Rob(ert), Bob, or Bobby Jones may refer to:

Academics

* Bob Jones Sr. (1883–1968), Christian evangelist who founded Bob Jones University *

Bob Jones Jr. Robert Reynolds Jones Jr. (October 19, 1911 – November 12, 1997) was the second president and chancellor of Bob Jones University. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Jones was the son of Bob Jones Sr., the university's founder. He served as president fr ...

(1911–1997), Bob Jones, Sr.'s son, and second president of the university *

Bob Jones III Robert Reynolds Jones III (born August 8, 1939), son of Bob Jones Jr. and grandson of Bob Jones Sr., served as the third president of Bob Jones University from 1971 to 2005. Biography Jones was born in Cleveland, Tennessee, the son of Fannie May ...

(born 1939), Bob Jones, Sr.'s grandson, and third president of the university *

Bobby Jones (academic) Bobby Jones, PhD (28 February 1932 - 21 December 1992) was a noted American educator who distinguished himself by becoming the first African American to earn tenure at Mercer University, a highly selective private university Private univers ...

(1932–2001), American academic * Bobi Jones (Robert Maynard Jones, 1929–2017), Welsh Christian academic *

Robert B. Jones (linguist) Robert Burton "RB" Jones (January 31, 1920 – November 23, 2007) was a linguist whose research focused on the South East Asian languages, in particular Karen, Burmese and Thai. He was a professor at Cornell University. Jones studied music as ...

(1920–2007), professor at Cornell University *

Robert J. Jones Robert J. Jones (born 1951) is an American crop physiology scientist who is the tenth chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Jones is the first African-American to hold this office. He previously served as president of the U ...

(born 1950/1951), crop physiology scientist

Entertainment

Music

Robert Jones (composer) Robert Jones (c. 1577 – 1617) was an English lutenist and composer, the most prolific of the English lute song composers (along with Thomas Campion). He received the degree of B.Mus from Oxford in 1597 (St. Edmund Hall). He ran a school in Lon ...

(died 1617), English lutenist and composer * Robert Hope-Jones (1859–1914), English inventor of the theater organ *

Bobby Jones (saxophonist) Bobby Jones (October 30, 1928 in Louisville, Kentucky – March 6, 1980 in Munich) was an American jazz saxophonist. Jones played drums as a child and started on clarinet at age 8; his father encouraged him to explore jazz. He studied with Simeon ...

(1928–1980), American jazz saxophonist *

Robert W. Jones Robert William Jones (16 December 1932 – 28 May 1997) was a 20th-century American composer. Life Robert W. Jones was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He studied at University of Redlands, University of Minnesota and at the American Conservatory ...

(1932–1997), American classical composer * Bobby Jones (singer) (born 1939), gospel singer *

Robert Jones (Welsh composer) Robert Jones (born 11 March 1945) is a Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster. Biography Jones studied music at the University of Wales and has a Fellowship Diploma from the Royal College of Organists. After 30 years as a high-school teacher ...

(born 1945), Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster *

Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones Rob Jones (14 February 1964 – 31 July 1993), known by his nickname The Bass Thing, or by some as Bob Jones, was an English musician. He was a founding member and original bassist for The Wonder Stuff, based in Stourbridge (West Midland ...

(1964–1993), bass guitarist in the British band The Wonder Stuff

Other entertainment

* Robert Edmond Jones (1887–1954), American theater designer of sets, lighting, costumes * Robert Earl Jones (1910–2006), American actor and father of James Earl Jones *

Robert F. Jones Robert Francis Jones (May 26, 1934 – December 18, 2002) was a novelist and an outdoor writer for '' Sports Illustrated'' and '' Field & Stream''. Many of his novels contain fantastic and/or surrealistic elements, causing some critics to la ...

(1934–2002), American novelist and outdoors journalist *

Robert C. Jones Robert Clifford Jones (March 30, 1936 – February 1, 2021) was an American film editor, screenwriter, and educator. He received an Academy Award for the screenplay of the film '' Coming Home'' (1978). As an editor, Jones had notable collabor ...

(1936–2021), American screenwriter and film editor *

R.S. Jones Robert S. Jones (March 3, 1954 – August 13, 2001) was an American novelist and editor. He was born in Santa Monica, California. Life Jones grew up in southern California and northern New Jersey. His undergraduate studies were at Hobart and ...

(Robert S. Jones, 1954–2001), American novelist and editor * Bob Devin Jones (born 1954), American playwright, director, and actor * Rob Brydon (Robert Brydon Jones, born 1965), Welsh actor * Bob Jones (sound engineer), British sound engineer for films * Bob Jones, writer of the syndicated Goren Bridge newspaper column * Bob Jones (illustrator) (1926–2018), American artist and advertising illustrator

Politics

Australia and Canada

* Robert Jones (Australian politician) (1845–1927), New South Wales politician * Robert Jones (Lower Canada politician) (died 1844), land agent and politician in Lower Canada * Robert Jones (Canada East politician) (died 1874), politician in Canada East

UK

* Robert Jones (of Castell-March), MP for Carnarvon in 1625 and Flintshire in 1628 * Robert Jones (died 1715) (1682–1715), British MP for Glamorganshire, 1712–1715 * Robert Jones (died 1774) (1704–1774), British MP for Huntingdon, 1754–1774 * Robert Jones (Labour politician) (1874–1940), British MP for Caernarvonshire, 1922–1923 * Robert Jones (Conservative politician) (1950–2007), British Conservative MP 1983–1997

US

* Robert McDonald Jones (1808–1872), Confederate politician * Robert Taylor Jones (1884–1958), governor of Arizona * Robert Franklin Jones (1907–1968), Ohio representative to US Congress, 1939–1947 * Robert E. Jones Jr. (1912–1997), US House of Representative from Alabama * Robert G. Jones (born 1939), Louisiana state senator * Robert Jones (Michigan politician) (1944–2010), Kalamazoo mayor, member of Michigan House of Representatives

Sports

American football

* Bob Jones (long snapper) (born 1978), American football player for the New York Giants * Bob Jones (wide receiver) (born 1945), American football player for the Chicago Bears * Bobby Jones (guard) (1912–1999), American football player for the Green Bay Packers * Bobby Jones (wide receiver) (born 1955), American football wide receiver * Robert Jones (linebacker) (born 1969), American football player for the Dallas Cowboys * Robert Jones (offensive lineman) (born 1999), American football player for the Miami Dolphins

Association football

* Robert Albert Jones (1864–?), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer * Robert Jones (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1939), Everton, Ardwick and Wales international footballer * Robert Reuben Jones (1902–?), footballer for Huddersfield Town, 1920s * Bob Jones (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1989), football goalkeeper for Bolton Wanderers and Cardiff City, 1920s and 1930s * Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1998), footballer for Southport, Chester, and Blackburn * Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2015), footballer for Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town, and Swindon Town * Rob Jones (footballer, born 1971), Welsh-born English international footballer, played for Liverpool in the 1990s * Rob Jones (footballer, born 1979), English footballer for Doncaster Rovers

Baseball

*Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher) (born 1970), right-handed baseball pitcher *Bobby Jones (left-handed pitcher) (born 1972), left-handed baseball pitcher *Bobby Jones (outfielder) (born 1949), outfielder and manager/coach *Bob Jones (third baseman) (1889–1964), Major League Baseball player *Sug Jones (Robert Roosevelt Jones, 1907–1982), American baseball player

Basketball

*Bob Jones (basketball, born 1940) (1940–2021), American basketball coach and athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1972–1980 *Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951), American professional basketball player in the 1970s and 80s, member of Basketball Hall of Fame *Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1962), American basketball coach at Saint Francis University, high school athletic director *Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1984), American professional basketball player *Robert Jones (basketball, born 1979), American basketball coach at Norfolk State University

Cricket

* Rob Jones (cricketer) (born 1995), English cricketer * Robert Jones (English cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer * Robert Jones (Barbadian cricketer) (1886-1951), Barbadian cricketer

Golf

* Bobby Jones (golfer) (1902–1971), American amateur golfer * Robert Trent Jones (1906–2000), golf course architect * Robert Trent Jones Jr. (born 1939), golf course architect

Horse Racing

* Robert Jones (jockey) (died 1938), aka Bobby Jones, American Champion jockey * Bobby Jones (1904-1969), British Classic-winning jockey

Rugby

*Bob Jones (rugby union) (1875–1944), Welsh rugby union forward *Bobby Jones (rugby union) (1900–1970), Welsh rugby player *Robert Jones (rugby, born 1921) (1921–?), rugby union and league footballer for Wales XV (RU), Glamorgan, Aberavon *Robert Jones (rugby union, born 1965), Wales and British Lions rugby union player

Other sports

* Bob Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1961), Australian rules footballer * Robert Jones (ice hockey) (1877–?), goaltender for the Montreal Victorias * Bob Jones (ice hockey) (born 1945), played in the NHL and WHA * Rob Jones (rower), (born 1985), United States rower and 2012 Paralympic Games medalist

Business

* Bob Jones (businessman) (born 1939), New Zealand property investor and former politician * Bob Jones (Texas businessman), former Texas businessman * Robert "Fish" Jones (died 1930), American fish market owner, zoo owner

Law

* Robert Noble Jones (1864–1942), New Zealand lawyer, public servant and land court judge * Robert E. Jones (judge) (born 1927), Oregon Supreme Court and federal district judge * Robert Byron Jones (1833–1867), Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court * Robert Clive Jones (born 1947), American federal judge * Bob Jones (police commissioner) (1955–2014), in the West Midlands of England * Robert Jones (wrongful conviction) (born 1973), exonerated after conviction for a 1992 murder

Military

* Robert Jones (artilleryman), 18th-century British popularizer of figure skating and fireworks * Robert Jones (VC) (1857–1898), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross * Robert Jephson Jones (1905–1985), British bomb disposal expert awarded the George Cross

Religion

* Robert Elijah Jones (1872–1960), United States clergyman, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopalian Church * Robert Jones (archdeacon of Worcester) (born 1955), English Anglican priest * Robert Jones (dean of Clonmacnoise) (born 1947), Dean of Clonmacnoise * Robert Jones (writer) (1810–1879), Welsh Anglican priest and writer

Science

* Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet (1857–1933), British orthopaedic surgeon * Robert Thomas Jones (engineer) (1910–1999), NASA aeronautical engineer * Robert Clark Jones (1916–2004), American physicist * Robert Jones (aerodynamicist) (1891-1962), Welsh aerodynamicist

Other

* Robert Jones (designer), British cabinet maker and designer * Robert J. Jones (trade unionist) (1899-1962), Welsh trade union leader * Robert Lawton Jones (1925-2018), American architect from Oklahoma, noted for his contributions to modern art * Bob Jones (Grand Dragon) (1930-1989), a Ku Klux Klan official in the 1960s * Bob Jones Award, an award given by the United States Golf Association * Bob Jones High School, Madison, the largest public high school in the state of Alabama * Bob Jones University, founded by Bob Jones, Sr * ''Bob Jones University v. United States'', a United States Supreme Court decision