Rob(ert), Bob, or Bobby Jones may refer to:
Academics
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Bob Jones Sr.
Robert Reynolds Jones Sr. (October 30, 1883 – January 16, 1968) was an American evangelist, pioneer religious broadcaster, and the founder and first president of Bob Jones University.
Early years
Bob Jones was the eleventh of twelve child ...
(1883–1968), Christian evangelist who founded Bob Jones University
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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 f ...
(1911–1997), Bob Jones, Sr.'s son, and second president of the university
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Bob Jones III (born 1939), Bob Jones, Sr.'s grandson, and third president of the university
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Bobby Jones (academic) (1932–2001), American academic
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Bobi Jones
Robert Maynard Jones (20 May 1929 – 22 November 2017), generally known as Bobi Jones, was a Welsh Christian academic and one of the most prolific writers in the history of the Welsh language. A versatile master of poetry, fictional prose and cri ...
(Robert Maynard Jones, 1929–2017), Welsh Christian academic
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Robert B. Jones (linguist) (1920–2007), professor at Cornell University
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Robert J. Jones (born 1950/1951), crop physiology scientist
Entertainment
Music
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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
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Robert Hope-Jones
Robert Hope-Jones (9 February 1859 – 13 September 1914) was an English musician who is considered to be the inventor of the theatre organ in the early 20th century. He thought that a pipe organ should be able to imitate the instruments of ...
(1859–1914), English inventor of the theater organ
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Bobby Jones (saxophonist) (1928–1980), American jazz saxophonist
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Robert W. Jones (1932–1997), American classical composer
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Bobby Jones (singer)
Dr. Bobby Jones (born September 18, 1939 in Henry, Tennessee, United States) is an American Gospel music singer television host, and radio broadcaster from Nashville, Tennessee and the host and executive producer of several cable television gosp ...
(born 1939), gospel singer
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Robert Jones (Welsh composer) (born 1945), Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster
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Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones (1964–1993), bass guitarist in the British band The Wonder Stuff
Other entertainment
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Robert Edmond Jones
Robert Edmond Jones (December 12, 1887 – November 26, 1954) was an American scenic, lighting, and costume designer.
He is credited with incorporating the new stagecraft into the American drama. His designs sought to integrate scenic ele ...
(1887–1954), American theater designer of sets, lighting, costumes
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Robert Earl Jones
Robert Earl Jones (February 3, 1910 – September 7, 2006), sometimes credited as Earl Jones, was an American actor and professional boxer. One of the first prominent Black film stars, Jones was a living link with the Harlem Renaissance of the ...
(1910–2006), American actor and father of James Earl Jones
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Robert F. Jones (1934–2002), American novelist and outdoors journalist
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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
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R.S. Jones (Robert S. Jones, 1954–2001), American novelist and editor
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Bob Devin Jones (born 1954), American playwright, director, and actor
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Rob Brydon
Robert Brydon Jones (; born 3 May 1965) is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter, singer and writer. He played Dr Paul Hamilton in the Australian/British comedy series ''Supernova'', Bryn West in the BBC sitcom ''Gavin & Stacey'' a ...
(Robert Brydon Jones, born 1965), Welsh actor
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Bob Jones (sound engineer), British sound engineer for films
* Bob Jones, writer of the syndicated
Goren Bridge
Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991) was an American bridge player and writer who significantly developed and popularized the game. He was the leading American bridge personality in the 1950s and 1960s – or 1940s and 1950s, as " ...
newspaper column
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Bob Jones (illustrator)
Robert Goodhue Jones (October 27, 1926 – October 2, 2018) was an American artist and illustrator. Jones is best known for creating illustrations for the American gasoline company Exxon's "Put a tiger in your tank" campaign. He has also had works ...
(1926–2018), American artist and advertising illustrator
Politics
Australia and Canada
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Robert Jones (Australian politician)
Robert Jones (1845 – 7 January 1927) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
He was born in Longford to farmer William Jones and Anne Percival. He arrived in Sydney in the early 1860s and worked as a shearer, drover and stationhand at Coo ...
(1845–1927), New South Wales politician
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Robert Jones (Lower Canada politician)
Robert Jones (c. 1770 – September 24, 1844) was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented William Henry in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1824.
He was probably born in New York state, the son of John Jones, ...
(died 1844), land agent and politician in Lower Canada
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Robert Jones (Canada East politician)
Robert Jones ( – January 21, 1874) was a political figure in Canada East, in the Province of Canada. He represented Missiskoui in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1844. He also served as a member of the L ...
(died 1874), politician in Canada East
UK
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, MP for Carnarvon in 1625 and Flintshire in 1628
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Robert Jones (died 1715)
Robert Jones (c. 1682 – 19 December 1715) of Fonmon, Glamorgan, Wales was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1712 to 1715.
Jones was a younger son of Oliver Jones (died 1685) of Fonmon Castle, and his wife Mary Button. His ...
(1682–1715), British MP for Glamorganshire, 1712–1715
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Robert Jones (died 1774)
Robert Jones (1704 – 17 February 1774) was a Welsh-born politician.
He was born in Wales and in 1743 had gone into partnership with a merchant in Gibraltar. He was appointed an Elder Brother of Trinity House for life in 1753 and elected a dir ...
(1704–1774), British MP for Huntingdon, 1754–1774
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Robert Jones (Labour politician)
Robert Thomas (R. T.) Jones (14 October 1874 – 15 December 1940) was a Welsh quarryman, trade unionist and Labour Party politician.
Born in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Jones started work in the slate quarries when was 13. His first language was Welsh. ...
(1874–1940), British MP for Caernarvonshire, 1922–1923
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Robert Jones (Conservative politician)
Robert Brannock Jones (26 September 1950 – 16 April 2007) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for West Hertfordshire for its 14-year existence, from its creation in 1983 until it was ab ...
(1950–2007), British Conservative MP 1983–1997
US
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Robert McDonald Jones (1808–1872), Confederate politician
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Robert Taylor Jones
Robert Taylor Jones (February 8, 1884 – June 11, 1958) was an American businessman and politician who served as the sixth governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and served from 1939 to 1941.
Early years
He was born in Rutledge, Tennessee, to S ...
(1884–1958), governor of Arizona
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Robert Franklin Jones (1907–1968), Ohio representative to US Congress, 1939–1947
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Robert E. Jones Jr.
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. (June 12, 1912 – June 4, 1997) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the Alabama's 8th congressional district, 8th district of Alabama. He was the last to represent that district before it was r ...
(1912–1997), US House of Representative from Alabama
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Robert G. Jones (born 1939), Louisiana state senator
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Robert Jones (Michigan politician)
Robert B. Jones (April 22, 1944 – October 17, 2010) was an American politician from the state of Michigan. He served four consecutive terms as the Mayor of Kalamazoo from 1997 to 2005. A Democrat, he was elected to the Michigan State House of R ...
(1944–2010), Kalamazoo mayor, member of Michigan House of Representatives
Sports
American football
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Bob Jones (long snapper) (born 1978), American football player for the New York Giants
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Bob Jones (wide receiver)
Robert Dean Jones (born August 25, 1945) is a former American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a ...
(born 1945), American football player for the Chicago Bears
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Bobby Jones (guard) (1912–1999), American football player for the Green Bay Packers
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Bobby Jones (wide receiver)
Robert Ellis Jones (born July 12, 1955) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played for the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns from 1978 to 1983. He did not play college football
College football ( ...
(born 1955), American football wide receiver
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Robert Jones (linebacker)
Robert Lee Jones (born September 27, 1969) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins, and Washington Redskins. He played college football at East Carolin ...
(born 1969), American football player for the Dallas Cowboys
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Robert Jones (offensive lineman)
Robert Jones (born January 28, 1999) is an American football offensive guard for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Middle Tennessee, and was signed by the Dolphins as an undrafted free ag ...
(born 1999), American football player for the Miami Dolphins
Association football
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Robert Albert Jones
Albert Jones (born 1864) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1884 and 1885, playing 4 matches and scoring 2 goals. He played his first match on 9 February 1884 against Ireland and his last ...
(1864–?), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
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Robert Jones (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1939), Everton, Ardwick and Wales international footballer
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Robert Reuben Jones (1902–?), footballer for Huddersfield Town, 1920s
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Bob Jones (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1989), football goalkeeper for Bolton Wanderers and Cardiff City, 1920s and 1930s
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Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1998), footballer for Southport, Chester, and Blackburn
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Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2015), footballer for Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town, and Swindon Town
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Rob Jones (footballer, born 1971), Welsh-born English international footballer, played for Liverpool in the 1990s
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Rob Jones (footballer, born 1979)
Robert William Jones (born 3 November 1979) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
Jones played as a defender having started his career with York City, before playing as a semi-professional for Whitby Town, Northalle ...
, English footballer for Doncaster Rovers
Baseball
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Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher)
Robert Joseph Jones (born February 10, 1970) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2002 for the New York Mets and San Diego Padres.
Professional career
Jones was selected by ...
(born 1970), right-handed baseball pitcher
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Bobby Jones (left-handed pitcher)
Robert Mitchell Jones (born April 11, 1972) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) during six seasons between 1997 and 2004. He made his MLB debut on May 18, 1997, for the Colorado Rockies. ...
(born 1972), left-handed baseball pitcher
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Bobby Jones (outfielder) (born 1949), outfielder and manager/coach
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Bob Jones (third baseman) (1889–1964), Major League Baseball player
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Sug Jones (Robert Roosevelt Jones, 1907–1982), American baseball player
Basketball
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Bob Jones (basketball, born 1940) (1940–2021), American basketball coach and athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1972–1980
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Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)
Robert Clyde Jones (born December 18, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Denver Nuggets in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the Philadelphia 76ers in the National Basketball Association (N ...
, American professional basketball player in the 1970s and 80s, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
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Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1962), American basketball coach at Saint Francis University, high school athletic director
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Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1984)
Bobby Ray Jones Jr. (born 9 January 1984) is an American-born naturalised-Equatorial Guinean professional basketball player who last played for Scaligera Basket of the Italian Serie A2. He notably played for an NBA record five different teams ...
, American professional basketball player
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Robert Jones (basketball, born 1979)
Robert Jones (born June 26, 1979) is an American basketball coach, currently the head men's basketball coach at Norfolk State University. He was named interim head coach on April 15, 2013, and was named full head coach in February 2014. He grew ...
, American basketball coach at Norfolk State University
Cricket
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Rob Jones (cricketer) (born 1995), English cricketer
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Robert Jones (English cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer
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Robert Jones (Barbadian cricketer)
Robert Jones (1 March 1886 – 20 May 1951) was a Barbadian cricketer. He played in one first-class match for the Barbados cricket team in 1911/12.
See also
* List of Barbadian representative cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers wh ...
(1886-1951), Barbadian cricketer
Golf
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Bobby Jones (golfer)
Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession. Jones founded and helped design the August ...
(1902–1971), American amateur golfer
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Robert Trent Jones
Robert Trent Jones Sr. (June 20, 1906 – June 14, 2000) was a British–American golf course architect who designed or re-designed more than 500 golf courses in 45 U.S. states and 35 countries. In reference to this, Jones took pride in sayi ...
(1906–2000), golf course architect
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Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones Jr. (born July 24, 1939) is an American golf course architect. He is the son of golf course designer Robert Trent Jones and the brother of golf course designer Rees Jones.
Background
Jones was born in Montclair, New J ...
(born 1939), golf course architect
Horse Racing
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Robert Jones (jockey) (died 1938), aka Bobby Jones, American Champion jockey
* Bobby Jones (1904-1969), British Classic-winning jockey
Rugby
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Bob Jones (rugby union) (1875–1944), Welsh rugby union forward
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Bobby Jones (rugby union) (1900–1970), Welsh rugby player
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Robert Jones (rugby, born 1921)
Robert "Bob" Jones (1921 – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales XV and Glamorgan County RFC, and at club level for ...
(1921–?), rugby union and league footballer for Wales XV (RU), Glamorgan, Aberavon
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, Wales and British Lions rugby union player
Other sports
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Bob Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1961), Australian rules footballer
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Robert Jones (ice hockey) (1877–?), goaltender for the Montreal Victorias
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Bob Jones (ice hockey) (born 1945), played in the NHL and WHA
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Rob Jones (rower), (born 1985), United States rower and 2012 Paralympic Games medalist
Business
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Bob Jones (businessman)
Sir Robert Edward Jones (born 24 November 1939) is a property investor, author and former politician in New Zealand. During the course of various political campaigns, he has developed a reputation for making highly controversial off-the cuff r ...
(born 1939), New Zealand property investor and former politician
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Bob Jones (Texas businessman) Robert Edward Jones is a Texas businessman and convicted criminal. He was formerly CEO of the National Center for Employment of the Disabled (NCED), which was based in El Paso, Texas.
In late 2006, ''The Oregonian'' newspaper published articles a ...
, former Texas businessman
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Robert "Fish" Jones
Robert Fremont "Fish" Jones (?–1930) was a Minneapolis, Minnesota businessman and showman. His prominence led to him driving Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman down Nicollet Avenue (later Nicollet Mall) in downtown Minneapolis for the ...
(died 1930), American fish market owner, zoo owner
Law
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Robert Noble Jones (1864–1942), New Zealand lawyer, public servant and land court judge
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Robert E. Jones (judge) (born 1927), Oregon Supreme Court and federal district judge
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Robert Byron Jones (1833–1867), Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
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Robert Clive Jones
Robert Clive Jones (born July 21, 1947) is a Senior status, senior United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He served as the United States federal judge, Chief United ...
(born 1947), American federal judge
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Bob Jones (police commissioner)
Robert Moelwyn Jones, CBE (27 January 1955 – 1 July 2014) was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Wolverhampton City Council from 1980 to 2013 and as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner in England from 2013-14.
He ...
(1955–2014), in the West Midlands of England
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Robert Jones (wrongful conviction)
Robert Jones (born January 26, 1973) is an American exoneree who was wrongly convicted for rape and manslaughter, following the murder of British tourist Julie Stott in New Orleans in 1992. He served 23 years of a life sentence before being rele ...
(born 1973), exonerated after conviction for a 1992 murder
Military
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Robert Jones (artilleryman), 18th-century British popularizer of figure skating and fireworks
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Robert Jones (VC)
Robert Jones VC (19 August 1857 – 6 September 1898) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that ...
(1857–1898), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Robert Jephson Jones (1905–1985), British bomb disposal expert awarded the George Cross
Religion
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Robert Elijah Jones Robert Elijah Jones (February 19, 1872 – May 18, 1960) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Church in the U.S., elected in 1920. Along with Matthew Wesley Clair, Jones was one of the first African-America ...
(1872–1960), United States clergyman, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopalian Church
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Robert Jones (archdeacon of Worcester) (born 1955), English Anglican priest
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Robert Jones (dean of Clonmacnoise) (born 1947), Dean of Clonmacnoise
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Robert Jones (writer) (1810–1879), Welsh Anglican priest and writer
Science
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Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet, (28 June 1857 – 14 January 1933) was a Welsh orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the modern specialty of orthopaedic surgery in Britain.
He was an early proponent of the use of radiography in orthopaedi ...
(1857–1933), British orthopaedic surgeon
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Robert Thomas Jones (engineer)
Robert T. Jones, (May 28, 1910 – August 11, 1999), was an aerodynamicist and aeronautical engineer for NACA and later NASA. He was known at NASA as "one of the premier aeronautical engineers of the twentieth century".
Designer
One of Jone ...
(1910–1999), NASA aeronautical engineer
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Robert Clark Jones
R. Clark Jones (June 30, 1916April 26, 2004) was an American physicist working in the field of optics. He studied at Harvard University and received his PhD in 1941. Until 1944 he worked at Bell Labs, later until 1982 with the Polaroid Corporat ...
(1916–2004), American physicist
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Robert Jones (aerodynamicist) (1891-1962), Welsh aerodynamicist
Other
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, British cabinet maker and designer
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Robert J. Jones (trade unionist) (1899-1962), Welsh trade union leader
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Robert Lawton Jones
Robert "Bob" Lawton Jones (1925-2018) was an American architect and academic recognized for his contributions to modernist architecture.
Background and Career
Bob Jones was born in McAlester, Oklahoma on May 12, 1925 and remained there through gr ...
(1925-2018), American architect from Oklahoma, noted for his contributions to modern art
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Bob Jones (Grand Dragon)
James Robertson "Bob" Jones (July 26, 1929 – April 16, 1989) was an American white supremacist political activist who was active in the Ku Klux Klan in the 1950s and 1960s. He was Grand Dragon of the North Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan fr ...
(1930-1989), a Ku Klux Klan official in the 1960s
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Bob Jones Award The Bob Jones Award is the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. It is named in honor of Bobby Jones.
Winners
*1955 Francis Ouimet
*1956 William C. Campbell
*1957 Babe Za ...
, an award given by the United States Golf Association
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Bob Jones High School
Bob Jones High School is a public high school in Madison, Alabama, United States. The school is a part of Madison City Schools. Despite its name, it is not affiliated with Bob Jones University of Greenville, South Carolina; rather, it is name ...
, Madison, the largest public high school in the state of Alabama
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Bob Jones University
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Bob Jones University v. United States
''Bob Jones University v. United States'', 461 U.S. 574 (1983), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the religion clauses of the First Amendment did not prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from revoking the tax exempt ...
'', a United States Supreme Court decision
See also
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Robert Johns (disambiguation)
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Bert Jones (disambiguation) Bert Jones (born 1951) is an American football quarterback.
Bert Jones may also refer to:
*Bert Jones (footballer), see Ivor Jones (footballer), Ivor Jones
*Bert Jones (politician) (born 1962), politician in the North Carolina General Assembly
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Robbie Jones (disambiguation)
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