# John Jones

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**John Jones** may refer to:

## Academics

- [John Collier Jones](/source/John_Collier_Jones) (1770–1838), English academic administrator at the University of Oxford
- [John Winter Jones](/source/John_Winter_Jones) (1805–1881), English librarian
- [John Carleton Jones](/source/John_Carleton_Jones) (1856–1930), American educator and tenth president of the University of Missouri
- [John Robert Jones](/source/John_Robert_Jones) (1911–1970), Welsh philosopher
- [John Jones (academic)](/source/John_Jones_(academic)) (1924–2016), professor at Merton College, Oxford Professor of Poetry 1978–1983
- [John Finbarr Jones](/source/John_Finbarr_Jones) (1929–2013), Irish–born American academic

## Arts and entertainment

### Literature

- [John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors)](/source/John_Jones_(Jac_Glan-y-gors)) (1766–1821), Welsh language satirical poet and radical pamphleteer
- [John Jones (Talhaiarn)](/source/John_Jones_(Talhaiarn)) (1810–1869), Welsh poet
- [John Beauchamp Jones](/source/John_Beauchamp_Jones) (1810–1866), American writer
- [John Jones (Myrddin Fardd)](/source/John_Jones_(Myrddin_Fardd)) (1836–1921), Welsh writer
- [John Owen Jones (Ap Ffarmwr)](/source/John_Owen_Jones_(Ap_Ffarmwr)) (1861–1899), Welsh writer
- [John Gwilym Jones](/source/John_Gwilym_Jones) (1904–1988), Welsh dramatist, writer, academic and critic
- [John Tudor Jones](/source/John_Tudor_Jones) (1903–1985), Welsh journalist, poet and translator
- J'onn J'onzz, fictional Martian superhero of DC Comics, also known as the [Martian Manhunter](/source/Martian_Manhunter) whose human guise is also known as "John Jones"
- [John Jones (character)](/source/John_Jones_(character)), fictional mission controller in the CHERUB book series

### Performing arts

- [John Jones (organist)](/source/John_Jones_(organist)) (1728–1796), organist at St Paul's Cathedral
- [John Joseph Jones (writer)](/source/John_Joseph_Jones_(writer)) (1930–2000), British and Australian poet, folk singer, musician, playwright, and theatre director
- [John Bush Jones](/source/John_Bush_Jones) (1940–2019), American author, theatre director, critic and educator
- [John Paul Jones (musician)](/source/John_Paul_Jones_(musician)) (born 1946), English bassist for Led Zeppelin
- [John Pierce Jones](/source/John_Pierce_Jones) (born 1946), Welsh actor
- [John Marshall Jones](/source/John_Marshall_Jones) (born 1962), American actor and director
- John "Jonesy" Jones, character in *[Fortnite Battle Royale](/source/Fortnite_Battle_Royale)*

### Visual arts

- [John Jones of Gellilyfdy](/source/John_Jones_of_Gellilyfdy) (1578–1658), Welsh calligrapher, manuscript collector and antiquary
- [John Jones (engraver)](/source/John_Jones_(engraver)) (1755–1797), British engraver
- [John Jones (art collector)](/source/John_Jones_(art_collector)) (c. 1798/99–1882), English art collector
- [John Edward Jones (sculptor)](/source/John_Edward_Jones_(sculptor)) (1806–1862), Irish sculptor
- [John Llewellyn Jones](/source/John_Llewellyn_Jones) (1866–1927), Australian artist and photographer
- [John Paul Jones (artist)](/source/John_Paul_Jones_(artist)) (1924–1999), American painter and printmaker
- [John W. Jones (artist)](/source/John_W._Jones_(artist)) (born c. 1950), American painter

## Crime and notoriety

- [Shoni Sguborfawr](/source/Shoni_Sguborfawr) (John Jones, 1811–1858), Welsh criminal known for role in Rebecca riots
- [John Jones (Coch Bach y Bala)](/source/John_Jones_(Coch_Bach_y_Bala)) (1854–1913), Welsh criminal
- John Jones, alias used in the [John Darwin disappearance case](/source/John_Darwin_disappearance_case)

## Military

- [John Jones Maesygarnedd](/source/John_Jones_Maesygarnedd) (c. 1597–1660), Welsh military leader, one of the regicides of King Charles I, member of Cromwell's Upper House
- [John Paul Jones](/source/John_Paul_Jones) (1747–1792), U.S. naval commander of the American Revolutionary War
- Sir [John Thomas Jones](/source/John_Thomas_Jones) (1783–1843), British major-general in the Royal Engineers
- [John M. Jones](/source/John_M._Jones) (1820–1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War; wounded at Gettysburg
- [John R. Jones (general)](/source/John_R._Jones_(general)) (1827–1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War at Antietam and Chancellorsville
- [John J. Jones (general)](/source/John_J._Jones_(general)) (1828–1868), Union officer in the American Civil War
- [John B. Jones](/source/John_B._Jones) (1834–1881), Confederate major in the American Civil War and Texas Ranger captain
- [John E. Jones (Medal of Honor)](/source/John_E._Jones_(Medal_of_Honor)) (1834–?), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
- [John Jones (Medal of Honor)](/source/John_Jones_(Medal_of_Honor)) (1841–1907), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
- [John Jones (RAF airman)](/source/John_Jones_(RAF_airman)), World War I flying ace
- [John Cecil Jones](/source/John_Cecil_Jones) (1915–1946), American military veteran who was tortured and lynched near Minden, Louisiana

## Politics and law

### Australia

- [John Gore Jones](/source/John_Gore_Jones) (1820–1868), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- [John Jones (Queensland politician)](/source/John_Jones_(Queensland_politician)) (1872–1950), Australian politician
- [John Percy Jones](/source/John_Percy_Jones) (1872–1955), Australian politician
- [Jack Jones (Australian politician)](/source/Jack_Jones_(Australian_politician)) (John Joseph Jones, 1907–1997), Australian politician

### Canada

- [John Jones (died 1818)](/source/John_Jones_(died_1818)) (c. 1752–1818), businessman and political figure in Lower Canada
- [John Jones (Bedford politician)](/source/John_Jones_(Bedford_politician)) (1761–1842), politician in Lower Canada
- [John Walter Jones](/source/John_Walter_Jones) (1878–1954), Canadian politician

### United Kingdom

- [John Jones (MP for Gloucester)](/source/John_Jones_(MP_for_Gloucester)) (died 1630), English politician
- [John Jones (Parliamentarian)](/source/John_Jones_(Parliamentarian)) (1610–1692), English Member of Parliament for the City of London, 1661–1679
- [John Gale Jones](/source/John_Gale_Jones) (1769–1838), English political radical
- [John Jones of Ystrad](/source/John_Jones_of_Ystrad) (1777–1842), MP for Carmarthen, 1821–1832
- [John Jones (Carmarthenshire MP)](/source/John_Jones_(Carmarthenshire_MP)) (1812–1886), British Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire, 1868–1880
- [John Jones (Ivon)](/source/John_Jones_(Ivon)) (1820–1898), Welsh radical and man of letters
- [John Matthew Jones](/source/John_Matthew_Jones) (1828–1888), British lawyer and naturalist
- [John Jones (ironmaster)](/source/John_Jones_(ironmaster)) (1835–1897), English politician and mayor of Wolverhampton
- [John Share Jones](/source/John_Share_Jones) (1873–1950), British veterinary surgeon and politician
- [Jack Jones (Silvertown MP)](/source/Jack_Jones_(Silvertown_MP)) (John Joseph Jones, 1873–1941), British Labour MP for Silvertown
- [Jack Jones (Rotherham MP)](/source/Jack_Jones_(Rotherham_MP)) (John Henry Jones, 1894–1962), British Labour MP for Bolton, later MP for Rotherham
- [John Edward Jones (Welsh politician)](/source/John_Edward_Jones_(Welsh_politician)) (1905–1970), Welsh political organiser
- Sir [John Jones (MI5 officer)](/source/John_Jones_(MI5_officer)) (1923–1998), Director General of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service
- [John Walter Jones (Wales)](/source/John_Walter_Jones_(Wales)) (1946–2020), civil servant and the first Chief Executive of the Welsh Language Board

### United States

- [John Coffin Jones Sr.](/source/John_Coffin_Jones_Sr.) (1750–1829), politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- [John Gabriel Jones](/source/John_Gabriel_Jones) (1752–1776), colonial American pioneer and politician
- [John Rice Jones](/source/John_Rice_Jones) (1759–1824), American politician, jurist, and pioneer
- [John Patterson Jones](/source/John_Patterson_Jones) (1779–1858), New York politician
- [John Winston Jones](/source/John_Winston_Jones) (1791–1848), U.S. congressman from Virginia
- [John Coffin Jones Jr.](/source/John_Coffin_Jones_Jr.) (1796–1861), United States consular agent to the Kingdom of Hawaii
- [John M. Jones (Pennsylvania politician)](/source/John_M._Jones_(Pennsylvania_politician)) (1796–1872), American politician from Pennsylvania
- [John William Jones](/source/John_William_Jones) (1806–1871), U.S. congressman from Georgia
- [John Jones (abolitionist)](/source/John_Jones_(abolitionist)) (1816–1879)
- [John Wallace Jones](/source/John_Wallace_Jones) (1822–1895), American judge
- [John James Jones](/source/John_James_Jones) (1824–1898), U.S. representative from Georgia
- [John P. Jones (Nevada politician)](/source/John_P._Jones_(Nevada_politician)) (1829–1912), Republican senator from Nevada and founder of Santa Monica, California
- [John Paul Jones (Louisiana politician)](/source/John_Paul_Jones_(Louisiana_politician)), state senator in Louisiana
- [John H. Jones (American politician)](/source/John_H._Jones_(American_politician)) (1836–1875), member of the Wisconsin State Senate
- [John S. Jones](/source/John_S._Jones) (1836–1903), Union brevet brigadier general and later U.S. congressman from Ohio
- [John Edward Jones (governor)](/source/John_Edward_Jones_(governor)) (1840–1896), Welsh-born governor of Nevada
- [John D. Jones (Minnesota politician)](/source/John_D._Jones_(Minnesota_politician)) (1849–1914), speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- [John Jones (county commissioner)](/source/John_Jones_(county_commissioner)) (1816–1878), member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in Illinois
- [John Jones (Los Angeles politician)](/source/John_Jones_(Los_Angeles_politician)), president of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council 1870–1871
- [John R. Jones (Wisconsin politician)](/source/John_R._Jones_(Wisconsin_politician)) (1850–?), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- [John George Jones](/source/John_George_Jones) (1854–1914), American lawyer
- [Evan John Jones (politician)](/source/Evan_John_Jones_(politician)) (1872–1952), U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
- [John R. Jones (Washington politician)](/source/John_R._Jones_(Washington_politician)) (1877–1972), member of the Washington House of Representatives
- [John Marvin Jones](/source/John_Marvin_Jones) (1882–1976), U.S. Representative from Texas
- [John D. Jones (Washington politician)](/source/John_D._Jones_(Washington_politician)) (1923–2014), Welsh-American politician in the state of Washington
- [John Bailey Jones](/source/John_Bailey_Jones) (1927–2023), South Dakota state representative 1957–1960 and U.S. federal judge
- [John O. Jones](/source/John_O._Jones) (born 1940), Illinois state senator
- [John E. Jones III](/source/John_E._Jones_III) (born 1955), U.S. federal judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- [John Jones (abolitionist)](/source/John_Jones_(abolitionist)) (1817–1879), American abolitionist, civil rights leader, philanthropist, and businessman
- [John W. Jones (Alabama politician)](/source/John_W._Jones_(Alabama_politician)), state legislator in Alabama

### Elsewhere

- [John Jones (Ojibwa chief)](/source/John_Jones_(Ojibwa_chief)) (1798–1847), Chief of the Credit Mission Ojibwa, 1840–1847
- [John Richard Jones](/source/John_Richard_Jones) (died 1911), 19th century New Zealand politician

## Religion

- [John Jones (Benedictine)](/source/John_Jones_(Benedictine)) (1575–1636), Welsh Benedictine monk
- [John Jones (martyr)](/source/John_Jones_(martyr)) (died 1598), Welsh saint
- [John Jones (physician, died 1709)](/source/John_Jones_(physician,_died_1709)) (1644/5–1709), Welsh cleric, inventor and physician
- [John Jones (dean of Bangor)](/source/John_Jones_(dean_of_Bangor)) (1650–1727), Dean of Bangor Cathedral
- [John Jones (controversialist)](/source/John_Jones_(controversialist)) (1700–1770), Welsh clergyman
- [John Jones (Unitarian)](/source/John_Jones_(Unitarian)) (1766–1827), Welsh minister, critic, tutor and lexicographer
- [John Jones (literary patron)](/source/John_Jones_(literary_patron)) (1773–1853), Welsh priest, scholar and literary patron
- [John Elias](/source/John_Elias) (born John Jones, 1774–1841), Welsh preacher
- [John Jones (archdeacon of Merioneth)](/source/John_Jones_(archdeacon_of_Merioneth)) (1775–1834), Welsh priest and writer
- [Llef o'r Nant](/source/Llef_o'r_Nant) (pseudonym of John Jones, 1782/87–1863), Welsh priest and antiquarian
- [John Jones (archdeacon of Liverpool)](/source/John_Jones_(archdeacon_of_Liverpool)) (1791–1889)
- [John Jones (Tegid)](/source/John_Jones_(Tegid)) (1792–1852), Welsh clergyman and writer
- [John Jones, Talysarn](/source/John_Jones,_Talysarn) (1796–1857), Welsh preacher
- [John Jones (archdeacon of Bangor)](/source/John_Jones_(archdeacon_of_Bangor)) (1798–1863), Welsh Anglican priest
- [John Taylor Jones](/source/John_Taylor_Jones) (1802–1851), Protestant missionary to Siam, now Thailand
- [John Wynne Jones](/source/John_Wynne_Jones) (1803–1888), Welsh Anglican priest
- [John Harris Jones](/source/John_Harris_Jones) (1827–1885), Calvinistic Methodist minister and classical tutor
- [John Hugh Jones](/source/John_Hugh_Jones) (1843–1910), Welsh Roman Catholic priest
- [John Daniel Jones](/source/John_Daniel_Jones) (1865–1942), Welsh Congregational minister
- [John Islan Jones](/source/John_Islan_Jones) (1874–1968), Welsh Unitarian minister and writer
- [John Jones (bishop)](/source/John_Jones_(bishop)) (1904–1956), Welsh Anglican missionary and Bishop of Bangor
- [John Jones (archdeacon of St Asaph)](/source/John_Jones_(archdeacon_of_St_Asaph)) (1905–1996), Welsh Anglican archdeacon

## Science and medicine

- [John Jones (doctor)](/source/John_Jones_(doctor)) (1729–1791), American surgeon
- [John Jones (16th-century physician)](/source/John_Jones_(16th-century_physician)), Welsh physician
- [John Jones (physician, died 1709)](/source/John_Jones_(physician,_died_1709)), Welsh physician
- [John Jones (astronomer)](/source/John_Jones_(astronomer)) (1818–1898), Welsh amateur astronomer
- [John Welch Jones](/source/John_Welch_Jones) (1826–1916), American medical doctor and Civil War cavalry officer
- [John Jones (geologist)](/source/John_Jones_(geologist)) (1835–1877), English geologist
- [John Viriamu Jones](/source/John_Viriamu_Jones) (1856–1901), British scientist and educationalist
- [John Chris Jones](/source/John_Chris_Jones) (1927–2022), Welsh engineer
- [John Spencer Jones](/source/John_Spencer_Jones) (1924–2007), British chest physician

## Sports

### American football

- [John Jones (American football executive)](/source/John_Jones_(American_football_executive)) (born 1952), American football executive
- [John Jones (tight end)](/source/John_Jones_(tight_end)) (born 1975), American football tight end
- [John "J. J." Jones](/source/John_%22J._J.%22_Jones) (1952–2009), American football quarterback
- [John "Lam" Jones](/source/John_%22Lam%22_Jones) (1958–2019), American sprinter and professional football wide receiver

### Association football (soccer)

- [John Jones (footballer, born 1856)](/source/John_Jones_(footballer,_born_1856)) (1856–1889), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
- [John Jones (footballer, born 1860)](/source/John_Jones_(footballer,_born_1860)) (1860–1902), Berwyn Rangers F.C. and Wales international footballer
- John [Owen Jones (footballer)](/source/Owen_Jones_(footballer)) (1871–1955), Bangor F.C., Newton Heath F.C. and Wales international footballer
- [John H. Jones (footballer)](/source/John_H._Jones_(footballer)) (1873–1955), British footballer in the 1900 Olympics
- [John Love Jones](/source/John_Love_Jones) (1885–1913), Stoke F.C., Middlesbrough F.C. and Wales international footballer
- [John Jones (footballer, born 1895)](/source/John_Jones_(footballer,_born_1895)) (1895–1962), Welsh footballer
- [John Jones (footballer, born 1916)](/source/John_Jones_(footballer,_born_1916)) (1916–1978), Welsh footballer
- [John Jones (soccer)](/source/John_Jones_(soccer)) (born 1973), retired American soccer midfielder

### Cricket

- [John Thomas Jones](/source/John_Thomas_Jones) (1783–1843), English cricketer
- [John Jones (English cricketer)](/source/John_Jones_(English_cricketer)) (1858–1937), English cricketer
- [John Jones (cricketer)](/source/John_Jones_(cricketer)) (1899–1991), Australian cricketer

### Rugby

- [Arthur Jones (rugby union, born 1856)](/source/Arthur_Jones_(rugby_union,_born_1856)) (John Arthur Jones, 1856–1919), Welsh international rugby union forward
- John Jones known as [Bala Jones](/source/Bala_Jones), Wales international rugby player
- [Jack Jones (rugby, born 1890)](/source/Jack_Jones_(rugby,_born_1890)) (John Jones, 1890–?), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s for Wales (RU), Abertillery, and Oldham (RL)
- [John Jones (rugby league)](/source/John_Jones_(rugby_league)) (born 1966), Australian rugby league player for the Manly Sea Eagles and South Queensland Crushers
- [Johnny Jones (rugby league)](/source/Johnny_Jones_(rugby_league)) (1919–?), English rugby league footballer of the 1940s for Leeds, and Wakefield Trinity

### Other sports

- [John Paul Jones (runner)](/source/John_Paul_Jones_(runner)) (1890–1970), American track athlete
- [John Jones (baseball)](/source/John_Jones_(baseball)) (1901–1956), American baseball player
- [John Jones (rower)](/source/John_Jones_(rower)) (1930–2011), British rower
- [John Jones (racing driver)](/source/John_Jones_(racing_driver)) (born 1965), Canadian racecar driver
- [John Jones (golfer)](/source/John_Jones_(golfer)) (1863–1921), English professional golfer
- [John Jones (water polo)](/source/John_Jones_(water_polo)) (1925–2016), British Olympic water polo player
- [John Jones (sprinter)](/source/John_Jones_(sprinter)) (born 1940), Welsh athlete
- John Edward Jones (1983–2009), caver who died in the [Nutty Putty Cave](/source/Nutty_Putty_Cave#Fatal_accident_and_closure)

## Others

- [Johnny Jones (pioneer)](/source/Johnny_Jones_(pioneer)) (1809–1869), Australian and New Zealand settler and pioneer
- [John W. Jones (ex-slave)](/source/John_W._Jones_(ex-slave)) (1817–1900), American ex-slave
- [Casey Jones](/source/Casey_Jones) (1864–1900), American folk hero
- [John H. Jones and Carrie Otis Jones](/source/John_H._Jones_and_Carrie_Otis_Jones) (c. 1834–1902), American property developers
- [John Treasure Jones](/source/John_Treasure_Jones) (1905–1993), British sea officer
- [John F. Jones Jr.](/source/John_F._Jones_Jr.), chief information officer of the National Institutes of Health
- [John D. Jones (pilot boat)](/source/John_D._Jones_(pilot_boat)), a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat
- [John Elfed Jones](/source/John_Elfed_Jones) (born 1933), Welsh businessman and language activist
- [John Tecumseh Jones](/source/John_Tecumseh_Jones), Chippewa leader and businessman

## See also

- [Jon Jones (disambiguation)](/source/Jon_Jones_(disambiguation))
- [Johnny Jones (disambiguation)](/source/Johnny_Jones_(disambiguation))
- [Jonathan Jones (disambiguation)](/source/Jonathan_Jones_(disambiguation))
- [Jack Jones (disambiguation)](/source/Jack_Jones_(disambiguation))
- [John Paul Jones (disambiguation)](/source/John_Paul_Jones_(disambiguation))
- [John P. Jones (disambiguation)](/source/John_P._Jones_(disambiguation))
- [John Whitworth-Jones](/source/John_Whitworth-Jones) (1896–1981), Royal Air Force air marshal

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