William Jones may refer to:

Academics

William Jones (college principal) William Jones (26 February 1676 – 29 November 1725), born Kidwelly, Wales, was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent co ...

(1676–1725), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1720–1725 *

William Jones (philologist) Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was a British philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India. He is particularly known for his proposition of t ...

(1746–1794), English judge and philologist who proposed a relationship among Indo-European languages *

William Jones (anthropologist) William Jones (1871–1909) was a Native American anthropologist of the Fox nation. Alternate name: ''Megasiáwa'' (Black Eagle). Born in Oklahoma on March 28, 1871, after studying at Hampton Institute he graduated from Phillips Academy and we ...

(1871–1909), Native American specialist in Algonquian languages * W. H. S. Jones (William Henry Samuel Jones, 1876–1963), British author, translator and academic

Arts and entertainment

William Ifor Jones William Ifor Jones (January 23, 1900 – November 11, 1988) was a Welsh conductor and organist. Born into a large coal-mining family and raised in Merthyr Tydfil, Jones studied at the Royal Academy of Music as a scholarship student in London f ...

(1900–1988), Welsh conductor and organist * William Andrew Jones (1907–1974), actor, better known as

Billy De Wolfe William Andrew Jones (February 18, 1907 – March 5, 1974), better known as Billy De Wolfe, was an American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. Early life and early stage career Born William And ...

* W. S. Jones (William Samuel Jones, 1920–2007), Welsh playwright and script writer * Wil Jones (artist) (William Richard Jones, 1960–2020), Welsh portrait painter * William James Jones (born 1975), American actor * William Jones (game designer), American horror fiction writer and game designer

Business and industry

William Jones (haberdasher) William Jones (c.1545/1550 – January 1615) was a London haberdasher, born in Newland, Gloucestershire, England. He is remembered for his bequests, which led to the establishment of schools in Monmouth School, Monmouth and West Monmouth School, P ...

(died 1615), haberdasher, philanthropist and founder of Monmouth School, Wales *

William Highfield Jones Wolverhampton-born William Highfield Jones JP (7 January 1829 – 25 March 1903) was a successful industrialist, local politician, author and benefactor who, with two of his brothers, built one of the largest businesses in Wolverhampton, Jone ...

(1829–1903), industrialist, local politician, author and benefactor in Wolverhampton *

W. Alton Jones William Alton Jones (April 19, 1891 – March 1, 1962), was president of the oil and gas conglomerate Cities Service Company (now CITGO). He was an influential industrialist, philanthropist, and close personal friend of President of the United St ...

(1891–1962), American industrialist and philanthropist *

Ernest Jones (trade unionist) William Ernest Jones, CBE (14 April 1895–19 July 1973) was a British trade unionist. Background Jones worked from the age of 13, initially repairing boots, then as a coal miner in Derbyshire. In 1918, he transferred to Rossington Colli ...

(William Ernest Jones, 1895–1973), British trade union leader

Criminals

William Jones (Australian convict) William Frederick Jones (1827 – 16 February 1871) was a convict transported to Western Australia, and later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers. Born in 1827, Jones was the mate on a trading ship in his youth. He eventually q ...

(1827–1871), Australian colony ex-convict schoolteacher * William Jones (gangster) (fl. 1911), New York City criminal *

W. D. Jones William Daniel ("W.D.", "Bud", "Deacon") Jones (May 12, 1916 – August 20, 1974) was a member of the Barrow Gang, whose spree throughout the southern Midwest in the early years of the Great Depression became part of American criminal folklore ...

(1916–1974), criminal who travelled with Bonnie and Clyde * William Jones, the perpetrator of the murder of Jared Plesec

Military

* William Jones (1803–1864), Union Army lieutenant colonel, politician and owner of the

Colonel William Jones House Colonel William Jones House, also known as William Jones State Historic Site, is a historic house in Gentryville and the Lincoln State Park in Jackson Township, Spencer County, Indiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...

in Indiana *

William Jones (British Army officer) General Sir William Jones, (1808 – 8 April 1890) was a Welsh soldier who was a senior officer in the British Army. Biography Jones was born the only son of William Jones of Glen Helen, Caernarvonshire. Educated at Sandhurst Military Academy ...

(1808–1890), British Army general * William E. Jones (general) (1824–1864), Confederate cavalry general *

William Gore Jones Admiral William Gore Jones (12 March 1826 – 28 May 1888) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station. Naval career Jones became a lieutenant in 1848. For his service in the Black Sea during the Crimean W ...

(1826–1888), British admiral * William Jones (sailor) (1831–?), American Union Navy sailor * William Jones (VC) (1839–1913), British soldier *

William H. Jones (Medal of Honor) William H. Jones (1842 – December 23, 1911) was an American soldier in the United States Army, U.S. Army who served with the 2nd U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in separate battles against th ...

(1842–1911), American cavalry private and Medal of Honor recipient * William M. Jones (1895–1969), Canadian Army officer * William K. Jones (1916–1998), American Marine Corps lieutenant general * William A. Jones III (1922–1969), US Air Force colonel and Medal of Honor recipient

Politics and law

U.K.

William Jones (judge) Sir William Jones (1566–1640) was a Welsh judge, and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Welsh Borough of Beaumaris. Life From a family settled in North Wales, he was eldest son of William Jones of Castellmarch, Carnarvonshire, by Margaret, ...

(1566–1640), Welsh judge and English Member of Parliament *

William Jones (of Treowen) William Jones (died July 1640) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614. Jones was the son of John Jones of Treowen. In 1614, Jones was elected Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representativ ...

(died 1640), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 *

William Jones (Parliamentarian) William Jones was a Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1647 and 1648. Jones was the son of Sir William Jones and his wife Margaret Griffith, daughter of Griffith ap John Griffith of Kevenamulch, Carnarvonshire ...

(fl. 1640s), Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons *

William Jones (law officer) Sir William Jones (1631 – 2 May 1682) was an English lawyer and politician. Life Jones was the son of Richard Jones, of Stowey, Somerset, MP for Somerset in 1654, and his wife Joyce Woodward. He entered Gray's Inn on 6 May 1647. He was calle ...

(1631–1682), English lawyer and politician *

William Nathaniel Jones William Nathaniel Jones, commonly known as W.N. Jones, (20 March 1858 – 24 May 1934) was a Welsh Liberal politician, businessman and soldier. Jones, who served as a Justice of the Peace in Carmarthenshire, married Margaret Francis of Llandeil ...

(1858–1934), Welsh Liberal politician, businessman and soldier *

William Jones (Arfon MP) William Jones (1860 – 9 May 1915) was a British Liberal Party politician. Early history Jones was born in Penmynydd in 1860, the son of William, a peasant farmer and Jane. His father died when he was a child, and the family subsequently mov ...

(1859–1915), British Liberal politician * Kennedy Jones (journalist) (William Kennedy Jones, 1865–1921), British journalist and Member of Parliament *

William Henry Hyndman Jones William Henry Hyndman Jones (9 August 184720 August 1926) was a British colonial judge and administrator. William Henry Hyndman Jones was born on 9 August 1847 in Liverpool. He attended Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, was ad ...

, British colonial judge and administrator * Sir

William Hollingworth Quayle Jones Sir William Hollingworth Quayle Jones (6 February 1854 – 6 January 1925) was a British colonial judge and administrator. He was chief justice of Sierra Leone as well as acting governor of the colony. He was knighted in 1892. He was born in Pake ...

, British judge in Sierra Leone and acting governor

U.S.

William Jones (deputy governor) William Jones (March 20, 1624 - October 17, 1706) was an English lawyer who emigrated to the United Colonies and became the twenty-fourth Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut. Biography Jones was born in London, Middlesex, England. He b ...

(1624–1706), Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut *

William Jones (governor) William Jones (October 8, 1753April 9, 1822) was the eighth Governor of Rhode Island from 1811 to 1817. He was a Federalist. Early life Jones was born in Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,

(1753–1822), Governor of Rhode Island, 1811–1817 *

William Jones (statesman) William Jones (1760September 6, 1831) was an American politician. Early career Jones was born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania. Apprenticed in a shipyard, during the American Revolutionary War, he saw combat in the battles of Tr ...

(1760–1831), fourth United States Secretary of the Navy and US congressman from Pennsylvania * William Giles Jones (1808–1883), American federal judge * William E. Jones (politician) (1808 or 1810–1871), Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas * William J. Jones (1810–1897), Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas *

William Hemphill Jones William Hemphill Jones (October 26, 1811 – April 30, 1880) was an American politician in Delaware. Jones, eldest son of Morgan and Mary (Hemphill) Jones, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, Del., October 26, 1811. Jones graduated ...

(1811–1880), American politician * William F. Jones (1813–1890), American politician in Indiana *

William C. Jones (New York politician) William C. Jones (October 19, 1822 – June 22, 1877) was an American politician from New York. Life Jones was born on October 19, 1822, in New York City, the son of John Jones, a veteran of the War of 1812 and a close friend of Mayor Westerve ...

(1822–1877), American politician from New York * William D. Jones (1830–1905), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly * William W. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1871–1875 and 1877–1879) * William Theopilus Jones (1842–1882), delegate to the US Congress from the Territory of Wyoming * William A. Jones (politician) (1844–?), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly *

William Atkinson Jones William Atkinson Jones (March 21, 1849 – April 17, 1918) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918 from the first district of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Early life Jones was born in Warsaw, Virginia on March 21 ...

(1849–1918), US congressman from Virginia * William G. Jones (politician), (1861–1956), state legislator in Iowa * William Carey Jones (1855–1927), US congressman from Washington *

William Jones (Wisconsin politician) William Everett Jones (November 8, 1894 – November 9, 1977) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Jones was born on November 8, 1894, in Calamus, Wisconsin. He attended Columbus Senior High School in Columbus, Wisconsin. Dur ...

(1894–1977) *

William Moseley Jones William Moseley Jones (1905–1988) was a Democratic attorney from Montebello, California, who served several terms in the California State Assembly, including one term as Speaker. Biography William Moseley Jones was raised in Las Vegas, Ne ...

(1905–1988), American politician in the California State Assembly * William Blakely Jones (1907–1979), American federal judge *

Burt Jones William Burton Jones (born April 25, 1979) is an American politician and businessman who is serving as the 13th lieutenant governor of Georgia, since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he has been a member of the Georgia State Senate, electe ...

(William Burton Jones, born 1979), lieutenant governor of Georgia *

William H. Jones (South Carolina politician) William H. Jones Jr. (c. 1842 - ?) was a teacher, judge, colonel in the state militia, election commissioner, and state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Georgetown County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives f ...

, state legislator in South Carolina *

William Stafford Jones William "Stafford" Jones, from Gainesville, Florida, has been implicated in a 2012 scandal involving drawing district lines in favor of Republicans. Jones was on the Florida state delegation for the 2020 Republican National Convention and was a ...

, political consultant in Florida

Elsewhere

William Jones (Welsh radical) William Jones (christened 18 June 1726 – 20 August 1795) was a Welsh antiquary, poet, scholar and radical. Jones was an ardent supporter of both the American and French Revolutions – his strong support of the Patriot and Jacobin causes ...

(1726–1795), Welsh political radical * William Jones (Chartist) (1809–1873), Welsh political radical and Chartist *

William Jones (New Zealand politician) William Jones (1868–1953) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He won the Northland electorate of Marsden in the 1925 general election, defeating Alfred Murdoch, but was defeated by Murdoch in the next general elec ...

(1868–1953), member of parliament in New Zealand *

William Jones (Newfoundland politician) Dr. William Edgar Jones (January 23, 1873 – February 16, 1930) was a physician and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Main in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1919 to 1923 as a Liberal-Progressive member. The son of M ...

(1873–1930), physician and politician in Newfoundland

Religion

* William Jones of Nayland (1726–1800), British Anglican priest and author * William Jones (Welsh priest) (1755–1821), Welsh Anglican priest *

William Jones (Welsh Baptist writer) William Jones (1762–1846) was a Welsh bookseller, religious writer, and member of the Scotch Baptist church in Finsbury, London. He was a Christian. Life Born at Gresford, the son of William and Mary Jones, he was brought up at Poulton, Che ...

(1762–1846) * William Henry Jones (1817–1885), English Anglican priest and antiquarian * William Basil Jones (1822–1897), Welsh Anglican bishop of St David's * J. William Jones (1836–1909), American Baptist minister and Lost Cause advocate *

William Jones (bishop of Puerto Rico) William Ambrose Jones (July 21, 1865 – February 17, 1921) was a bishop (Catholic Church), bishop of the Catholic Church born in the United States. He served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Bishop of Puerto Rico f ...

(1865–1921), American Catholic bishop of Puerto Rico * William Jones (dean of Brecon) (1897–1974), British Anglican priest *

William A. Jones (bishop of Missouri) William Augustus Jones Jr. (January 24, 1927 - October 11, 2020) was an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as the eighth Bishop of Missouri, from 1975 to 1992. Early life and education Jones was born on January 24, 1927, in M ...

(1927–2020), Bishop of Missouri * William Augustus Jones Jr. (1934–2006), American Baptist minister and civil rights movement leader

Science and medicine

William Jones (mathematician) William Jones, FRS (16751 July 1749) was a Welsh mathematician, most noted for his use of the symbol (the Greek letter '' Pi'') to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. He was a close friend of Sir Isaac Newto ...

(1675–1749), Welsh mathematician who proposed the use of the symbol π * William Jones (naturalist) (1745–1818), English naturalist and entomologist * William Jones (optician) (1763–1831), English optician and scientific instrument maker * William Allen Jones (1831–1897), Canadian dentist and miner * William

Eifion Jones __NOTOC__ William Eifion Jones (1925 – March 2004) was a Welsh marine botanist, noted for his study of marine algae. He was born and brought up in Aberystwyth and studied botany at the University of Wales under Professor Lilly Newton. ...

(1925–2004), Welsh marine botanist * William Paul Jones (born 1952), cognitive scientist

Sports

Association football (soccer)

William P. Jones William P. Jones (1870–1953) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1889 and 1890, playing 4 matches. He played his first match on 23 February 1889 against England and his last match on ...

(1870–1953), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer * William Roberts Jones (1870–1938), Aberystwyth F.C. and Wales international footballer *

William Jones (English footballer, born 1876) William John Jones (6 March 1876 – 25 September 1959) was an England international footballer who played as a right half. Jones made over 180 Football League appearances prior to the First World War. Career Jones was born in Brighton and ear ...

(1876–1959), Bristol City F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and England international footballer *

William Jones (Welsh footballer, born 1876) William James Jones (1876 – 6 May 1918) was a Welsh international footballer who played his club football for Kettering and West Ham United of the Southern League. He was killed in action in Macedonia in the First World War. Football career ...

(1876–1918), West Ham United F.C. and Wales international footballer * William Lot Jones (bap. 1882–1941), Manchester City F.C. and Wales international footballer *

William Jones (Port Vale footballer) William Jones was a footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian ru ...

(fl. 1905) *

William Jones (English footballer, fl. 1930s) William George Jones was an English professional footballer of the 1930s. He played in either wing half position, or at outside right. Born in Chatham, Kent, Jones joined Gillingham in 1929 from hometown club Chatham Town and went on to make ...

, English footballer with Gillingham F.C. * Morris Jones (footballer) (William Morris Jones, 1919–1993), English footballer with Port Vale F.C., Swindon Town F.C. and others

Basketball

Renato William Jones Renato William Jones (5 October 1906 – 22 April 1981), also known as R. William, or simply William Jones, was a British basketball executive and popularizer of basketball in Europe and in Asia. He held an honorary doctorate from Springfield Co ...

(1906–1981), popularizer of basketball in Europe & Asia and a founding father of FIBA * Wil Jones (basketball coach) (1938–2014), American basketball point guard and coach *

Wil Jones (basketball) Wilbert Jones (born February 27, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. Career A 6'8" forward born in McGehee, Arkansas, and played college basketball at Albany State University, he was named a Little All-American by UPI fo ...

(born 1947), American basketball power forward

Combat sports

William Jones (British wrestler) William Jones may refer to: Academics * William Jones (college principal) (1676–1725), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1720–1725 * William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794), English judge and philologist who proposed a relationship among I ...

, British Olympic wrestler in 1908 *

Gorilla Jones William Landon Jones (1906–1982) known as "Gorilla" Jones, was an American boxer who held the NBA Middleweight Boxing Championship of the World. Although he was nicknamed "Gorilla" for his exceptional reach, Jones is to be distinguished from the ...

(William Landon Jones, 1906–1982), American boxer, world Middleweight champion * William Jones (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name "Chilly Willy"

Cricket

William Jones (South Australia cricketer) William Jones (13 May 1864 – 16 July 1924) was an Australian cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for South Australia between 1881 and 1884. See also * List of South Australian representative cricketers This is a list of cr ...

(1864–1924), Australian cricketer *

William Jones (cricketer, born 1911) William Maxwell Jones (11 February 1911 – December 1941) was a Welsh cricketer active from 1933 to 1938 who played for Glamorgan. He was born in Alltwen and died in Denbigh. He appeared in eleven first-class matches as a righthanded batsman w ...

(1911–1941), Welsh cricketer *

William Jones (cricketer, born 1990) William Stephen Jones (born 26 March 1990) is an Australian-born former English professional cricketer. Jones played as a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Perth, Western Australia. Jones made his M ...

, Australian-born English cricketer

Water sports

William Jones (rower) William Jones (6 December 1924 – 7 August 2014) was a Uruguayan rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an internation ...

(1925–2014), Uruguayan rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics *

William Jones (canoeist) William Jones (born 14 February 1931) is an Australian canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous ...

(born 1931), Australian sprint canoer * William Jones (Canadian sailor) (born 1995), Canadian sailor

Other sports

* Bert Jones (rugby) (William Herbert Jones, 1906–1982), rugby union and rugby league football for Wales, Llanelli, and St. Helens * Brer Jones (William Jones, fl. 1932), American baseball player *

Dub Jones (American football) William Augustus "Dub" Jones (born December 29, 1924) is a former American football halfback who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and the old All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in the late 1940s and early 1950s, prim ...

(William Augustus Jones, born 1924), American football player * William Jones (sport shooter) (1928–2017), Canadian Olympic shooter

Others

William Bence Jones William Bence Jones (1812–22 June 1882) was an Anglo-Irish agriculturist. Life Jones was born at Beccles, Suffolk, in 1812, the eldest son of William Jones, lieutenant-colonel of the 5th dragoon guards, by Matilda, daughter of the Rev. Bence B ...

(1812–1882), Anglo-Irish agriculturist * William Ebeneezer Jones Jr. (born 1959), missing child in New Jersey * William A. Jones (writer), British author of ''MindWealth: building Personal Wealth from Intellectual Property Right''

Other uses

* ''William Jones'' (novel), a 1944 Welsh-language novel by T. Rowland Hughes