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#Biography, Colonel William Jones House in Indiana * William Jones (British Army officer) (1808–1890), British Army general * William E. Jones (general) (1824–1864), Confederate cavalry general * William Gore Jones (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) (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) (1566–1640), Welsh judge and English Member of Parliament * William Jones (of Treowen) (died 1640), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 * William Jones (Parliamentarian) (fl. 1640s), Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons * William Jones (law officer) (1631–1682), English lawyer and politician * William Nathaniel Jones (1858–1934), Welsh Liberal politician, businessman and soldier * William Jones (Arfon MP) (1859–1915), British Liberal politician * Kennedy Jones (journalist) (William Kennedy Jones, 1865–1921), British journalist and Member of Parliament * William Henry Hyndman Jones, British colonial judge and administrator * Sir William Hollingworth Quayle Jones, British judge in Sierra Leone and acting governor

U.S.

* William Jones (deputy governor) (1624–1706), Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut * William Jones (governor) (1753–1822), Governor of Rhode Island, 1811–1817 * William Jones (statesman) (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 (1811–1880), American politician * William F. Jones (1813–1890), American politician in Indiana * William C. Jones (New York politician) (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 (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) (1894–1977) * William Moseley Jones (1905–1988), American politician in the California State Assembly * William Blakely Jones (1907–1979), American federal judge * Burt Jones (William Burton Jones, born 1979), lieutenant governor of Georgia * William H. Jones (South Carolina politician), state legislator in South Carolina * William Stafford Jones, political consultant in Florida

Elsewhere

* William Jones (Welsh radical) (1726–1795), Welsh political radical * William Jones (Chartist) (1809–1873), Welsh political radical and Chartist * William Jones (New Zealand politician) (1868–1953), member of parliament in New Zealand * William Jones (Newfoundland politician) (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) (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) (1865–1921), American Catholic bishop of Puerto Rico * William Jones (dean of Brecon) (1897–1974), British Anglican priest * William A. Jones (bishop of Missouri) (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) (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 (1925–2004), Welsh marine botanist * William Paul Jones (born 1952), cognitive scientist

Sports

Association football (soccer)

* William P. Jones (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) (1876–1959), Bristol City F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and England international footballer * William Jones (Welsh footballer, born 1876) (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) (fl. 1905) * William Jones (English footballer, fl. 1930s), 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 (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) (born 1947), American basketball power forward

Combat sports

* William Jones (British wrestler), British Olympic wrestler in 1908 * Gorilla Jones (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) (1864–1924), Australian cricketer * William Jones (cricketer, born 1911) (1911–1941), Welsh cricketer * William Jones (cricketer, born 1990), Australian-born English cricketer

Water sports

* William Jones (rower) (1925–2014), Uruguayan rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics * William Jones (canoeist) (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 Jones, born 1924), American football player * William Jones (sport shooter) (1928–2017), Canadian Olympic shooter

Others

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