David, Dafydd, Dai, Dave, Davy, or Di Jones may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

Music

* David Bowie (David Robert Jones, 1947–2016), English musician and actor * Dave Jones (drummer) (active since 1983), drummer with New York band Agnostic Front * David Jones (jazz musician) (1888–1956), American jazz saxophonist * David Jones (drummer) (born c.1958), Australian drummer * David Evan Jones (composer) (born 1946), American composer, pianist, and educator * David Lynn Jones (born 1950), American country music singer-songwriter * Davy Jones (musician) (1945–2012), English musician and member of The Monkees

Other

* David Jones (director) (1934–2008), English stage, television and film director * David Jones (presenter), English sports broadcaster on Sky Sports since 1999 * David Jones (artist-poet) (1895–1974), British modernist poet, writer, and artist * David Jones (programmer) (active in 1980s), former freelance computer game programmer * David Jones (video game developer) (born 1966), Scottish video game programmer and entrepreneur * David Jones (writer), creator of the television series ''Fireman Sam'' * Dai Jones (David John Jones, 1943–2022), Welsh television presenter and radio broadcaster * David Annwn Jones (born 1953), Anglo-Welsh poet, critic and teacher * David Elwyn Jones (1945–2003), Welsh writer, politician, and poet * David R. Jones (journalist) (born ), American journalist, winner of two Gerald Loeb Awards. * David R. Jones (biologist) (1941–2010), British-born biologist, moved to Canada in 1969 * David Watkin Jones, Welsh poet, historian and geologist

Business

* David B. Jones (1848–1923), American president and chairman of the board of directors of the Mineral Point Zinc Company * David Jones (merchant) (1793–1873), Welsh-Australian department store founder * David Jones (advertising executive) (born 1966), English born businessman

Military

* David Jones (VC) (1892–1916), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * David M. Jones (1913–2008), U.S. Air Force major general, one of Doolittle's Raiders * David C. Jones (1921–2013), U.S. Air Force general, chairman Joints Chief of Staff * David Rumph Jones (1825–1863), Confederate general

Politics

Canada

* David Jones (Upper Canada politician) (1792–1870), lawyer, judge and political figure * David Ford Jones (1818–1887), Ontario manufacturer and political figure

United Kingdom

* David Jones (Carmarthenshire MP) (1810–1869), Welsh banker and Conservative Party politician * David Jones (Clwyd West MP) (born 1952), Conservative Party MP, former AM and Welsh Secretary * D. T. Jones (David Thomas Jones, 1899–1963), Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hartlepool, 1945–1959 * David Brynmor Jones (1851–1921), barrister, historian and Liberal Member of Parliament

United States

* David C. Jones (1921–2013), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff * David W. Jones (1815–1879), secretary of state of Wisconsin * David P. Jones (1860–1927), two-time mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota * Dave Jones (politician) (born 1962), California insurance commissioner * J. David Jones, member of the Illinois House of Representatives

Elsewhere

* David Jones (New Zealand politician) (1873–1941), New Zealand politician * David Jones (Guernsey politician) (1949–2016), Minister of Housing in Guernsey, Channel Islands * David Ivon Jones (1883–1924), Welsh Communist, newspaper editor, and political prisoner in South Africa

Religion

* David Jones (Llangan) (1736–1810), Welsh Church of England priest who was supportive of Methodism * David Jones (missionary) (1796–1841), Welsh missionary in Madagascar * David Bevan Jones (1807–1863), Welsh Baptist minister * David Evan Jones (missionary) (1870–1947), Welsh missionary in Mizoram, India * David Jones (Dean of Llandaff) (1870–1949), Dean of Llandaff Cathedral * David Jones (archdeacon of Carmarthen) (1874–1950), Archdeacon of Carmarthen * David Colin Jones (born 1943), American bishop

Science, engineering and academia

* David A. Jones (active since 1995), head of the National Climate Centre at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology * David Dallas Jones (1887–1956), president of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina and brother of Robert Elijah Jones * David E. H. Jones (1938–2017), best known as Daedalus, British writer and scientist * David James Jones (1886–1947), Welsh philosopher and academic * David Lewis Jones (1945–2010), Welsh historian and librarian * David L. Jones (botanist) (born 1944), Australian horticultural botanist * David L. Jones (video blogger) (active since 2009), Australian electronic engineer and blogger * David Wyn Jones (born 1950), British musicologist * David R. Jones (biologist) (1941–2010), recipient of Flavelle Medal * David T. Jones (scientist) (David Tudor Jones, born 1966), professor of bioinformatics

Sports

American football

* David Jones (Browns owner), majority owner of the Cleveland Browns from 1953 to 1961 * David Jones (Cardinals owner) (1883–1966), American football team owner for the Chicago Cardinals * David Jones (cornerback) (born 1985), American football player * David Jones (offensive lineman) (born 1961), American football player for the Washington Redskins * David Jones (safety) (born 1993), American football player; see 2017 New England Patriots season * David Jones (tight end) (born 1968), American football player for the Los Angeles Raiders * Dave Jones (American football) (born 1947), American football player * Deacon Jones (David D. Jones, 1938–2013), American football player

Association football

* Dave Jones (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2022), Welsh football goalkeeper * Dave Jones (footballer, born 1956), English footballer and manager * David Jones (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1971), Welsh international footballer * David Jones (football defender, born 1914) (1914–1988), Welsh footballer * David Jones (football goalkeeper, born 1914) (1914–1999), Welsh footballer * David Jones (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2014), English footballer * David Jones (footballer, born 1936), Welsh footballer * David Jones (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2013), English footballer * David Jones (footballer, born 1950), English footballer for York City * David Jones (footballer, born 1952), Welsh international footballer * David Jones (soccer, born 1955), Australian association footballer * David Jones (footballer, born 1964), English footballer * David Jones (footballer, born 1984), English footballer * Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941), Welsh footballer * Di Jones (1866–1902), Welsh footballer

Rugby

* David Jones (rugby, born 1881) (1881–1933), rugby union and rugby league footballer * David Phillips Jones (1881–1936), rugby union footballer * David Jones (rugby, born 1900) (1900–1968), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s * David Jones (Welsh rugby), rugby league footballer of the 1960s * Dafydd Jones (born 1979), rugby union footballer for Wales, and (Llanelli) Scarlets

Other sports

* David Jones (runner) (1940–2023), British sprinter and Olympic bronze medallist * David Jones (darts player) (1949–1995), Welsh darts player * David Jones (ice hockey) (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player for the Minnesota Wild * David Jones (golfer) (born 1947), Northern Irish professional golfer * David Jones (cricketer, born 1914) (1914–1998), English cricketer * David Jones (cricketer, born 1920) (1920–1990), Welsh cricketer * David Jones (sailor) (born 1940), sailor from United States Virgin Islands * David Jones (sport shooter) (born 1977), Australian sports shooter * Dai St. John (David Jones, 1879–1899), Welsh heavyweight boxer * David R. Jones (golfer), English golfer and winner of the 1991 Zambia Open * David Jones (table tennis), English table tennis player * Dave Jones (volleyball) (born 1959), Canadian volleyball player * David Jones (basketball) (born 2001), basketball player from the Dominican Republic *David N. Jones Jr American tennis player active in 1930s competed at US Open (tennis), US Open

Other people

* David Jones (barrister) (1765–1816), Welsh barrister * David Jones (railway) (1834–1906), locomotive superintendent of the Highland Railway in Scotland * Deportation_of_Kilmar_Abrego_Garcia#October_2019_immigration_court_proceeding, David M. Jones (ca. 2019), American immigration judge * David R. Jones (organizer) (1938–1998), Charles Edison Memorial Youth Fund co-founder * David R. Jones (architect) (1832–1915), Welsh-American architect and poet * David Lloyd Jones (architect) (1942–1997), in London * David Lloyd Jones, Lord Lloyd-Jones (born 1952), British Supreme Court judge * David Thomas Jones (administrator) (1866–1931), British administrator and author * Lynching of David Jones, David Jones (died 1872), lynching victim

Other uses

* David Robert Jones (Fringe), David Robert Jones (''Fringe''), fictional character of the science-fiction television series * David Jones (department store) (founded 1838), a chain of department stores in Australia * David Jones (album), ''David Jones'' (album), a 1965 album by Davy Jones