David Jones
human name disambiguation page
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
Banksy, pseudonymous English artist who allegedly at one time was legally named David Jones
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 1931 or 1932), 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 (baseball) (1861–1937), American professional baseball player
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
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.
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