# David Jones > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Jones > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Jones.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jones > Source revision: 1348042447 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **David**, **Dafydd**, **Dai**, **Dave**, **Davy**, or **Di Jones** may refer to: ## People ### Arts and entertainment #### Music - [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie) (David Robert Jones, 1947–2016), English musician and actor - [Dave Jones (drummer)](/source/Dave_Jones_(drummer)) (active since 1983), drummer with New York band Agnostic Front - [David Jones (jazz musician)](/source/David_Jones_(jazz_musician)) (1888–1956), American jazz saxophonist - [David Jones (drummer)](/source/David_Jones_(drummer)) (born c.1958), Australian drummer - [David Evan Jones (composer)](/source/David_Evan_Jones_(composer)) (born 1946), American composer, pianist, and educator - [David Lynn Jones](/source/David_Lynn_Jones) (born 1950), American country music singer-songwriter - [Davy Jones (musician)](/source/Davy_Jones_(musician)) (1945–2012), English musician and member of The Monkees #### Other - [Banksy](/source/Banksy), pseudonymous English artist who allegedly at one time was legally named David Jones - [David Jones (director)](/source/David_Jones_(director)) (1934–2008), English stage, television and film director - [David Jones (presenter)](/source/David_Jones_(presenter)), English sports broadcaster on Sky Sports since 1999 - [David Jones (artist-poet)](/source/David_Jones_(artist-poet)) (1895–1974), British modernist poet, writer, and artist - [David Jones (programmer)](/source/David_Jones_(programmer)) (active in 1980s), former freelance computer game programmer - [David Jones (video game developer)](/source/David_Jones_(video_game_developer)) (born 1966), Scottish video game programmer and entrepreneur - [David Jones (writer)](/source/David_Jones_(writer)), creator of the television series *Fireman Sam* - [Dai Jones](/source/Dai_Jones) (David John Jones, 1943–2022), Welsh television presenter and radio broadcaster - [David Annwn Jones](/source/David_Annwn_Jones) (born 1953), Anglo-Welsh poet, critic and teacher - [David Elwyn Jones](/source/David_Elwyn_Jones) (1945–2003), Welsh writer, politician, and poet - [David R. Jones (journalist)](/source/David_R._Jones_(journalist)) (born c. 1932), American journalist, winner of two Gerald Loeb Awards. - [David R. Jones (biologist)](/source/David_R._Jones_(biologist)) (1941–2010), British-born biologist, moved to Canada in 1969 - [David Watkin Jones](/source/David_Watkin_Jones), Welsh poet, historian and geologist ### Business - [David B. Jones](/source/David_B._Jones) (1848–1923), American president and chairman of the board of directors of the Mineral Point Zinc Company - [David Jones (merchant)](/source/David_Jones_(merchant)) (1793–1873), Welsh-Australian department store founder - [David Jones (advertising executive)](/source/David_Jones_(advertising_executive)) (born 1966), English born businessman ### Military - [David Jones (VC)](/source/David_Jones_(VC)) (1892–1916), English recipient of the Victoria Cross - [David M. Jones](/source/David_M._Jones) (1913–2008), U.S. Air Force major general, one of Doolittle's Raiders - [David C. Jones](/source/David_C._Jones) (1921–2013), U.S. Air Force general, chairman Joints Chief of Staff - [David Rumph Jones](/source/David_Rumph_Jones) (1825–1863), Confederate general ### Politics #### Canada - [David Jones (Upper Canada politician)](/source/David_Jones_(Upper_Canada_politician)) (1792–1870), lawyer, judge and political figure - [David Ford Jones](/source/David_Ford_Jones) (1818–1887), Ontario manufacturer and political figure #### United Kingdom - [David Jones (Carmarthenshire MP)](/source/David_Jones_(Carmarthenshire_MP)) (1810–1869), Welsh banker and Conservative Party politician - [David Jones (Clwyd West MP)](/source/David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)) (born 1952), Conservative Party MP, former AM and Welsh Secretary - [D. T. Jones](/source/D._T._Jones) (David Thomas Jones, 1899–1963), Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hartlepool, 1945–1959 - [David Brynmor Jones](/source/David_Brynmor_Jones) (1851–1921), barrister, historian and Liberal Member of Parliament #### United States - [David C. Jones](/source/David_C._Jones) (1921–2013), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - [David W. Jones](/source/David_W._Jones) (1815–1879), secretary of state of Wisconsin - [David P. Jones](/source/David_P._Jones) (1860–1927), two-time mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota - [Dave Jones (politician)](/source/Dave_Jones_(politician)) (born 1962), California insurance commissioner - [J. David Jones](/source/J._David_Jones), member of the Illinois House of Representatives #### Elsewhere - [David Jones (New Zealand politician)](/source/David_Jones_(New_Zealand_politician)) (1873–1941), New Zealand politician - [David Jones (Guernsey politician)](/source/David_Jones_(Guernsey_politician)) (1949–2016), Minister of Housing in Guernsey, Channel Islands - [David Ivon Jones](/source/David_Ivon_Jones) (1883–1924), Welsh Communist, newspaper editor, and political prisoner in South Africa ### Religion - [David Jones (Llangan)](/source/David_Jones_(Llangan)) (1736–1810), Welsh Church of England priest who was supportive of Methodism - [David Jones (missionary)](/source/David_Jones_(missionary)) (1796–1841), Welsh missionary in Madagascar - [David Bevan Jones](/source/David_Bevan_Jones) (1807–1863), Welsh Baptist minister - [David Evan Jones (missionary)](/source/David_Evan_Jones_(missionary)) (1870–1947), Welsh missionary in Mizoram, India - [David Jones (Dean of Llandaff)](/source/David_Jones_(Dean_of_Llandaff)) (1870–1949), Dean of Llandaff Cathedral - [David Jones (archdeacon of Carmarthen)](/source/David_Jones_(archdeacon_of_Carmarthen)) (1874–1950), Archdeacon of Carmarthen - [David Colin Jones](/source/David_Colin_Jones) (born 1943), American bishop ### Science, engineering and academia - [David A. Jones](/source/David_A._Jones) (active since 1995), head of the National Climate Centre at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology - [David Dallas Jones](/source/David_Dallas_Jones) (1887–1956), president of [Bennett College](/source/Bennett_College) in Greensboro, North Carolina and brother of Robert Elijah Jones - [David E. H. Jones](/source/David_E._H._Jones) (1938–2017), best known as Daedalus, British writer and scientist - [David James Jones](/source/David_James_Jones) (1886–1947), Welsh philosopher and academic - [David Lewis Jones](/source/David_Lewis_Jones) (1945–2010), Welsh historian and librarian - [David L. Jones (botanist)](/source/David_L._Jones_(botanist)) (born 1944), Australian horticultural botanist - [David L. Jones (video blogger)](/source/David_L._Jones_(video_blogger)) (active since 2009), Australian electronic engineer and blogger - [David Wyn Jones](/source/David_Wyn_Jones) (born 1950), British musicologist - [David R. Jones (biologist)](/source/David_R._Jones_(biologist)) (1941–2010), recipient of Flavelle Medal - [David T. Jones (scientist)](/source/David_T._Jones_(scientist)) (David Tudor Jones, born 1966), professor of bioinformatics ### Sports #### American football - [David Jones (Browns owner)](/source/David_Jones_(Browns_owner)), majority owner of the Cleveland Browns from 1953 to 1961 - [David Jones (Cardinals owner)](/source/David_Jones_(Cardinals_owner)) (1883–1966), American football team owner for the Chicago Cardinals - [David Jones (cornerback)](/source/David_Jones_(cornerback)) (born 1985), American football player - [David Jones (offensive lineman)](/source/David_Jones_(offensive_lineman)) (born 1961), American football player for the Washington Redskins - [David Jones (safety)](/source/David_Jones_(safety)) (born 1993), American football player; see [2017 New England Patriots season](/source/2017_New_England_Patriots_season) - [David Jones (tight end)](/source/David_Jones_(tight_end)) (born 1968), American football player for the Los Angeles Raiders - [Dave Jones (American football)](/source/Dave_Jones_(American_football)) (born 1947), American football player - [Deacon Jones](/source/Deacon_Jones) (David D. Jones, 1938–2013), American football player #### Association football - [Dave Jones (footballer, born 1932)](/source/Dave_Jones_(footballer,_born_1932)) (1932–2022), Welsh football goalkeeper - [Dave Jones (footballer, born 1956)](/source/Dave_Jones_(footballer,_born_1956)), English footballer and manager - [David Jones (footballer, born 1910)](/source/David_Jones_(footballer,_born_1910)) (1910–1971), Welsh international footballer - [David Jones (football defender, born 1914)](/source/David_Jones_(football_defender,_born_1914)) (1914–1988), Welsh footballer - [David Jones (football goalkeeper, born 1914)](/source/David_Jones_(football_goalkeeper,_born_1914)) (1914–1999), Welsh footballer - [David Jones (footballer, born 1935)](/source/David_Jones_(footballer,_born_1935)) (1935–2014), English footballer - [David Jones (footballer, born 1936)](/source/David_Jones_(footballer,_born_1936)), Welsh footballer - [David Jones (footballer, born 1940)](/source/David_Jones_(footballer,_born_1940)) (1940–2013), English footballer - [David Jones (footballer, born 1950)](/source/David_Jones_(footballer,_born_1950)), English footballer for York City - [David Jones (footballer, born 1952)](/source/David_Jones_(footballer,_born_1952)), Welsh international footballer - [David Jones (soccer, born 1955)](/source/David_Jones_(soccer,_born_1955)), Australian association footballer - [David Jones (footballer, born 1964)](/source/David_Jones_(footballer,_born_1964)), English footballer - [David Jones (footballer, born 1984)](/source/David_Jones_(footballer,_born_1984)), English footballer - [Dai Jones (footballer, born 1941)](/source/Dai_Jones_(footballer,_born_1941)), Welsh footballer - [Di Jones](/source/Di_Jones) (1866–1902), Welsh footballer #### Rugby - [David Jones (rugby, born 1881)](/source/David_Jones_(rugby,_born_1881)) (1881–1933), rugby union and rugby league footballer - [David Phillips Jones](/source/David_Phillips_Jones) (1881–1936), rugby union footballer - [David Jones (rugby, born 1900)](/source/David_Jones_(rugby,_born_1900)) (1900–1968), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s - [David Jones (Welsh rugby)](/source/David_Jones_(Welsh_rugby)), rugby league footballer of the 1960s - [Dafydd Jones](/source/Dafydd_Jones) (born 1979), rugby union footballer for Wales, and (Llanelli) Scarlets #### Other sports - [David Jones (baseball)](/source/David_Jones_(baseball)) (1861–1937), American professional baseball player - [David Jones (runner)](/source/David_Jones_(runner)) (1940–2023), British sprinter and Olympic bronze medallist - [David Jones (darts player)](/source/David_Jones_(darts_player)) (1949–1995), Welsh darts player - [David Jones (ice hockey)](/source/David_Jones_(ice_hockey)) (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player for the Minnesota Wild - [David Jones (golfer)](/source/David_Jones_(golfer)) (born 1947), Northern Irish professional golfer - [David Jones (cricketer, born 1914)](/source/David_Jones_(cricketer,_born_1914)) (1914–1998), English cricketer - [David Jones (cricketer, born 1920)](/source/David_Jones_(cricketer,_born_1920)) (1920–1990), Welsh cricketer - [David Jones (sailor)](/source/David_Jones_(sailor)) (born 1940), sailor from United States Virgin Islands - [David Jones (sport shooter)](/source/David_Jones_(sport_shooter)) (born 1977), Australian sports shooter - [Dai St. John](/source/Dai_St._John) (David Jones, 1879–1899), Welsh heavyweight boxer - [David R. Jones (golfer)](/source/David_R._Jones_(golfer)), English golfer and winner of the 1991 [Zambia Open](/source/Zambia_Open) - [David Jones (table tennis)](/source/David_Jones_(table_tennis)), English table tennis player - [Dave Jones (volleyball)](/source/Dave_Jones_(volleyball)) (born 1959), Canadian volleyball player - [David Jones (basketball)](/source/David_Jones_(basketball)) (born 2001), basketball player from the Dominican Republic - [David N. Jones Jr](/source/David_N._Jones_Jr) American tennis player active in 1930s competed at [US Open](/source/US_Open_(tennis)) ### Other people - [David Jones (barrister)](/source/David_Jones_(barrister)) (1765–1816), Welsh barrister - [David Jones (railway)](/source/David_Jones_(railway)) (1834–1906), locomotive superintendent of the Highland Railway in Scotland - [David M. Jones](/source/Deportation_of_Kilmar_Abrego_Garcia#Withholding_of_removal_status) (ca. 2019), American immigration judge - [David R. Jones (organizer)](/source/David_R._Jones_(organizer)) (1938–1998), Charles Edison Memorial Youth Fund co-founder - [David R. Jones (architect)](/source/David_R._Jones_(architect)) (1832–1915), Welsh-American architect and poet - [David Lloyd Jones (architect)](/source/David_Lloyd_Jones_(architect)) (1942–1997), in London - [David Lloyd Jones, Lord Lloyd-Jones](/source/David_Lloyd_Jones,_Lord_Lloyd-Jones) (born 1952), British Supreme Court judge - [David Thomas Jones (administrator)](/source/David_Thomas_Jones_(administrator)) (1866–1931), British administrator and author - [David Jones](/source/Lynching_of_David_Jones) (died 1872), lynching victim - [David Butler-Jones](/source/David_Butler-Jones), Canadian physician, first Chief Public Health Officer of Canada ## Other uses - [David Robert Jones (*Fringe*)](/source/David_Robert_Jones_(Fringe)), fictional character of the science-fiction television series - [David Jones (department store)](/source/David_Jones_(department_store)) (founded 1838), a chain of department stores in Australia - [*David Jones* (album)](/source/David_Jones_(album)), a 1965 album by Davy Jones ## See also - [David Robert Jones (disambiguation)](/source/David_Robert_Jones_(disambiguation)) - [Davy Jones (disambiguation)](/source/Davy_Jones_(disambiguation)) - [David Rhys-Jones](/source/David_Rhys-Jones) (born 1962), former Australian rules footballer - [Dafydd Jones (disambiguation)](/source/Dafydd_Jones_(disambiguation)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jones) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jones?action=history)). 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