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Thomas Jones

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Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ358650 ↗
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Thomas, Tom or Tommy Jones may refer to the following people:

Arts and entertainment

Thomas Jones (artist) (1742–1803), landscape painter in Italy and Britain

Thomas Dow Jones (1811–1881), American sculptor, medallist

T. H. Jones (Thomas Henry Jones, 1855–1929), South Australian organist and music teacher

Thomas Hudson Jones (1892–1969), American sculptor

T. Gwynn Jones (1871–1949), Welsh-language poet

T. C. Jones (Thomas Craig Jones, 1920–1971), American female impersonator

Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist

Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946), American film actor

Thomas Jones (born 1980), birth name of American rapper Rapper Big Pooh

Thomas Hewitt Jones (born 1984), British composer

T. Llew Jones (Thomas Llewelyn Jones, 1915–2009), Welsh language author

Thomas Hughes Jones (1895–1966), Welsh poet and writer

T. Harri Jones (Thomas Henry Jones, 1921–1965), poet in Britain and Australia

Business

Thomas Roy Jones (1890–1985), American industrialist and management author

Thomas V. Jones (1920–2014), American businessman

Thomas W. Jones (born 1949), American businessman

Civil service

Thomas Mercer Jones (1795–1868), British-Canadian administrator

Thomas Jones (civil servant) (1870–1955), British civil servant and educationalist

T. K. Jones (1932–2015), American civil defense expert

Law

Thomas Jones (English judge) (1614–1692), British judge

Thomas Jones (Maryland judge) (1735–1812), justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals

Thomas A. Jones (1859–1937), associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court

Thomas R. Jones (judge) (1913–2006), justice of the New York Supreme Court

Arrest of Thomas Jones, 2000 case involving the Philadelphia Police Department

Military

Thomas Jones (privateer) (died 1713), Irish privateer and emigrant to Rhode Island

Thomas ap Catesby Jones (1790–1858), United States Navy officer

Thomas Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh (1812–1885), proponent of British volunteer force

Thomas Alfred Jones (1880–1956), British recipient of the Victoria Cross

Thomas Jones (Medal of Honor) (1820–1892), American Civil War sailor

Thomas John Jones (1874–?), Welsh officer in the British merchant navy

Thomas E. Jones (doctor) (1880–1958), African-American doctor and first lieutenant in the United States Army

Politics

Thomas Jones (MP for Wallingford), 15th-century Member of Parliament for Wallingford

Thomas Jones (died 1558 or 1559), MP for Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire

Thomas Jones (MP for Hereford) (died 1628), MP for Hereford

Thomas Jones (died 1711), MP for East Grinstead

Thomas Jones (South Carolina mayor) (1742–1826), fifth intendent (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina

Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones (1765–1811), MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis

Thomas McKissick Jones (died 1892), American politician from Tennessee

Thomas L. Jones (1819–1887), American politician from Kentucky

Thomas G. Jones (1844–1914), governor of Alabama

Thomas Jones, Baron Maelor (1898–1984), British MP for Meirionnydd

Thomas Llewellyn Jones (1872–1946), company director and Queensland politician

Thomas Artemus Jones (1871–1943), Welsh judge, journalist, nationalist and politician

Thomas Mardy Jones (1879–1970), British politician and miner

Thomas B. Jones, early 20th-century American politician from Virginia

Thomas H. W. Jones (1916–1995), American politician from Pennsylvania

Tom Jones (Australian politician) (1924–2014), Australian politician

Tom Jones (South Dakota politician) (born 1940), member of the South Dakota Senate

Tom Jones (Kentucky politician) (1947–2025), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives

Tom Jones (Alabama politician), member of the Alabama House of Representatives

Tom Jones (Pennsylvania politician), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Religion

Thomas Jones (bishop) (c. 1550–1619), Anglican archbishop in Dublin

Thomas Jones (priest) (died 1682), defender of Anglican Christianity

Thomas Snell Jones (1754–1837), English-born Presbyterian minister in Scotland

Thomas Jones of Denbigh (1756–1820), Methodist clergyman, hymnwriter

Thomas Jones (missionary) (1810–1849), Christian missionary to the Khasi people, India

Thomas Jones (minister) (1819–1882), Welsh Independent preacher

Thomas Sherwood Jones (1872–1972), suffragan bishop of Hulme, Manchester, 1930–1945

Tom Jones (bishop) (1903–1972), Australian bishop

Science, mathematics, medicine and technology

Thomas Jones (mathematician) (1756–1807), British mathematician and academic

Thomas P. Jones (1774–1848), British-born American mechanical engineer and publisher

Thomas Jones (optician) (1775–1852), British astronomical instrument maker and Fellow of the Royal Society

Thomas Wharton Jones (1808–1891), ophthalmologist and physiologist

Thomas Rymer Jones (1810–1880), British surgeon, academic and zoologist

Thomas Rupert Jones (1819–1911), British geologist

Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones (1895–1970), Australian organic chemist and academic

T. Duckett Jones (1899–1954), American physician and cardiologist

Tom Parry Jones (1935–2013), Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur

Thomas David Jones (born 1955), American astronaut

Sports

American football

Tom Jones (end) (c. 1909–????), American college football player

Potsy Jones (Thomas Clinton Jones, 1909–1990), American football player

Tom Jones (coach) (c. 1924–2014), American football coach and college athletics administrator

Tom Jones (gridiron football) (1931–1978), American and Canadian football player

Tommy Jones (defensive back) (born 1971), American football player

Thomas Jones (American football) (born 1978), American football player

Tommy Jones (quarterback) (born 1979), American and Canadian football quarterback

Association football (soccer)

Thomas Jones (footballer, born 1879) (1879–?), outside left (Small Heath)

Thomas Jones (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1958), Welsh international football inside left (Nottingham Forest)

Thomas Jones (footballer, born 1885) (1885–?), football centre forward and outside right (Everton, Birmingham City)

Thomas Jones (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1923), English football goalkeeper (Grimsby Town)

Tom Jones (footballer, born 1899) (1899–1978), Welsh footballer

Tommy Jones (footballer, born 1907) (Thomas William Jones, 1907–1980), English footballer who played for Burnley, Blackpool and Grimsby Town

Tommy Jones (footballer, born 1909) (Thomas John Jones, 1909–?), Welsh international footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester United and Watford

Tom Jones (footballer, born 1916), English footballer, played for Little Hulton, Accrington Stanley, Oldham Athletic and Rochdale (Wartime)

T. G. Jones (Thomas George Jones, 1917–2004), Welsh international football for Everton

Tommy Jones (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2010), football centre half who played for Everton in the 1940s and 1950s

Tom Jones (footballer, born 1964), English footballer

Thomas Jones (footballer, born 1997), Chilean midfielder (Deportes Magallanes)

Athletics

Thomas Jones (runner) (1916–1984), American marathon runner

Tom Jones (shot putter), winner of the 1954 NCAA DI outdoor shot put championship

Tom Jones (sprinter) (1944–2007), American sprinter, winner of the 1966 200 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Australian rules football

Tom Jones (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1944), Australian rules footballer

Carlyle Jones (a.k.a. Tom Jones, 1904–1951), Australian rules footballer

Tom Jones (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2018), Australian rules footballer

Baseball

Tom Jones (baseball) (1874–1923), American baseball player

Tommy Jones (baseball) (Thomas M. Jones, 1954–2009), American baseball player, manager, coach and executive

Cricket

Thomas Babington Jones (1851–1890), Welsh cricketer

Tom Jones (Welsh cricketer) (1901–1935), Welsh cricketer

Tom Jones (New Zealand cricketer) (born 2006)

Rugby union

Thomas Jones (rugby union) (1895–1933), Welsh international rugby union player

Other sports

Tom Jones (racing driver) (1943–2015), American racing driver

Tom Jones (volleyball) (born 1956), Canadian volleyball player

Tommy Jones (bowler) (born 1978), American professional bowler

Thomas Jones (wrestler) (born 1982), British wrestler better known as "The UK Kid"

Other people

Thomas Jones (historian) (1732–1792), American Loyalist historian

Thomas Jones (English publisher) (1791–1882), publisher, bookseller in London, convert to Judaism

Thomas H. Jones (1806–?), African-American abolitionist

Thomas Jones (civil engineer) (1809–1892), South Australian pioneer

Thomas Jones (librarian) (1810–1875), librarian of Chetham's Library, Manchester, Britain

Tom Jones (trade unionist) (1822–1916), British trade union activist

Thomas Mason Jones (1833–1873), Irish journalist and political activist

Thomas Jesse Jones (1873–1950), Welsh-American sociologist and educational administrator

Thomas Jones (Titanic survivor) (1877–1967), British sailor. Able seaman and survivor of the Titanic.

Thomas E. Jones (university president) (1888–1973), president of Fisk University, U.S., 1926–1946

Thomas F. Jones 1916–1981), American academic and university administrator

T. Canby Jones (1921–2014), Quaker peace activist and professor

Tom Jones Jr.

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