Jones
Jones is a common
family name that comes from the term 'Son of
John' but can also be attributed to the name '
Jonah' â€" a name of
Icelandic origins suggesting a
Viking connection. It has further been suggested it derives from Germanic settlers in the
United Kingdom with the name
Johannes. It is also the most common last name in
Wales, and is the fourth-most common last name in the
United States according to the
U.S. Census.
Jones may refer to:
People
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Alan Jones (architect), Northern Ireland architect
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Alan Jones (Formula 1), Australian former Formula One racer
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Alan Jones (radio broadcaster), Australian commercial radio personality
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Alex Jones, American author, film maker, and radio host
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Alfred Jones (1859-1949), Australian test cricket umpire
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Alfred Gilpin Jones (1824-1906), Canadian statesman
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Allan Jones, (1908-1992), American actor and singer
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Anson Jones, (1798-1858), the last president of the Republic of Texas
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Brian Jones, founding member of the Rolling Stones
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Casey Jones, a famous U.S. locomotive engineer
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Chuck Jones, a cartoonist
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Cliff Jones, a British computer scientist
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Dan Jones (artist), rock musician, figurative painter, designer and author of alternative comic "Bruised Fruit"
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Daniel Jones (composer), Welsh composer of classical music
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Daniel Jones (musician), one half of the Australian pop duo Savage Garden
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Daniel Jones (phonetician), London-born British phonetician
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Dan Jones (politician) (1908â€"1985), British politician, MP for Burnley 1959â€"1983
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Dave Jones, English football manager currently in charge of Cardiff City F.C.
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David Charles Jones, retired United States air force officer and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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David E. H. Jones, the fictional inventor for DREADCO
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David Jones (footballer), English football player
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David Jones (poet), artist and one of the most important first generation British modernist poets
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David Jones (railway), locomotive superintendent for the Highland Railway in Scotland
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David Jones (VC), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
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David Jones (Welsh politician), the Conservative MP for Clwyd West
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David Robert Jones, English singer, songwriter, musician and producer whose work spans more than four decades
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Davy Jones (actor), British-born actor and singer
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Dean Jones (actor), American actor
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Dean Jones (cricketer), retired Australian cricketer
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Diana Wynne Jones, British writer
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Ebenezer Jones (1820-60), British poet
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Ed Jones (football player), American football player
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Ed Jones (US politician), Democratic Congressman from the state of Tennessee from 1968 to 1989
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Edgar Dewitt Jones, American clergyman and author
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Edward D. Jones, investment banker born in St. Louis
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Edward E. Jones, influential social psychologist who worked at Duke University for most of his career
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Edward Elwyn Jones, Welsh conductor and organist
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Edward Jones (statistician), U.S. statistician
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Edward Jones (army), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in the British Parliament's House of Lords
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Edward P. Jones, African American writer
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Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (b. circa 1857), British educator and writer on logic and ethics
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Ernest Charles Jones (1819-68), British orator, poet, and politician
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Evan John Jones, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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George Jones, American country singer known for his distinctive voice and phrasing that frequently evoke the raw emotions caused by grief, unhappy love, and emotional hardship
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George Jones (publisher), United States journalist who co-founded with Henry Jarvis Raymond the New-York Daily Times
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George Jones (U.S. Senator), United States Senator from Georgia
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George W. Jones, one of the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846
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George Washington Jones (Tennessee politician), American politician who represented Tennessee's fifth district in the United States House of Representatives
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George Washington Jones (Texas politician), Texas politician, a Lieutenant Governor of Texas and a Greenback member of the United States House of Representatives
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Griff Rhys Jones, a British comedian
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H. James Jones, Canadian politician
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H. Jones, a British officer
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Henry Arthur Jones, English dramatist
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Henry Jones (actor), American actor
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Henry Jones (baker), baker in Bristol
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Henry Jones (entrepreneur), Australian businessman who was important in the development of industry and trade in Tasmania
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Henry Jones (football player), American football defensive back who played for the Buffalo Bills, the Minnesota Vikings and the Atlanta Falcons
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Howard Jones (football coach), American college football coach at Syracuse, Yale, Ohio State, Iowa, Duke, and Southern California
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Howard Jones (heavy metal musician), the current lead singer of metalcore band Killswitch Engage and heavy metal band Blood Has Been Shed
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Howard Jones (musician), English singer and songwriter
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Howard Mumford Jones, U.S. writer, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard University
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Henry Jones, Sr., fictional character in the Indiana Jones series of films
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Henry Stuart Jones, British academic and fellow of Trinity College, Oxford University
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Hilary P. Jones (1863-1938), American naval officer
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Inigo Jones (1573-1652), British architect
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J.V. Jones, a fantasy author
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Jacob Jones (1768-1850), American naval officer
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James Earl Jones, well-known American film and stage actor
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James Jones (author), American author most famous for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath
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James Jones (basketball), professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Phoenix Suns
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James Kimbrough Jones, U.S. politician
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James L. Jones, the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and the Commander of the United States European Command
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Jeffrey Jones, an American actor
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Jeffrey Max Jones, a Mexican politician
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Jenny Jones (Green politician), politician in the United Kingdom
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Jenny Jones (Labour politician), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
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Jenny Jones (presenter), talk show host who hosted The Jenny Jones Show from 1991 to 2002
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Jim Jones, the American founder of the Peoples Temple church that developed into a group with cult-like beliefs, power structures and practices
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John B. Jones, Confederate army officer and Texas Ranger captain
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John E. Jones, Governor of Nevada
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John E. Jones III, American lawyer and jurist from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
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John Jones, comic book superhero appearing in DC Comics
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John Jones (baseball), former Major League Baseball outfielder
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John Jones (driver), former driver in the CART Championship Car series
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John Jones (record producer), musician and record producer
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John Jones (spymaster), director general of MI5
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John Jones Maesygarnedd, one of the regicides of King Charles I
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John M. Jones, brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
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John P. Jones, American politician who served for 30 years as a Republican United States Senator from Nevada
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John Paul Jones, America's first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War
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John Paul Jones (musician), English musician
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John W. Jones (ex-slave), slave to the Elzy family
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John Winston Jones, U.S. political figure
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Johnny Jones, pioneer settler in New Zealand
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Keith Jones, a Canadian hockey player
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Kenny Jones, a British musician
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Kenwyne Jones, Trinidad and Tobago footballer
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Kevin Jones (BMX rider), freestyle BMX rider
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Kevin Jones (football player), football player for the Detroit Lions
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Lewis Jones (Patagonia), one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia
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Lewis Jones (rugby player), former Welsh rugby union player who won 9 caps for Wales at full back, centre and wing before turning professional and playing rugby league for Leeds and Great Britain
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Lewis Jones (writer), political activist of the left
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Lewis Wade Jones, sociologist and educator
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Lupita Jones, the first Mexican woman to win the Miss Universe title
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Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish-born director
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Michael D. Jones, Congregationalist minister, principal of a theological seminary, and one of the fathers of modern Welsh nationalism
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Michael Jones (soldier), Parliamentary supporter in the English Civil War
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Michael Niko Jones, former rugby union player and current coach
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Mick Jones (athlete), track and field athlete
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Mick Jones (footballer), strong, traditional centre forward who led the line for the great Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s
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Mick Jones (Foreigner), guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Mick Jones (The Clash), English guitarist and singer best known for his work with The Clash
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Mike Jones, American southern rap artist from the north side of Houston, Texas
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Mike Jones (football), American football linebacker in the National Football League
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Mike Jones (Jazz musician), one of the best pianists alive today
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Mike Jones (wrestler), professional wrestler better known as Virgil in the World Wrestling Federation
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Norah Jones, an American musician
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Oliver Jones, jazz pianist
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Owen Jones (1809-74), British architect
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Owen Glynne Jones, a pioneering British rock climber and mountaineer
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Pamela Jones, the founder of Groklaw
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Peter Jones, English actor
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Peter Jones (broadcaster), Welsh-born broadcaster
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Peter Jones (drummer), Liverpool-born Australian session drummer
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Peter Jones (Entrepreneur), one of the UK's most successful businessman with interests in mobile telecommunications, media, leisure and property
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Peter Jones (mathematician), mathematician at Yale University
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Peter Jones (Ojibway Methodist minister), ordained Methodist minister
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Peter Jones (rugby league footballer), Australian rugby league player
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Quincy Jones, American music impresario, musical arranger, record producer, and film composer
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Reginald Victor Jones, an English scientist
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Renato William Jones, popularizer of basketball in Europe
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Renée Jones, an actress
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Rick Jones (comics), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
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Rick Jones (television presenter), one of the best-known faces on BBC children's television programmes during the 1960s and 1970s
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Rickie Lee Jones, an American musician
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Rob Jones, an English footballer
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Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954), American artist
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Sad Sam Jones, starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the American League with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox
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Saint John Jones, priest and martyr
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Sam H. Jones, the reform Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1940 to 1944
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Sam J. Jones, American actor
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Sam Jones (baseball), Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1951 to 1964
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Sam Jones (basketball), former professional basketball player
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Sam Jones (Doctor Who), fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
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Sam Jones (filmmaker), filmmaker
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Sam Jones (military), the Confederate commander of Department Florida
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Samantha Jones, fictional character in the HBO-produced television series Sex and the City
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Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests between 1882 and 1888
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Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone, British banker and politician
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Samuel M. Jones, Progressive Era Mayor of Toledo, Ohio from 1897 to 1904
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Steve Jones (athlete), Welsh athlete
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Steve Jones (basketball), one of the most esteemed and watched NBA analysts
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Steve Jones (biologist), professor of genetics at Galton laboratory of University College London
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Steve Jones (footballer), Northern Irish professional football player
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Steve Jones (golfer), professional golfer who is best known for winning the U.S. Open in 1996
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Steve Jones (musician), English rock and roll guitarist and singer
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Steve Jones (presenter), Welsh model and presenter
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Steve Jones (underwater photographer), award winning wildlife photographer
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T. G. Jones, footballer for Everton and Wales
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Ted Jones (neuroscientist), neuroscientist and a prolific neuroanatomist
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Thomas ap Catesby Jones, U.S. Navy officer during the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War
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Thomas David Jones, United States astronaut
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Thomas G. Jones, American Democratic politician who was the Governor of Alabama from 1890 to 1894
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Thomas Jones, British professional wrestler
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Thomas Jones (football player), American football running back for the Chicago Bears
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Thomas Jones CH, British civil servant and educationalist
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Thomas P. Jones, English engineer and publisher
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Thomas Rupert Jones, English geologist and palaeontologist born in London
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Tom Jones (auto racer), American former racing driver
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Tom Jones (singer), Welsh singer particularly noted for his powerful voice
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Tom Jones (writer), lyricist of musical theatre
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Tommy Lee Jones, an American actor
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Vinnie Jones, a Welsh footballer and actor
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Wesley Livsey Jones (1863-1932), American Congressman and Senator from Washington State
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William Atkinson Jones, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918
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William Augustus Jones Jr., African American minister and civil rights leader
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William E. Jones, planter, career U.S. Army officer, and Confederate cavalry general
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William Jones (convict), convict transported to Western Australia
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William Jones (ecclesiastic), English divine
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William Jones (mathematician), Welsh mathematician
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William Jones (philologist), English philologist and student of ancient India
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William Jones (statesman), American politician
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William Jones (VC), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
Fictional people
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Bridget Jones, fictional novel and movie character
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Cyrano Jones, a minor Star Trek character
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Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), the primary villain of the Disney film
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest*
Indiana Jones, main character of Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels
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Oliver Wendell Jones, a character in Bloom County
Television and film
Black Belt Jones, blaxploitation kung-fu movie
Indiana Jones, fictional professor, archaeologist, and adventurer who originally appeared in a series of films produced by George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg in the 1980s
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Mr. Jones (film), a movie starring Richard Gere
Alias Smith and Jones, a 1970s Western series
Alas Smith and Jones, a British comedy series and a parody of
Alias Smith and JonesThe Jenny Jones Show, American syndicated daytime talk show that was hosted by comedian/actress/singer Jenny Jones
Places
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Fort Jones, California*
Jones, Oklahoma*
Jones, Isabela*
Jones Beach*
Jones County, Georgia *
Jones County, Iowa *
Jones County, Mississippi *
Jones County, North Carolina *
Jones County, South Dakota *
Jones County, Texas*
Jones Creek, Texas*
Jonestown (disambiguation)*
Jones Township, Pennsylvania*
Jonesville*
St. Jones RiverMusic
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Jesus Jones, a British rock and roll group
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Me and Mrs. Jones, a song by Billy Paul
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Mr. Jones, a song by the band Counting Crows
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Sugar Jones, a Canadian pop group created on Popstars
*Desmond and Molly Jones, from the Beatles song
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da*
David Jones Limited, Australian retailing company
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Dow Jones & Company, a publisher and financial information firm
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Edward Jones Investments, brokerage firm based out of St. Louis, Missouri which serves investment clients in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom through its branch network of nearly 10,000 locations
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Jones Day, a United States law firm
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Jones Soda, an American beverage company based in Washington
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Peter Jones (department store), one of the largest and best known department stores in London, United Kingdom
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Bob Jones University, a university in Greenville, South Carolina
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Jones Point Lighthouse, a lighthouse on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia
*Mr. Jones, character in the song
Ballad of a Thin Man*
The Ballad of Halo Jones, a comic strip
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Desolation Jones, a comic book
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Davy Jones' Locker, an idiom for the bottom of the sea
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Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market index
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Generation Jones, a name for Americans born between 1954 and 1965
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Jones calculus, way of describing polarization in optics
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Jones Fracture, a fracture of the fifth metatarsal of the foot
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Keeping up with the Joneses, a phrase that refers to maintaining social appearances of wealth or status
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Tom Jones (film), British 1963 comedy film and winner of four Academy Awards
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, comic novel by Henry Fielding
