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 fr ...
(1911–1997), Bob Jones, Sr.'s son, and second president of the university
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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
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Bobby Jones (academic) (1932–2001), American academic
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Bobi Jones (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
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
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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 (1859–1914), English inventor of the theater organ
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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
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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)
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
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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
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Robert Edmond Jones (1887–1954), American theater designer of sets, lighting, costumes
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Robert Earl Jones (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 (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
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Bob Devin Jones
Bob Devin Jones (born 1954) is an American playwright, director, and actor. Many of his plays deal with civil rights and social justice issues.
Life
Bob Devin Jones was born in 1954 in Los Angeles, California. He was raised in Southern Californ ...
(born 1954), American playwright, director, and actor
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Rob Brydon (Robert Brydon Jones, born 1965), Welsh actor
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Bob Jones (sound engineer)
Bob Jones was a British sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film ''Mary, Queen of Scots''. He worked on over 100 films between 1952 and 1985.
Selected filmography
* ''Mary, Queen of Scots
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, British sound engineer for films
* Bob Jones, writer of the syndicated
Goren Bridge newspaper column
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Bob Jones (illustrator) (1926–2018), American artist and advertising illustrator
Politics
Australia and Canada
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Robert Jones (Australian politician) (1845–1927), New South Wales politician
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Robert Jones (Lower Canada politician) (died 1844), land agent and politician in Lower Canada
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Robert Jones (Canada East politician) (died 1874), politician in Canada East
UK
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Robert Jones (of Castell-March), MP for Carnarvon in 1625 and Flintshire in 1628
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Robert Jones (died 1715) (1682–1715), British MP for Glamorganshire, 1712–1715
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Robert Jones (died 1774) (1704–1774), British MP for Huntingdon, 1754–1774
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Robert Jones (Labour politician) (1874–1940), British MP for Caernarvonshire, 1922–1923
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Robert Jones (Conservative politician) (1950–2007), British Conservative MP 1983–1997
US
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Robert McDonald Jones
Robert McDonald Jones (October 1, 1808 – February 22, 1872) was a Choctaw senator and prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Mississippi and later relocated to Indian Territory. He was educated at the Choctaw Academy in Blue Spri ...
(1808–1872), Confederate politician
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Robert Taylor Jones (1884–1958), governor of Arizona
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Robert Franklin Jones
Robert Franklin Jones (June 25, 1907 – June 22, 1968) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio for four terms from 1939 to 1947.
Biography
Robert F. Jones was born in Cairo, Ohio. He graduated from the Lima Cent ...
(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
Robert Gambrell Jones, known as Bob Jones (born May 9, 1939), is a former Louisiana politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972 and in the State Senate from 1972 to 1976. Entering politics as a Democrat, J ...
(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) (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 (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
Robert Reuben Jones (born 1902 in Gateshead) was a former footballer who played as an outside forward. After playing for High Fell F.C. he joined Liverpool for the 1920 - 21 season, then Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town Association Footb ...
(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)
Robert Stanley Jones (28 October 1938 – 22 July 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town and Swindon Town in the Football League, and for non-league sides Soundwell and Minehead ...
(1938–2015), footballer for Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town, and Swindon Town
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Rob Jones (footballer, born 1971)
Robert Marc Jones (born 5 November 1971) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
As a player he was a defender from 1987 to 1999. After starting his career with Crewe Alexandra, he went on to make a name for himself wi ...
, 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, Northall ...
, 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)
Robert Oliver Jones (born October 11, 1949) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and a decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam War. He played all or part of nine seasons in the majors from until . He also played two seasons in Japan for t ...
(born 1949), outfielder and manager/coach
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Bob Jones (third baseman)
Robert Walter Jones (December 2, 1889 – August 30, 1964), nicknamed "Ducky", was an American baseball player who played professional baseball for 19 years, including nine seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a third baseman, with the ...
(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)
Robert Earl Jones (February 20, 1940 – May 14, 2021) was an American college basketball coach who was a men's head coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College. He played basketball at Georgetown College in Kentucky. He worked two years as assistant coa ...
(1940–2021), American basketball coach and athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1972–1980
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Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951), American professional basketball player in the 1970s and 80s, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
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Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1962)
Bobby Jones (born January 9, 1962) is an American former college basketball coach. He was the men's head coach at Saint Francis University. Jones resigned after the 2008 season, his ninth with the school.
After being named high school Player of ...
, 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 (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)
Robert "Bobby" Jones (c. 1913 – March 9, 1938) was an American two-time National Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.
From San Ysidro, California, Bobby Jones was the son of Alfred L. Jones, who was involved in horse racing and who r ...
(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)
Robert Jones (30 August 1875 – 21 September 1944) was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llwynypia and Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. (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)
Robert Jones (June 19, 1867 - ?) was a notable Canadian ice hockey player of the pre-NHL era of the sport. He played the position of goaltender for the Montreal Victorias and was a member of a Stanley cup winning team.Trail to the stanley cup vol ...
(1877–?), goaltender for the Montreal Victorias
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Bob Jones (ice hockey)
Robert Charles Jones (born November 27, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played two games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 161 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1969 and 1976. In the NHL he pla ...
(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), 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
Robert Noble Jones (1 August 1864–29 June 1942) was a New Zealand lawyer, public servant and land court judge. He was born in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, on 1 August 1864, and brought to New Zealand as an infant by his parents.
He ...
(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
Robert Byron Jones (1833 – July 20, 1867) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from April 1, 1865, to July 1, 1866.
Born in Florida in 1833,''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana'' (March 1, 1913), in John Wymo ...
(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)
Robert Jones ("Captain Jones") was an officer in the Royal Artillery of the British Army, who wrote and self-published the first book on figure skating, ''The Art of Skating'', in 1772. He was known for popularising figure skating in Great Brit ...
, 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 (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)
Robert William Jones was Dean of Clonmacnoise from 2002 until 2012.
Jones was born in 1955 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1980. After curacies in Seapatrick and Bangor he held incumbencies at Drumgath, Finaghy, ...
(born 1947), Dean of Clonmacnoise
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Robert Jones (writer)
Robert Jones (6 January 1810 – 28 March 1879) was a Welsh Anglican priest and writer.
Jones was born on 6 January 1810 in Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales and studied at Oswestry School and Jesus College, Oxford, from 1833 to 1837, obtaining a ...
(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, founded by Bob Jones, Sr
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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) Robert Johns may refer to:
* Robert H. Johns (born 1942), American meteorologist
* Robert J. Johns, labour organizer in Manitoba, Canada
See also
* Robert Jones (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) Robbie Jones may refer to:
*Robbie Jones (American football) (born 1959), former NFL linebacker
*Robbie Jones (actor)
Robert Lee Jones III (born September 25, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Quentin Fields in ''One T ...
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