1570-1622), English sailor, master of the Mayflower
• Johnny Jones, pioneer settler in New Zealand
• Lewis Jones (Patagonia), one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia

Law & politics

Law

• John E. Jones III, American lawyer and jurist from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
• William Jones (convict), convict transported to Western Australia
• Edith Jones, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit.

American politics

• Anson Jones (1798-1858), the last president of the Republic of Texas
• Brereton Jones, Democratic Governor of Kentucky from 1991 to 1995
• Ed Jones (US politician), Democratic Congressman from the state of Tennessee from 1968 to 1989
• Evan John Jones, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• George Jones (U.S. Senator), United States Senator from Georgia
• George W. Jones, United States Senator who represented the state of Iowa
• George Washington Jones (Tennessee politician), American politician
• George Washington Jones (Texas politician), Texas politician and a Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• James Kimbrough Jones, U.S. politician
• John E. Jones, Governor of Nevada
• John P. Jones, American politician who served for 30 years as a Republican United States Senator
• John Winston Jones, U.S. political figure
• Sam H. Jones, the reform Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1940 to 1944
• Samuel M. Jones, Progressive Era Mayor of Toledo, Ohio from 1897 to 1904
• Thomas G. Jones, American Democratic politician who was the Governor of Alabama from 1890 to 1894
• Wesley Livsey Jones (1863-1932), American Congressman and Senator from Washington State
• William Atkinson Jones, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918
• William Jones (statesman), American politician

United Kingdom politics

• Dan Jones (politician) (1908–1985), British politician
• David Jones (Welsh politician), the Conservative MP for Clwyd West
• Ernest Charles Jones (1819-68), British orator, poet, and politician
• Jenny Jones (Green politician), politician in the United Kingdom
• Jenny Jones (Labour politician), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom

Other politics

• Alfred Gilpin Jones (1824-1906), Canadian statesman
• H. James Jones, Canadian politician
• Jeffrey Max Jones, a Mexican politician

Literature

Fictional characters

• Bridget Jones, fictional novel and movie character
• Cyrano Jones, a minor Star Trek character
• David E. H. Jones, the fictional inventor for DREADCO
• Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), the primary villain of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Henry Jones, Sr., fictional character in the Indiana Jones series of films
• Ianto Jones, fictional receptionist worker in BBC 3's Torchwood
• Indiana Jones, main character of Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels
• John Jones, comic book superhero appearing in DC Comics
• Mr. Jones, character in the song Ballad of a Thin Man
• Mr. Jones (James Bond) character in Dr. No, James Bond.
• Oliver Wendell Jones, a character in Bloom County
• Rick Jones (comics), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
• Sam Jones (Doctor Who), fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels
• Samantha Jones, fictional character in the HBO-produced television series Sex and the City
• Tom Jones, a character in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, a comic novel by Henry Fielding
• Jones (Nineteen Eighty-Four), a character in George Orwell's celebrated and glorious novel, the unique Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Writers

• Daniel Jones (phonetician), London-born British phonetician
• Diana Wynne Jones, British writer
• Ebenezer Jones (1820-60), British poet
• Edgar Dewitt Jones, American clergyman and author
• Edward P. Jones, African American writer
• Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (b. circa 1857), British educator and writer on logic and ethics
• George Jones (publisher), United States journalist
• Howard Mumford Jones, U.S. writer, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard University
• J. V. Jones, a fantasy author
• James Jones (author), American author most famous for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath
• Lewis Jones (writer), political activist of the left
• Liz Jones, British journalist and writer
• Pamela Jones, the founder of Groklaw
• Thomas P. Jones, English engineer and publisher

Military

• David Charles Jones, retired United States air force officer and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• David Jones (VC), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edward Jones (army), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in the British Parliament's House of Lords
• EH Jones, British Prisoner of War
• Herbert "H." Jones, a British officer who fell in action during the Falklands War, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Hilary P. Jones (1863-1938), American naval officer
• Jacob Jones (1768-1850), American naval officer
• James L. Jones, the Commander of the United States European Command
• John B. Jones, Confederate army officer and Texas Ranger captain
• John Jones (spymaster), director general of MI5
• John Jones Maesygarnedd, one of the regicides of King Charles I
• John M. Jones, brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
• John Paul Jones, America's first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War
• Michael Jones (soldier), Parliamentary supporter in the English Civil War
• Reginald Victor Jones, head of British Scientific Intelligence during World War II
• Sam Jones (military), the Confederate commander of Department Florida
• Thomas ap Catesby Jones, U.S. Navy officer during the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War
• William E. Jones, planter, career U.S. Army officer, and Confederate cavalry general
• William Jones (VC), English recipient of the Victoria Cross

Mathematics & science

Mathematics

• Edward Jones, U.S. statistician
• Peter Jones, mathematician at Yale University
• Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones a New Zealand mathematician,
• William Jones, Welsh mathematician

Science

• Cliff Jones, a British computer scientist
• Jones calculus, way of describing polarization in optics
• Ted Jones (neuroscientist), neuroscientist and a prolific neuroanatomist
• Thomas Rupert Jones, English geologist and palæaeontologist born in London

Religion

• Bob Jones, Sr., American evangelist, founder and first president of Bob Jones University
• Bob Jones, Jr., former president of Bob Jones University
• Bob Jones III, former president and current chancellor of Bob Jones University
• Christopher Jones (bishop), Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
• Esther Jones, English missionary to India
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh Protestant preacher and author
• Jim Jones, the American founder of the Peoples Temple church
• John W. Jones, slave to the Elzy family
• Michael D. Jones, Congregationalist minister and principal of a theological seminary
• Peter Jones, ordained Methodist minister
• Saint John Jones, priest and martyr
• Steven Jones, current president of Bob Jones University
• William Augustus Jones Jr., African American minister and civil rights leader
• William Jones, English divine

Sports

American football

• Christopher Jones (gridiron), American football player for the Minnesota Vikings
• Ed Jones (American football), American football player
• Henry Jones (football player), American football defensive back
• Howard Jones (football coach), American college football coach
• Kevin Jones (American football), football player for the Detroit Lions
• Mike Jones (American football), American football linebacker in the National Football League
• Thomas Jones (football player), American football running back for the Chicago Bears

Auto racing

• Alan Jones (Formula 1), Australian former Formula One racer
• John Jones (driver), former driver in the CART Championship Car series
• Tom Jones (auto racer), American former racing driver

Baseball

• Andruw Jones, center fielder for the Atlanta Braves
• Chipper Jones, third baseman for the Atlanta Braves
• Chris Jones - former Major League Baseball player
• Doug Jones, former Major League relief pitcher who played from 1982 to 2000.
• Gordon Jones, former Major League pitcher
• Jacque Jones, right fielder for the Chicago Cubs
• John Jones, former Major League outfielder
• Sad Sam Jones, starting pitcher in Major League who played in the American League
• Sam Jones, Major League pitcher who played from 1951 to 1964
• Todd Jones, closer for several teams; as of 2006, he is playing for the Detroit Tigers

Basketball

• Eddie Jones (basketball), professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies
• James Jones (basketball player), professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Phoenix Suns
• Renato William Jones, popularizer of basketball in Europe
• Sam Jones (basketball), former professional basketball player
• Steve Jones (basketball), one of the most esteemed and watched NBA analysts

Cricket

• Alan Jones, ex-England cricketer.
• Alfred Jones (1859-1949), Australian test cricket umpire
• Allan Jones, ex-England cricketer.
• Arthur Jones, ex-England cricketer.
• Chris Jones (born 1978), cricketer
• Dean Jones (cricketer), retired Australian cricketer
• Ernie Jones, Former Australian bowler
• Geraint Jones, English current player
• Jeff Jones, former England batsmen.
• Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests
• Simon Jones, current England player

Football (soccer)

• Chris Jones (footballer), of Swansea City Football Club
• Cobi Jones, American midfielder
• Dave Jones, English football manager currently in charge of Cardiff City F.C.
• David Jones, English football player
• Kenwyne Jones, Trinidad and Tobago footballer
• Mick Jones, traditional centre forward
• Ritchie Jones, English footballer
• Rob Jones, an English footballer
• Paul Jones, Welsh footballer
• Steve Jones, Northern Irish professional football player
• T. G. Jones, footballer for Everton and Wales
• Vinnie Jones, a Welsh footballer and actor

Professional wrestling

• Mike Jones (wrestler), professional wrestler better known as Virgil in the World Wrestling Federation
• Thomas Jones, British professional wrestler
• Allen Jones, professional wrestler better known as AJ Styles in Total Non-stop Action

Rugby League

• Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
• Peter Jones, Australian rugby league player

Rugby Union

• Chris Jones (rugby player) (b.1980), English rugby union footballer
• Lewis Jones (rugby player), former Welsh rugby union player who won 9 caps for Wales
• Michael Niko Jones, former rugby union player and current coach

Track and field (Athletics)

• LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete
• Marion Jones, American track and field star
• Mick Jones (athlete), track and field athlete
• Steve Jones (athlete), Welsh athlete

Other sports

• Alyson Jones, English swimmer
• Bobby Jones (golfer), amateur golfer
• Heather Jones, a Canadian field hockey player
• Keith Jones, a Canadian hockey player
• Kevin Jones (BMX rider), freestyle BMX rider
• Reggie Jones, American boxer
• Smarty Jones, thoroughbred race horse
• Steve Jones (golfer), professional golfer who is best known for winning the U.S. Open in 1996
• Cullen Jones, a professional swimmer

Sports Executives

• Whip Jones, Founder of Aspen Highlands

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Other people

• Duncan Jones, son of the musician David Bowie
• Lupita Jones, the first Mexican woman to win the Miss Universe title
• Steve Jones (underwater photographer), award winning wildlife photographer
• Thomas David Jones, United States astronaut

Geographic places

• Fort Jones, California
• Jones, Isabela
• Jones, Oklahoma
• Jones Beach Island
• Jones Beach State Park
• Jones County, Georgia
• Jones County, Iowa
• Jones County, Mississippi
• Jones County, North Carolina
• Jones County, South Dakota
• Jones County, Texas
• Jones Creek, Texas
• Jones Township, Pennsylvania
• Jonestown, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
• Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
• Jonestown, Coahoma County, Mississippi
• Jonestown, Texas
• Jonesville, Florida
• Jonesville, Indiana
• Jonesville, Louisiana
• Jonesville, Michigan
• Jonesville, North Carolina
• Jonesville, Virginia
• St. Jones River

Buildings

• Jones Point Lighthouse, a lighthouse on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia
• Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, outdoor amphitheatre

Other

• Davy Jones' Locker, an idiom for the bottom of the sea
• Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market index
• Generation Jones, a name for Americans born between 1954 and 1965
• Jones Fracture, a fracture of the fifth metatarsal of the foot
• Keeping up with the Joneses, a phrase that refers to maintaining social appearances of wealth or status
• Jonesing, craving, originally referring to drug addiction, but now extended tongue-in-cheek to include cravings for food and drink
• Jones' stain, a type of stain used in pathology
• Christmas Jones, Bond girl in The World Is Not Enough

Trivia

On 3rd November 2006 an attempt to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname took place at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. The Jones Jones Jones event was attended by rock singer and ex-Bond girl Grace Jones, opera singers Dame Gwyneth Jones and Gwyn Hughes Jones and was presented by Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones and former S4C presenter Gwenllian Jones, the latter having travelled especially from Sydney, Australia.

The event was officiated by Guinness World Records and officially had 1,224 people with the surname Jones, all of whom had to show identification at the door in order to gain entry. This surpassed the previous same-surname world record set in Sweden in 2004 with 583 people with the surname Norberg.

See also

• Chris Jones
• Sam Jones

External Links

• The Family Tree of one Jones Branch - Edward Jonas Jones