David Jones

David Jones may refer to:

Companies

• David Jones Limited (founded 1838), a chain of department stores in Australia
• David Jones (handbags), Parisian brand of handbags

Characters

• David Robert Jones (Fringe) (active 2008–2012), antagonist of the science-fiction television series

People

Business

• David B. Jones (1848–1923), president and chairman of the board of directors of the Mineral Point Zinc Company
• David Jones (merchant) (1793–1873), Welsh-Australian department store founder
• David Jones (Global CEO, Havas) (born 1966), CEO of Havas and Havas Worldwide
• David A. Jones, Sr., co-founder of Humana Inc. in 1961

Arts and entertainment

Music

• David Jones (jazz musician) (1888–1956), American jazz saxophonist
• Davy Jones (musician) (1945–2012), actor, and singer with The Monkees
  • David Jones (album), his eponymous 1965 album
• David Robert Jones (1947–2016), the birth name of British musician and actor David Bowie
• David Jones, guitarist and drummer for The Murdocks (active since 2003)
• Dave Jones (drummer) (active since 1983), drummer with Agnostic Front
• David Evan Jones (composer) (born 1946), composer and UCSC music professor
• David Lynn Jones (born 1950), American country music singer-songwriter
• David Martyn Jones (born 1964), Welsh conductor, composer/arranger and pianist

Other

• David Jones (director) (1934–2008), English stage, television and film director
• David Jones (presenter), English sports broadcaster on Sky Sports since 1999
• David Jones (poet) (1895–1974), British modernist poet, writer, and artist
• David Jones (programmer) (active in 1980s), former freelance computer game programmer
• David Jones (video game developer), Scottish CEO of Real Time Worlds since 2002
• David Jones (writer), creator of the television series Fireman Sam
• Dai Jones (born 1943), Welsh television presenter and radio broadcaster

Military

• David Jones (VC) (1891–1916), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• David M. Jones (1913–2008), U.S. Air Force major general, one of Doolittle's Raiders
• David C. Jones (1921–2013), U.S. Air Force general, Chairman Joints Chief of Staff
• David Rumph Jones (1825–1863), Confederate general

Politics

Canada

• David Jones (Upper Canada politician) (1792–1870), lawyer, judge and political figure
• David Ford Jones (1818–1887), Ontario manufacturer and political figure

United Kingdom

• David Jones (Carmarthenshire MP) (1810–1869), Welsh banker and Conservative Party politician
• David Jones (Clwyd West MP) (born 1952), Conservative Party AM, MP and Welsh Secretary
• David Thomas Jones (1899–1963), Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hartlepool, 1945–1959
• David Brynmor Jones (1851–1921), barrister, historian and Liberal Member of Parliament

United States

• David Charles Jones (born 1921), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• David W. Jones (1815–1879), Secretary of State of Wisconsin
• David P. Jones (1860-1927), two-time mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Dave Jones (politician) (born 1962), California Insurance Commissioner

Other

• David Jones (New Zealand politician) (1873–1941), New Zealand politician
• David Jones (Guernsey politician) (born 1949), Minister of Housing in Guernsey, Channel Islands

Religion

• David Jones (Baptist minister) (1736–1810), Welsh Baptist minister
• David Jones (missionary) (1796–1841), Missionary to Madagascar
• David Evan Jones (missionary) (1870–1947), Welsh missionary in Mizoram, India
• David Jones (Dean of Llandaff) (1870–1949), Dean of Llandaff Cathedral
• David Jones (Archdeacon of Carmarthen) (1874–1950), Archdeacon of Carmarthen

Science, engineering, and academia

• David A. Jones (active since 1995), head of the National Climate Centre at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
• David Dallas Jones (1887–1956), President of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina
• David E. H. Jones (born 1938), best known as Daedalus, British writer and scientist
• David James Jones (1886–1947), Welsh philosopher and academic
• David L. Jones (active since 2009), Australian electronic engineer and blogger
• David Wyn Jones (born 1950), British musicologist
• David R. Jones (biologist) (1941–2010), recipient of Flavelle Medal

Sports

American football

• David Jones (Browns owner), majority owner of the Cleveland Browns from 1953 to 1961
• David Jones (Cardinals owner) (c. 1884–1966), American football team owner for the Chicago Cardinals
• David Jones (cornerback) (born 1985), American football player
• David Jones (offensive lineman) (born 1961), American football player for the Washington Redskins
• Dave Jones (American football) (born 1947), American football player
• Deacon Jones (David D. Jones, 1938–2013), American football player

Association football

• Dave Jones (footballer, born 1932), Welsh footballer
• Dave Jones (footballer, born 1956), English footballer and manager
• David Jones (footballer born 1910) (1910–1971), Welsh footballer, played in 1933–34 Birmingham F.C. season
• David Jones (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1988), Welsh footballer
• David Jones (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2014), English footballer
• David Jones (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2013), English footballer
• David Jones (footballer, born 1950), English footballer for York City
• David Jones (footballer born 1952), Welsh footballer, see Wales national football team results 1960–1979
• David Jones (footballer, born 1955), Australian association footballer
• David Jones (footballer, born 1964), English footballer
• David Jones (footballer, born 1984), English footballer
• Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941), Welsh footballer
• David R. Jones (footballer), manager of Faroe Island team ÍF Fuglafjørður in 2008
• Di Jones (1867–1902), Welsh footballer

Rugby

• David Jones (rugby) (1881–1933), rugby union and rugby league footballer
• David Phillips Jones (1881–1936), rugby union footballer
• David Jones (rugby born circa-1901), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s
• David Jones (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s
• David Jones (rugby league, born c. 1965), rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity, see List of Wakefield Trinity Wildcats players
• David Jones (rugby league, born 1967), rugby league footballer for Oldham Roughyeds
• Dafydd Jones (born 1979), rugby union footballer for Wales, and (Llanelli) Scarlets

Other sports

• David Jones (athlete) (born 1940), British sprinter and Olympic Bronze medallist
• David Jones (darts player) (1949–1995), Welsh darts player
• David Jones (ice hockey) (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames
• David Jones (golfer) (born 1947), Northern Irish professional golfer
• David Jones (cricketer, born 1914) (1914–1998), English cricketer
• David Jones (cricketer, born 1920) (1920–1990), Welsh cricketer
• David Jones (sailor) (born 1940), sailor from United States Virgin Islands
• David Jones, birth name of Dai St. John (1879–1899), Welsh heavyweight boxer
• David R. Jones (golfer), English golfer and winner of the 1991 Zambia Open

Other

• David Jones (barrister) (1765–1816), Welsh barrister
• David Jones (railway) (1834–1906), locomotive superintendent of the Highland Railway in Scotland
• David R. Jones (organizer) (1938–1998), Charles Edison Memorial Youth Fund co-founder

See also

• Davy Jones (disambiguation)
• David Rhys-Jones (born 1962), former Australian rules footballer
• Dafydd Jones (disambiguation)