William Jones
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William Jones may refer to:
Academics
William Jones (college principal) (1676–1725), principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1720–1725
William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794), English judge and philologist who proposed a relationship among Indo-European languages
William Jones (anthropologist) (1871–1909), Native American specialist in Algonquian languages
W. H. S. Jones (William Henry Samuel Jones, 1876–1963), British author, translator and academic
Arts and entertainment
William Ifor Jones (1900–1988), Welsh conductor and organist
William Andrew Jones (1907–1974), actor, better known as Billy De Wolfe
W. S. Jones (William Samuel Jones, 1920–2007), Welsh playwright and script writer
Wil Jones (artist) (William Richard Jones, 1960–2020), Welsh portrait painter
William James Jones (born 1975), American actor
William Jones (game designer), American horror fiction writer and game designer
William E. Jones (filmmaker) (born 1962), American experimental filmmaker
Business and industry
William Jones (haberdasher) (died 1615), haberdasher, philanthropist and founder of Monmouth School, Wales
William Highfield Jones (1829–1903), industrialist, local politician, author and benefactor in Wolverhampton
W. Alton Jones (1891–1962), American industrialist and philanthropist
Ernest Jones (trade unionist) (William Ernest Jones, 1895–1973), British trade union leader
Criminals
William Jones (Australian convict) (1827–1871), Australian colony ex-convict schoolteacher
William Jones (gangster) (fl. 1911), New York City criminal
W. D. Jones (1916–1974), criminal who travelled with Bonnie and Clyde
William Jones, the perpetrator of the murder of Jared Plesec
Military
William Jones (1803–1864), Union Army lieutenant colonel, politician and owner of the Colonel William Jones House in Indiana
William Jones (British Army officer) (1808–1890), British Army general
William E. Jones (general) (1824–1864), Confederate cavalry general
William G. Jones, colonel of the 36th Ohio Infantry Regiment
William Gore Jones (1826–1888), British admiral
William Jones (American sailor) (1831–?), American Union Navy sailor
William Jones (VC) (1839–1913), British soldier
William H. Jones (Medal of Honor) (1842–1911), American cavalry private and Medal of Honor recipient
William M. Jones (1895–1969), Canadian Army officer
William K. Jones (1916–1998), American Marine Corps lieutenant general
William A. Jones III (1922–1969), US Air Force colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
William Jones (soldier) (1836–1864), Irish-born American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Politics and law
U.K.
William Jones (judge) (1566–1640), Welsh judge and English member of parliament
William Jones (of Treowen) (died 1640), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614
William Jones (Parliamentarian) (fl. 1640s), Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons
William Jones (law officer) (1631–1682), English lawyer and politician
William Nathaniel Jones (1858–1934), Welsh Liberal politician, businessman and soldier
William Jones (Arfon MP) (1859–1915), British Liberal politician
Kennedy Jones (journalist) (William Kennedy Jones, 1865–1921), British journalist and member of parliament
William Henry Hyndman Jones (1847–1926), British colonial judge and administrator
Sir William Hollingworth Quayle Jones (1854–1925), British judge in Sierra Leone and acting governor
U.S.
William Jones (deputy governor) (1624–1706), Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
William Jones (governor) (1753–1822), Governor of Rhode Island, 1811–1817
William Jones (statesman) (1760–1831), fourth United States Secretary of the Navy and US congressman from Pennsylvania
William Giles Jones (1808–1883), American federal judge
William E. Jones (politician) (1808 or 1810–1871), justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas
William J. Jones (1810–1897), justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas
William Hemphill Jones (1811–1880), American politician
William F. Jones (1813–1890), American politician in Indiana
William C. Jones (New York politician) (1822–1877), American politician from New York
William D. Jones (1830–1905), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly
William W. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1871–1875 and 1877–1879)
William Theopilus Jones (1842–1882), delegate to the US Congress from the Territory of Wyoming
William A. Jones (politician) (1844–?), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly
William Atkinson Jones (1849–1918), US congressman from Virginia
William G. Jones (politician), (1861–1956), state legislator in Iowa
William Carey Jones (1855–1927), US congressman from Washington
William Jones (Wisconsin politician) (1894–1977)
William Moseley Jones (1905–1988), American politician in the California State Assembly
William Blakely Jones (1907–1979), American federal judge
Burt Jones (William Burton Jones, born 1979), lieutenant governor of Georgia
William H. Jones (South Carolina politician), state legislator in South Carolina
William H. Jones (Mississippi politician), state legislator
William N. Jones (1926–2018), member of the Utah State Senate
Elsewhere
William Jones (Welsh radical) (1726–1795), Welsh political radical
William Jones (Chartist) (1809–1873), Welsh political radical and Chartist
William Jones (New Zealand politician) (1868–1953), member of parliament in New Zealand
William Jones (Newfoundland politician) (1873–1930), physician and politician in Newfoundland
Religion
William Jones of Nayland (1726–1800), British Anglican priest and author
William Jones (Welsh priest) (1755–1821), Welsh Anglican priest
William Jones (Welsh Baptist writer) (1762–1846)
William Henry Jones (1817–1885), English Anglican priest and antiquarian
William Henry Jones (Methodist) (1874–1939), Australian churchman
William Basil Jones (1822–1897), Welsh Anglican bishop of St David's
J. William Jones (1836–1909), American Baptist minister and Lost Cause advocate
William Jones (bishop of Puerto Rico) (1865–1921), American Catholic bishop of Puerto Rico
William Jones (dean of Brecon) (1897–1974), British Anglican priest
William A. Jones (bishop of Missouri) (1927–2020), bishop of Missouri
William Augustus Jones Jr. (1934–2006), American Baptist minister and civil rights movement leader
Science and medicine
William Jones (mathematician) (1675–1749), Welsh mathematician who proposed the use of the symbol π
William Jones (naturalist) (1745–1818), English naturalist and entomologist
William Jones (optician) (1763–1831), English optician and scientific instrument maker
William Allen Jones (1831–1897), Canadian dentist and miner
William Eifion Jones (1925–2004), Welsh marine botanist
William Paul Jones (born 1952), cognitive scientist
William Ernest Jones (psychiatrist) (1867–1957), English-Australian psychiatrist
Sports
Association football (soccer)
William P. Jones (1870–1953), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
William Roberts Jones (1870–1938), Aberystwyth F.C. and Wales international footballer
William Jones (English footballer, born 1876) (1876–1959), Bristol City F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and England international footballer
William Jones (Welsh footballer, born 1876) (1876–1918), West Ham United F.C. and Wales international footballer
William Lot Jones (bap. 1882–1941), Manchester City F.C. and Wales international footballer
William Jones (Port Vale footballer) (fl. 1905)
William Jones (English footballer, fl. 1930s), English footballer with Gillingham F.C.
Morris Jones (footballer) (William Morris Jones, 1919–1993), English footballer with Port Vale F.C., Swindon Town F.C. and others
Basketball
Renato William Jones (1906–1981), popularizer of basketball in Europe & Asia and a founding father of FIBA
Wil Jones (basketball coach) (1938–2014), American basketball point guard and coach
Wil Jones (basketball, born 1947), American basketball power forward
Combat sports
William Jones (British wrestler), British Olympic wrestler in 1908
Gorilla Jones (William Landon Jones, 1906–1982), American boxer, world middleweight champion
Chilly Willy (wrestler) (William Jones, born 1969), American professional wrestler
Cricket
William Jones (South Australia cricketer) (1864–1924), Australian cricketer
William Jones (cricketer, born 1911) (1911–1941), Welsh cricketer
William Jones (cricketer, born 1990), Australian-born English cricketer
Water sports
William Jones (rower) (1925–2014), Uruguayan rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
William Jones (canoeist) (born 1931), Australian sprint canoer
William Jones (Canadian sailor) (born 1995), Canadian sailor
Other sports
Bert Jones (rugby, born 1906) (William Herbert Jones, 1906–1982), rugby union and rugby league football for Wales, Llanelli, and St. Helens
Dub Jones (American football) (William Augustus Jones, 1924–2024), American football player
Tex Jones (William Roderick Jones, 1885–1938), Chicago White Sox first baseman
William Jones (sport shooter) (1928–2017), Canadian Olympic shooter
William Jones (sprinter) (born 2003), American sprinter, 2023-2025 All-American for the USC Trojans track and field team
William Jones (rugby union) (1894–1978), Welsh international rugby union player
William Downes Jones, Scottish international lawn bowler
Others
William Bence Jones (1812–1882), Anglo-Irish agriculturist
William Ebeneezer Jones Jr.
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