List of people with surname Jones
Jones is a surname common in the English-speaking world. This list provides links to biographies of people who share this common surname. Unhyphenated double-barrelled names where the second part is Jones are included. Hyphenated names where the first part is Jones are included; those where the second part is Jones, such as Burne-Jones, are not.
Arts and entertainment
Architecture
- Alfred D. Jones (architect), American designer of buildings in Spokane, Washington
- Inigo Jones, English architect of Welsh descent
- George Howell Jones, American architect from Oregon
- Owen Jones, English-born Welsh architect
Animation
- Chuck Jones, American cartoonist
Dance
- Lana Jones, Australian ballet dancer
- Ludie Jones, American tap dancer
- Muriel Jones, South African dancer and philanthropist
Fashion
- Grace Jones, Jamaican-American model, actress, and singer
- Stephen Jones (milliner), British milliner
Radio
- Aled Jones, Welsh singer and radio host for BBC Radio 2
- Aled Haydn Jones, Welsh radio presenter for BBC Radio 1
- Ben Jones, English radio presenter for Virgin Radio
- Matt Jones (radio host), American sports talk radio host and attorney
Television and film
- Barry Jones (magician), British TV magician
- Charlie Jones (sportscaster), American sportscaster
- David John Jones, Welsh television presenter, singer and radio broadcaster known as Dai Jones
- Debi Jones, English broadcaster and politician
- Demi Jones, English television personality
- Doreen Jones, British casting director
- Duncan Jones, British film director, producer and screenwriter; son of the musician David Bowie
- Geoffrey Jones, British documentary film director and editor
- Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter
- Kenneth V. Jones, British film score composer
- Star Jones, American lawyer, journalist, television personality, fashion designer, author, and women's and diversity advocate
- Tony Jones (news journalist), Australian TV journalist
Visual arts
- Alfred Garth Jones, British illustrator
- Allen Jones (artist), British sculptor
- Aneurin Jones, Welsh painter
- Barbara Jones (artist), British artist and muralist
- Ben F. Jones, American visual artist
- Cambridge Jones, British photographer
- Colin Jones (artist, born 1928), Welsh painter
- Ezzelina Jones, Welsh artist and sculptor
- Francis William Doyle Jones, English sculptor
- Jean Jones (artist), English artist
- Joe Jones (artist), American painter
- John Paul Jones, American painter and printmaker
- Joy Farrall Jones, British artist
- Lucy Jones, British artist
- Nneka Jones, Trinidadian artist
- Samuel Levi Jones, American painter, assemblage artist
- Wayson R. Jones, American painter
Business
- Alfred Lewis Jones, Welsh ship-owner
- Arthur Frederick Jones, and his sons Dennis and Alan Jones, founders of A. F. Jones and Company, a Ceylon tea company founded in 1912 – See Merrill J. Fernando
- Helen Jones, British Labour Party politician
- Jesse H. Jones, Texas businessman, politician, owner and publisher of the Houston Chronicle
- Kim Jones (Sun), American IT business leader
- Melvin Jones (Lions Club), American businessman and founder of Lions Club
- Thomas V. Jones, American businessman
Education
- A. H. M. Jones, British classical scholar
- Audrey Evelyn Jones, English teacher and campaigner for women's rights
- E. D. Jones, Librarian of the National Library of Wales 1958–1969
- Elizabeth Wilhelmina Jones, headmistress of Harrogate Ladies' College, and one of the pioneers of women's education
- Owen Glynne Jones, pioneering Welsh rock climber and mountaineer
- Percy Mansell Jones, Welsh Professor of French
- Sarah Jones (academic), British professor and journalist
- Valena C. Jones, American educator
Law and politics
Law
- B. Todd Jones, American lawyer and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director
- Edith Jones, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Gabriel Jones (politician), member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia and Clerk of Court for Hampshire County, Virginia
- Isaac Jones, Welsh magistrate
- James G. Jones, Indiana Attorney General
- John E. Jones III, American jurist and college president
- John Geoffrey Jones, British judge
- John Matthew Jones, British lawyer and naturalist
- John Rice Jones, Welsh-born American politician, jurist and military officer
- Nathaniel R. Jones, American jurist
- Norman L. Jones, American jurist
- Patrick Henry Jones, American lawyer, public servant and postmaster of New York City
- Robert E. Jones (judge), American jurist, Oregon Supreme Court and federal district judge
- Robley D. Jones, American politician and judge
- Theodore T. Jones, Judge of New York State's Court of Appeals
American politics
- Addison P. Jones, New York state senator
- Alex Jones, radio show host based in Texas
- Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas
- Brereton C. Jones, Democratic Governor of Kentucky from 1991 to 1995
- Brenda Jones (politician), former U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Cadwallader Jones Jr., American politician
- Charles W. Jones, U.S. Senator from Florida
- Daryl Jones (politician), Florida state senator
- Denny Jones, American politician
- Doug Jones (politician), U.S. Senator from Alabama
- Evan John Jones (politician), Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- George Jones (U.S. senator), U.S. Senator from Georgia
- Guy H. Jones, Arkansas state senator
- Jamie Leigh Jones, founder of the Jamie Leigh Foundation
- Jay Jones (politician), Virginia state delegate and Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Virginia
- Jewell Jones, American politician
- J. Charles Jones, American lawyer and civil rights activist
- J. Weldon Jones, American administrator and acting High Commissioner to the Philippines
- Kizziah J. Bills, maiden name Kizziah Jones, Black American suffragist, correspondent and columnist for Black press in Chicago, civil rights activist
- LaDawn Jones, American politician and lawyer
- Moze Hunt Jones, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
- Owen Jones, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representative from Pennsylvania
- Paula Jones, former Arkansas state employee who sued President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment
- Renea Jones, American politician
- Shirley M. Jones, American politician
- Spencer Cone Jones, President of the Maryland State Senate from 1901 to 1905
- Stiles P. Jones, Minnesota state senator and lawyer
- Tishaura Jones, Mayor of St. Louis
- Van Jones, Green Jobs Advisor to the Obama administration
- Walter B. Jones Jr., Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
- Wendell E. Jones, Illinois state senator
- Wesley Livsey Jones, U.S. Representative and Senator from Washington state
- Frances Holk-Jones, member of the Alabama House of Representatives
United Kingdom politics
- Alun Ffred Jones, Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
- Andrew Jones (British politician), Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Ann Jones (politician), Welsh Labour Co-op politician
- Barry Jones, Baron Jones, Labour politician and MP for Alyn and Deeside
- Caroline Jones (politician), Welsh independent politician
- Claudia Jones, Trinidad-born journalist and activist
- David Brynmor Jones, Welsh barrister and politician
- Denise Idris Jones, Welsh Labour Member of the Welsh Assembly
- Elin Jones, Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
- Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones, Welsh Labour politician
- Elwyn Jones (solicitor), Welsh Labour politician
- Ernest Charles Jones, British orator, poet, and politician
- Fay Jones, Welsh Conservative politician
- Gareth Jones (politician), Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
- Helen Jones, British Labour Party politician
- Helen Mary Jones, Welsh Plaid Cyrmru politician
- Ieuan Wyn Jones, leader of Plaid Cymru, Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government
- Jackie Jones, Welsh Labour politician
- Jon Owen Jones, Welsh Labour Co-op politician
- Kevan Jones, British Labour politician, Privy Councillor and trade union official
- Laura Anne Jones, Welsh Conservative Member of the Welsh Assembly
- Leif Jones Welsh Liberal Party politician and Privy Councillor
- Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, British Labour Peer and trade union official
- Mandy Jones, Welsh Brexit Party politician
- Morgan Jones, Welsh Labour politician
- Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, English Liberal Democrat
- Philip Asterley Jones, British Labour politician
- Robert Jones (Conservative politician), English Conservative politician
- Ruth Jones, Welsh Labour politician
- Susan Elan Jones, Welsh Labour MP
- Theobald Jones, also known as Toby Jones, Irish officer in the Royal Navy, MP for County Londonderry, and lichenologist
- Towyn Jones, Welsh Liberal politician
- Violet Key Jones, Anglo-Irish writer and suffragette
Other politics
- Barry Jones (Australian politician), Australian politician
- Jim Jones (Canadian politician), Canadian MP for Markham
- Yvonne Jones, Canadian MP for Labrador
Literature
Writers
- Alice Gray Jones, Welsh writer and editor
- Alice Ilgenfritz Jones, American writer and novelist
- Arthur Frederick Jones, American writer and dog-show judge
- Cleolinda Jones, American writer and blogger
- Constance Jones, English educator and writer on logic and ethics
- Dan Jones (writer), British historian and writer
- Dennis Feltham Jones, British science fiction author
- Diana Wynne Jones, British fantasy novelist
- E. B. C. Jones, British novelist
- Ebenezer Jones, English poet
- Edgar Dewitt Jones, American clergyman and author
- Evan Jones (writer), Jamaican poet, playwright and screenwriter
- Feminista Jones, American writer and activist
- Gail Jones (writer), Australian novelist and academic
- Gayl Jones, African-American poet and novelist
- Howard Andrew Jones, American speculative fiction author
- Ida E. Jones (historian), American archivist and author
- Ivan Jones (author), British writer
- J. V. Jones, British fantasy author
- James Jones (author), American writer of WWII novels
- John Gwilym Jones,, Welsh dramatist, fiction-writer and critic
- Lara Jones, British children's author
- Liz Jones, English journalist and writer
- Mal Lewis Jones, British children's author
- Mary Oliver Jones, Welsh-language novelist
- Pamela Jones, computer law scholar, founder and editor of Groklaw
- Penn Jones Jr., American journalist and author
- Raymond F. Jones, American science fiction author
- Rhiannon Davies Jones, Welsh historical novelist
- Rochelle Jones, South Florida author and journalist
- Rod Jones (author), Australian writer
- T. Llew Jones, Welsh language writer
Military
- Arnold Elzey, born Arnold Elzey Jones, Confederate general during the American Civil War
- Arthur G. Jones-Williams, Welsh flying ace
- Don A. Jones, American admiral and civil engineer, seventh Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and second Director of the Environmental Science Services Administration Corps
- E. H. Jones (author), British prisoner of war
- Ernest Lester Jones, American colonel, last Superintendent and first Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
- George L. Jones, Korean War flying ace
- H. Jones, British posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Hilary P. Jones, American naval officer
- Inigo Jones (British Army officer) , British major-general
- Jacob Jones, American naval officer
- James L. Jones, United States Marine Corps officer
- John Jones (RAF airman), British flying ace
- John Jones Maesygarnedd, English Civil War Parliamentary military officer executed for regicide
- John Paul Jones, American naval captain
- Michael Jones (soldier), Irish Confederate War and English Civil War Parliamentary military officer
- Patrick Henry Jones, Union brigadier general
- Philip Jones of Fonmon, English Civil War Parliamentary military officer and comptroller of Oliver Cromwell's household
- Philip Jones (Royal Navy officer), Royal Navy officer
- Victor Jones (British Army officer), British Army officer
Mathematics and science
Astronomy
- Albert F. A. L. Jones, New Zealand astronomer
- John Jones (astronomer), Welsh amateur astronomer
- Rhian Jones, British planetary scientist
Archeology
- Frances Follin Jones, American classicist and curator
- Vendyl Jones, American scholar
Biology
- Chonnettia Jones, American geneticist and developmental biologist
- E. Yvonne Jones, British molecular biologist
- Evan Benjamin Gareth Jones, British mycologist
- Holly Jones (ecologist), American restoration ecologist and conservation biologist
- Monty Jones, Sierra Leonean biologist and plant breeder
Chemistry
- Alan A. Jones, American chemistry professor
- David E. H. Jones, British chemist and writer
- Harry Clary Jones, American physical chemist
- Humphrey Owen Jones, Welsh chemist and mountaineer
Computer science
- Cliff Jones (computer scientist), British computer scientist
- Karen Spärck Jones, British computer scientist
- Paul Jones (computer technologist), American computer technologist
Economics
- Richard Jones (economist), English macro economist
Engineering
- Anya Jones, American aerospace engineer
- Harry Edward Jones, British civil engineer
- Willard F. Jones, American naval architect
Geology
- Thomas Rupert Jones, British geologist and palaeontologist
Linguistics and philology
- William Jones (philologist), British pioneer of Indo-European studies
Mathematics
- Burton Wadsworth Jones, American mathematician
- F. Burton Jones, American mathematician
- John Viriamu Jones, British mathematician and physicist
- Peter Jones (mathematician), American mathematician
- Thomas Jones (mathematician), British mathematician
- Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician
- William Jones (mathematician), Welsh mathematician
Medicine
- Barrie R. Jones, New Zealand & British ophthalmologist
- Edith Irby Jones, American physician
- Henry Bence Jones, British physician and chemist
- Mabel Jones, British physician and suffragette sympathiser
- Philip Sydney Jones, Australian surgeon
- Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet, British orthopedic surgeon
- T. Duckett Jones, American physician, cardiologist, and medical researcher
- Trevor M. Jones, visiting professor at King's College, University of London and former head of R&D at Wellcome
Physics
- Reginald Victor Jones, English physicist
- Robert Clark Jones, American physicist
Psychology
- Edward E. Jones, American social psychologist
Religion
- Christopher Jones (Roman Catholic bishop), Bishop of the Diocese of Elphin
- Clinton Jones (priest), American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist
- James Jones (bishop), Bishop of Liverpool, Hull, and HM Prisons
- Jenkin Lloyd Jones, American Unitarian missionary, minister and father of newspaper publisher Richard Lloyd Jones
- Jim Jones, American founder of the People's Temple
- Malachi Jones (clergyman), Welsh Presbyterian missionary in America
- Noël Jones (bishop of Sodor and Man), Welsh bishop in the Church of England
- Noel Jones (Pentecostal bishop), senior pastor of the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California
- Paul Jones (bishop), Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Utah, USA and pacifist
- Ray Jones (chaplain), Anglican priest
- Robert Elijah Jones, Protestant Episcopal Bishop and civil rights advocate
- Serene Jones, American academic
Sports
Baseball
- Adam Jones (baseball), outfielder
- Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan outfielder
- Chipper Jones, American third baseman
- Damon Jones (baseball), American baseball player
- Fielder Jones, American baseball player and manager
- Garrett Jones American Major League outfielder and first baseman
- Gordon Jones (baseball), Major League pitcher
- Greg Jones (baseball, born 1998), American baseball player
- Itch Jones, American college baseball coach
- JaCoby Jones, American outfielder
- Jacque Jones, American outfielder
- Jahmai Jones, American outfielder
- Jones (left fielder), unidentified baseball player for the Washington Nationals in 1884
- Jones (third baseman), unidentified baseball player for the New York Metropolitans in 1885
- Nolan Jones, American baseball player
- Rick Jones, American college baseball coach
- Ruppert Jones, outfielder
- Sheldon Jones, American baseball player
- Taylor Jones, American baseball player
- Terry Jones, former outfielder
- Tex Jones, Chicago White Sox first baseman
- Tracy Jones, former outfielder and current co-host on WLW radio in Cincinnati
Basketball
- Alexis Jones, American basketball player
- Ava Jones, American former basketball player
- Brionna Jones, Puerto Rican basketball player
- Cameron Jones (basketball), American shooting guard
- Carolyn Jones-Young, American guard
- Chris Jones (basketball, born 1993), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Dahntay Jones, American small forward/shooting guard
- DeVante' Jones, American basketball player
- Dillon Jones, American basketball player
- Domonic Jones, American point guard/shooting guard
- Eddie Jones (basketball), American shooting guard/small forward
- Edgar Jones (basketball), American power forward/center
- Fred Jones (basketball), American shooting guard/point guard
- Haley Jones, American basketball player
- Jake Jones (basketball), American shooting guard
- Jalen Jones, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Jarrod Jones, American-Hungarian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Kam Jones, American basketball player
- K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach
- L. Tucker Jones, American college basketball coach
- Lamont Jones (basketball, born 1972), American basketball player
- Larry Jones, American basketball player
- Lazeric Jones, American point guard
- Marvin Jones (basketball), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Merlaika Jones, American former basketball player
- Phill Jones, New Zealand professional basketball player
- Sacha Killeya-Jones, American-British basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Shawn Jones (basketball), American center/power forward
- Shelton Jones, American basketball player
- Terrence Jones, American power forward
- Tre Jones, American point guard
- Tyrique Jones, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Boxing
- Ebonie Jones, English professional boxer
- Paul Jones (boxer),
- Frankie Jones (boxer), Scottish professional boxer of the 1950s and 1960s
- Paul Jones (boxer), British former professional boxer
- Reggie Jones (boxer), American boxer
- Roy Jones Jr., American boxing champion
- Tiger Jones, American boxer
- Troy Jones, English professional boxer
Chess
- Gawain Jones, English chess player
Cricket
- Alfred Jones (Northamptonshire cricketer)
- Alfred Jones (Kent cricketer)
- Dean Jones (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Ernie Jones (Australian sportsman), Australian bowler
- Geraint Jones, England and Papua New Guinea player
- Jeff Jones (cricketer, born 1941), Welsh cricketer
- Sammy Jones, Australian Test player
- Simon Jones (cricketer), England and Wales player
- Steffan Jones, Welsh cricketer
- Jones (Essex cricketer)
- Jones (Godalming cricketer), English player for Surrey
- Jones (Sussex cricketer)
MMA
- Jon Jones (fighter), American mixed martial artist and a former two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
- Paul Jones (mixed martial artist), former mixed martial artist
Motor racing
- Adam Jones (racing driver), British racer in the British Touring Car Championship
- Alan Jones (racing driver), Australian Formula One World Champion
- Andrew Jones (racing driver), Australian V8 Supercar racing driver
- Brad Jones (racing driver), Australian racing driver and team owner
- Brandon Jones (racing driver), American NASCAR driver
- Buckshot Jones, American NASCAR driver
- Connor Jones, American NASCAR driver
- Erik Jones, American NASCAR driver
- Parnelli Jones, American former professional racing driver and racing team owner
- P. J. Jones, American professional racing driver
- Stan Jones (racing driver), Australian racing driver
Rugby league
- Lewis Jones (rugby, born 1931), Welsh rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
- Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league footballer
Rugby union
- Adam Jones (rugby union, born 1980), Wales rugby union international lock forward
- Adam Jones (rugby union, born 1981), Wales rugby union international prop forward
- Alun Wyn Jones, Wales international rugby union player
- Brian Jones (rugby union), Wales rugby union player
- Daniel Jones (rugby union), Wales rugby union player
- Duncan Jones (rugby union), Wales rugby union player
- Elvet Jones, Wales and British Lions rugby international
- Gwyn Jones (rugby union), Wales rugby union player
- Ivor Jones, Wales rugby union player
- Kingsley Jones (rugby union, born 1969), Welsh rugby union player and coach
- Robert Jones (rugby union, born 1965), Wales rugby union player
- Ryan Jones, Wales rugby union player
- Stephen Jones (rugby union), Wales rugby union player
Swimming
- Alyson Jones, English swimmer
- Burwell Jones, American swimmer
- Cullen Jones, American swimmer
- Jenna Jones, Australian swimmer
- Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer
Track and field (athletics)
- Akela Jones, Barbadian track and field athlete
- Barbara Jones (sprinter), American sprinter
- Deacon Jones (athlete), American runner
- Earl Jones (athlete), American runner
- Esther Jones (athlete), American sprinter
- Hannah Jones (hurdler), Australian hurdler
- Hayes Jones, American hurdler
- John Paul Jones (athlete), American runner
- Lam Jones, American sprinter and football player
- Lolo Jones, American hurdler
- Lou Jones (athlete), American sprinter
- Marion Jones, American sprinter
- Samuel Jones (athlete), American high jumper
Other sports
- Allen Jones, American professional wrestler known as AJ Styles.
- Allyce Jones, American professional pickleball player
- Alun Jones (tennis), Australian professional tennis player
- Beth Bronger-Jones, American curler
- Colleen Jones, Canadian curler and television personality
- Doug Jones (curler), American curler
- Emerson Jones, Australian tennis player
- Eric Jones (climber), Welsh mountaineer
- Heather Jones, Canadian field hockey player
- Jade Jones (taekwondo), Welsh double Olympic champion in taekwondo
- Jennifer Jones (curler), Canadian curler
- Julia Jones-Pugliese, née Jones, American national champion fencer and fencing coach
- Kirsty Jones, Welsh professional kitesurfer
- Max Jones, American ice hockey player
- Rufus R. Jones, American professional wrestler
- Paul Jones (wrestler), retired professional wrestler and manager
- S. D. Jones, Antiguan professional wrestler
- Seth Jones, American ice hockey player
- Tammy Jones, stage name of Debbie D'Amato, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
- Wayne Jones (darts player), English darts player
- Wayne Jones (snooker player), Welsh snooker player
Sports executives
- Whip Jones, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of Aspen Highlands
Miscellaneous
- ABilly S. Jones-Hennin, American LGBT rights activist
- April Jones, Welsh murder victim
- Brian Keith Jones, Australian sex offender
- Casey Jones, American locomotive engineer, subject of an eponymous song
- Cornelia Hall Jones, Hawaiian philanthropist and clubwoman
- Emily Jones, English murder victim
- Genene Jones, American serial killer
- Gareth Jones (journalist), Welsh journalist
- Harold Jones (murderer), British child murderer
- Holly Jones, Canadian female murder victim
- Jodi Jones, British female murder victim
- Kirsty Jones, British female murder victim
- Marlon Jones, Jamaican criminal
- Phoenix Jones, American real-life superhero
- Sally-Anne Jones, British-born terrorist and UN-designated recruiter who is believed to have been killed
- Sally Jones (journalist), British journalist