David Jones

David Jones may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

Music

• David Jones (jazz musician) (1888–1956), American jazz saxophonist
• Davy Jones (musician) (1945–2012), English musician and member of The Monkees
• David Robert Jones (musician) (1947–2016), English musician and actor, known professionally as David Bowie
• Dave Jones (drummer) (active since 1983), drummer with Agnostic Front
• David Jones (drummer), Australian drummer
• David Evan Jones (composer) (born 1946), composer and University of California, Santa Cruz music professor
• David Lynn Jones (born 1950), American country music singer-songwriter

Other

• 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 (born 1943), Welsh television presenter and radio broadcaster
• David Annwn Jones (born 1953), Anglo-Welsh poet, critic and teacher

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

Elsewhere

• David Jones (New Zealand politician) (1873–1941), New Zealand politician
• David Jones (Guernsey politician) (1949–2016), Minister of Housing in Guernsey, Channel Islands

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 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
• David Bevan Jones (1807–1863), Welsh Baptist minister

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 Jones (philosopher) (born 1950), American professor of philosophy
• 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 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), Welsh footballer
• Dave Jones (footballer, born 1956), English footballer and manager
• David Jones (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1971), Welsh international footballer
• David Jones (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1988), 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 (footballer, 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
• David R. Jones (footballer), manager of Faroe Island team ÍF Fuglafjørður in 2008
• 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 (athlete) (born 1940), 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
• David Jones, birth name of Dai St. John (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

Other people

• David Jones (barrister) (1765–1816), Welsh barrister
• David Jones (railway) (1834–1906), locomotive superintendent of the Highland Railway in Scotland
• David R. Jones (organizer) (1938–1998), Charles Edison Memorial Youth Fund co-founder
• David R. Jones (architect) (1832–1915), Welsh-American architect and poet
• David Lloyd Jones (architect) (born 1942), in London
• David Thomas Jones (administrator) (1866–1931), British administrator and author
• David Jones (died 1872), lynching victim

Other uses

• David Robert Jones (Fringe), fictional character of the science-fiction television series
• David Jones Limited (founded 1838), a chain of department stores in Australia
• David Jones (album), a 1965 album by Davy Jones

See also

• David Robert Jones (disambiguation)
• Davy Jones (disambiguation)
• David Rhys-Jones (born 1962), former Australian rules footballer
• Dafydd Jones (disambiguation)