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

People

Arts and entertainment

Music

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...

(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) David Jones (c. 1888 – 1956) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, mellophonist, teacher and arranger. Biography Jones played with the Holmes Brass Band in his hometown of Lutcher in 1910, then played in Storyville, New Orleans in the m ...

(1888–1956), American jazz saxophonist *

David Jones (drummer) David Jones (born ) is an Australian jazz drummer and composer. He has also created guided meditation CDs. From 1991 until 2000, he was founder and leader of the jazz ensemble AtmaSphere. He also teaches music. His 2008 album, ''Colours of the ...

(born c.1958), Australian drummer * David Evan Jones (composer) (born 1946), American composer, pianist, and educator *

David Lynn Jones David Lynn Jones (born January 15, 1950) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1987 and 1994, Jones released four studio albums. He also charted four singles on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. His highest char ...

(born 1950), American country music singer-songwriter *

Davy Jones (musician) David Thomas Jones (30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012) was an English actor, singer, and songwriter. Best known as a member of the band the Monkees and a co-star of the TV series ''The Monkees (TV series), The Monkees'' (1966–1968), Jones ...

(1945–2012), English musician and member of The Monkees

Other

David Jones (director) David Hugh Jones (19 February 1934 – 19 September 2008) was an English stage, television and film director. Life and career Jones was born in Poole, Dorset, the son of John David Jones and his wife Gwendolen Agnes Langworthy (Ricketts), a ...

(1934–2008), English stage, television and film director *

David Jones (presenter) David Jones is an English sports presenter working for Sky Sports and a non-executive director of Sunderland A.F.C. He currently fronts the live coverage on Super Sunday and Monday Night Football. Jones went to Stokesley Comprehensive School in ...

, English sports broadcaster on Sky Sports since 1999 *

David Jones (artist-poet) David Michael Jones CH ( David Walter Jones; 1 November 1895 – 28 October 1974) was a British painter and modernist poet. As a painter he worked mainly in watercolour on portraits and animal, landscape, legendary and religious subjects. He wa ...

(1895–1974), British modernist poet, writer, and artist *

David Jones (programmer) David Jones is a former freelance computer game programmer, who was prolific in the mid-to-late 1980s. He is best known for the creation of the computer game character Magic Knight in his 1985 game ''Finders Keepers'' for the Mastertronic budg ...

(active in 1980s), former freelance computer game programmer *

David Jones (video game developer) David Scott Jones (born October 1965) is a Scottish video game programmer and entrepreneur who co-founded video game developers DMA Design (now Rockstar North) in 1987, Realtime Worlds in 2002, and Cloudgine in 2012. Jones created '' Lemmin ...

(born 1966), Scottish video game programmer and entrepreneur * David Jones (writer), creator of the television series ''Fireman Sam'' *

Dai Jones David John Jones (18 October 1943 – 4 March 2022), known as Dai Jones Llanilar, was a Welsh language television presenter, singer and radio broadcaster. Early life David John Jones was born in Holloway, London, Middlesex, to a family of W ...

(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 David Watkin Jones, also known by his bardic name Dafydd Morganwg, was a Welsh poet, historian and geologist. He is remembered as the author of numerous works, especially ''Yr Ysgol Farddol'' (The Bardic School), considered by many later poets a ...

, 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) David Jones (8 March 1793 – 29 March 1873), was a Welsh-Australian merchant, politician, and the founder of David Jones Limited. Early years and background Jones was born in 1793, the son of Thomas Jones, a farmer near Llandeilo, Wales, and ...

(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 David Charles Jones (July 9, 1921 – August 10, 2013) was a United States Air Force general and the ninth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, Jones served as the highest-ranking uniformed officer of the United States Armed ...

(1921–2013), U.S. Air Force general, chairman Joints Chief of Staff *

David Rumph Jones David Rumph Jones (April 5, 1825 – January 15, 1863) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Early life Jones was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. By his marriage to Sarah Taylor, daughter of Brig. Gen. Joseph Pannell Taylor, he ...

(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) David Ian Jones (born 22 March 1952) is a British politician and former solicitor who briefly served as the Assembly Member for North Wales between 2002 and 2003 and then as Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd West from 2005 to 2024. He sat i ...

(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 Sir David Brynmor Jones, KC (probably forenamed Brynmor; originally surnamed Jones, later surnamed Brynmor-Jones; 1851 – 6 August 1921) was a British barrister, judge, historian and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament. Life ...

(1851–1921), barrister, historian and Liberal Member of Parliament

United States

(1921–2013), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff *

David W. Jones David W. Jones (March 25, 1815 – November 17, 1879) was a politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, he moved to Uniontown, Pennsylvania at two years old with his family. He went to Madison College in Pen ...

(1815–1879), secretary of state of Wisconsin * David P. Jones (1860–1927), two-time mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota *

Dave Jones (politician) David Evan Jones (born January 4, 1962) is an American politician who served as California Insurance Commissioner, California's Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2019. He previously represented California's 9th assembly district from 2004 to 20 ...

(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 David Ivon Jones (18 October 1883 – 13 April 1924) was a Welsh people, Welsh communist, newspaper editor, and political prisoner, most famous as a leading opponent of Apartheid, South African racial segregation and for being one of the first ...

(1883–1924), Welsh Communist, newspaper editor, and political prisoner in South Africa

Religion

David Jones (Llangan) David Jones (10 July 1736 – 12 August 1810) was a Welsh people, Welsh Church of England, Anglican priest, whose sympathy for Methodism saw him become one of the leading religious figures in Wales. When he settled in the village of Llangan in ...

(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) David Evan Jones, Mizo name Zosaphluia (15 February 1870 – 10 August 1947), was a Welsh missionary to the Mizo people in the Lushai Hills, what is now Mizoram, India. Biography Jones was born at Brynmelyn, Llandderfel and educated at ...

(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 David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...

(1887–1956), president of

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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 David Wyn Jones FLSW (born 1950) is a British musicologist. He is an expert on music of the Classical period, including that of Haydn and Beethoven. Professional life Wyn Jones received his Ph.D. from the University of Wales in 1978, on the bas ...

(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) David Jamison Jones (October 29, 1883 – July 28, 1966) was an American physician who became the second owner of the National Football League (NFL)'s Chicago Cardinals. He also owned a considerable number of shares in the Chicago Cubs The ...

(1883–1966), American football team owner for the Chicago Cardinals *

David Jones (cornerback) David Jones (born September 19, 1985) is a former American football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student at ...

(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

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* 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. "Deacon" Jones (December 9, 1938 – June 3, 2013) was an American professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and Washin ...

(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) David Ronald Jones (born 17 August 1956) is an English former footballer and manager who was most recently the manager of Hartlepool United. Jones played for Everton, Coventry and Preston North End as a defender. In 1995, he became the ...

, English footballer and manager *

David Jones (footballer, born 1910) David Owen Jones (28 October 1910 – 25 May 1971) was a Welsh 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 footb ...

(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) David Jones (born 3 July 1964) is an English retired footballer who played as a forward, striker and centre half. Throughout his career, he played for Chelsea, F.C., Doncaster Rovers and Hull City. He also briefly attended Pinner Sixth Form Col ...

, English footballer *

David Jones (footballer, born 1984) David Frank Llwyd Jones (born 4 November 1984) is an English professional football coach and former player who is currently the first team coach at Welsh club Wrexham. Jones began his playing career at Manchester United, but struggled to get i ...

, 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 David Phillips Jones more commonly known as 'Ponty' Jones (10 December 1881 – 9 January 1936) was a Welsh international rugby union wing player who played club rugby for several teams, most notably Pontypool and London Welsh. He won a ...

(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 Dafydd Aled Rees Jones (born 24 June 1979) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played as a Flanker (rugby union), flanker for the Scarlets regional side and the Wales national rugby union team, Wales national team. First capped in 2002, he ...

(born 1979), rugby union footballer for Wales, and (Llanelli) Scarlets

Other sports

David Jones (runner) David Henry Jones (11 March 1940 – 1 June 2023) was a British athlete who competed in the 100 & 200 metres who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Biography Jones, a son of a farmer, was educated at Felsted School. Jones became the Br ...

(1940–2023), British sprinter and Olympic bronze medallist *

David Jones (darts player) David Roderick Jones (5 July 1949 – 5 October 1995) was a Welsh professional darts player who played mostly during the formative years of darts television coverage during the 1970s. He was born in Rhymney, Glamorgan and although his nicknam ...

(1949–1995), Welsh darts player *

David Jones (ice hockey) David Jones (born August 10, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, and Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Early years While playin ...

(born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player for the Minnesota Wild *

David Jones (golfer) David Jones (born 22 June 1947) is a former European Tour golfer from Bangor, County Down, Bangor, Northern Ireland. His best season was 1981, when he won the Irish PGA Championship and was joint third in the Carroll's Irish Open. He also won th ...

(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

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* 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 David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stel ...

American tennis player active in 1930s competed at

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Other people

* David Jones (barrister) (1765–1816), Welsh barrister * David Jones (railway) (1834–1906), locomotive superintendent of the Highland Railway in Scotland * 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) David Richard Jones (October 24, 1832 – February 16, 1915) was a Welsh-American architect and poet. Early life Jones was born October 24, 1832, in Dolwyddelan, North Wales, the son of Richard James Jones and Ann Jones. On September 2, 1845, ...

(1832–1915), Welsh-American architect and poet * David Lloyd Jones (architect) (1942–1997), in London *

David Lloyd Jones, Lord Lloyd-Jones David Lloyd Jones, Lord Lloyd-Jones, PC, FLSW (born 13 January 1952) is a British judge and legal scholar. He has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since 2017, and has also served as a member of the Court of Appeal ...

(born 1952), British Supreme Court judge * David Thomas Jones (administrator) (1866–1931), British administrator and author * David Jones (died 1872), lynching victim

Other uses

* David Robert Jones (''Fringe''), fictional character of the science-fiction television series *

David Jones (department store) David Jones Pty Ltd, trading as David Jones (colloquially DJs), is an Australian luxury department stores, department store. The brand was owned from 2014 to 2023 by the South African retail group Woolworths South Africa. In December 2022, Davi ...

(founded 1838), a chain of department stores in Australia * ''David Jones'' (album), a 1965 album by Davy Jones