William Jones

William Jones may refer to:

Academics and authors

• William Jones (anthropologist) (1871–1909), Native American specialist in Algonquian languages
• William Jones (college principal) (1676–1725), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1720–1725
• 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 (philologist) (1746–1794), English philologist who proposed a relationship among Indo-European languages
• William Jones (Welsh radical) (1726–1795), Welsh poet, antiquary, and radical
• William Eifion Jones (1925–2004), Welsh marine botanist
• William Henry Samuel Jones (1876–1963), American author, translator and academic
• William Samuel Jones (1920–2007), Welsh-language writer

Military figures

• William Jones (1803–1864), Union Lieutenant Colonel and owner of the Colonel William Jones House in Indiana
• William Jones (British Army officer) (1808–1890), British Army general
• William Jones (sailor) (1831–?), American Union Navy sailor
• William Jones (VC) (1839–1913), British soldier
• William A. Jones III (1922–1969), American air force officer
• William E. Jones (1824–1864), Confederate cavalry general
• William Gore Jones (1826–1888), British admiral
• William H. Jones (1842–1911), American soldier
• William K. Jones (1916–1998), American marine corps lieutenant general
• William M. Jones (1895–1969), Canadian Army officer

Political and judicial figures

• William Jones (judge) (1566–1640), Welsh judge and English Parliament MP
• William Jones (of Treowen), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614
• William Jones (Parliamentarian), Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1647 and 1648
• William Jones (deputy governor) (1624–1706), Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
• William Jones (law officer) (1631–1682), English lawyer and politician
• 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 Jones (Chartist) (1809–1873), political radical and Chartist
• William Hemphill Jones (1811–1880), American politician
• William D. Jones (1830–1905), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William Theopilus Jones (1842–1882), delegate to the US Congress from the Territory of Wyoming, 1871–1873
• William W. Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio, 1871–1875 and 1877–1879
• William A. Jones (Assemblyman) (1844–?), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William Atkinson Jones (1849–1918), US congressman from Virginia, 1891–1918
• William Carey Jones (1855–1927), US congressman from Washington, 1897–1899
• William Nathaniel Jones (1858–1934), Welsh Liberal politician, businessman and soldier
• William Jones (Arfon MP) (1859–1915), British Liberal politician
• William Kennedy Jones (1865–1921), British journalist and Member of Parliament for Hornsey, 1916–1921
• William Jones (New Zealand politician) (1868–1953), New Zealand politician
• William Jones (Newfoundland politician) (1873–1930), Newfoundland physician and politician
• William Jones (Wisconsin politician) (1894–1977), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William Moseley Jones (1905–1988), American politician in the California State Assembly
• William Blakely Jones (1907–1979), American federal judge
• William Giles Jones (1808–1883), American federal judge
• William F. Jones (1813–1890), American politician in Indiana

Religious figures

• J. William Jones (1836–1909), American Baptist minister and Lost Cause advocate
• William Jones (British priest, died 1974) (1897–1974), British Anglican priest
• William Jones (bishop) (1865–1921), American Catholic bishop of Puerto Rico
• William Jones of Nayland (1726–1800), British Anglican priest and author
• William Jones (Welsh Baptist writer) (1762–1846), Welsh Baptist religious writer
• William Jones (Welsh priest) (1755–1821), Welsh Anglican priest
• William Augustus Jones Jr. (1934–2006), American Baptist minister and civil rights movement leader
• William Basil Jones (1822–1897), Welsh Anglican bishop of St David's
• William Henry Jones (1817–1885), English Anglican priest and antiquarian

Sportsmen

• 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 Jones (Port Vale footballer), footballer at Port Vale in 1905
• William Lot Jones (died 1941), Manchester City F.C. and Wales international footballer
• Renato William Jones (1906–1981), popularizer of basketball in Europe & Asia and a founding father of FIBA
• William Herbert "Bert" Jones (1906–1982), rugby union and rugby league football of the 1930s for Wales (RU), Llanelli, and St. Helens (RL)
• William "Gorilla" Jones (1906–1982), American boxer, world Middleweight champion
• William Jones (English footballer) (fl. 1930s), English footballer with Gillingham F.C.
• William Morris Jones (1919–1993), English footballer with Port Vale F.C., Swindon Town F.C. and others
• William Jones (rower) (died 2014), Uruguayan rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
• William Jones (canoeist) (born 1931), Australian sprint canoer
• William Jones (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name "Chilly Willy"
• William Jones (cricketer, born 1990), Australian-born English cricketer
• William Jones (cricketer, born 1911) (1911–1941), Welsh cricketer
• William Jones (sport shooter) (1928–2017), Canadian Olympic shooter
• William "Dub" Jones (born 1924), American football player

Others

• W. D. Jones (1916–1974), criminal who travelled with Bonnie and Clyde
• William Jones (Australian convict) (1827–1871), Australian colony ex-convict school teacher
• William Jones (Australian industrialist) (1842–1907), Australian master mariner and industrialist
• William Jones (game designer), game designer and author
• William Jones (gangster) (fl. 1911), New York City criminal
• William Jones (haberdasher) (died 1615), haberdasher, philanthropist and founder of Monmouth School, Wales
• William Jones (novel), a Welsh-language novel written by T. Rowland Hughes in 1944
• William Jones (optician) (1763–1831), English optician and scientific instrument maker
• William Andrew Jones (1907–1974), actor, better known as Billy De Wolfe
• William Bence Jones (1812–1882), Anglo-Irish agriculturist
• William Ebeneezer Jones Jr. (born 1959), missing child in New Jersey
• William Ernest Jones (1895–1973), British trade union leader
• William Highfield Jones (1829–1903), industrialist, local politician, author and benefactor in Wolverhampton
• William Ifor Jones (1900–1988), Welsh conductor and organist
• William James Jones (born 1975), American actor

See also

• Bill Jones (disambiguation)
• Billy Jones (disambiguation)
• Will Jones (disambiguation)
• William A. Jones (disambiguation)
• Willie Jones (disambiguation)
• William Corbett Jones, American pianist
• William Stanton Jones (1866–1951), Anglican bishop
• William Todd-Jones, British puppet designer and performer
• William West Jones (1838–1908), second Bishop and first Archbishop of Cape Town