List of people with surname Jones
Jones is a surname common in the English-speaking world. This list provides links to biographies of people who share this common surname. Unhyphenated double-barrelled names where the second part is Jones are included. Hyphenated names where the first part is Jones are included; those where the second part is Jones, such as Burne-Jones, are not.
Arts and entertainment
Architecture
- Alfred D. Jones , American designer of buildings in Spokane, Washington
- Inigo Jones, English architect of Welsh descent
- George Howell Jones, American architect from Oregon
- Owen Jones, English-born Welsh architect
Acting
Animation
- Chuck Jones, American cartoonist
Dance
- Lana Jones, Australian ballet dancer
- Ludie Jones, American tap dancer
- Muriel Jones, South African dancer and philanthropist
Fashion
- Grace Jones, Jamaican-American model, actress, and singer
- Stephen Jones , British milliner
Music
Radio
- Aled Jones, Welsh singer and radio host for BBC Radio 2
- Aled Haydn Jones, Welsh radio presenter for BBC Radio 1
- Ben Jones, English radio presenter for Virgin Radio
- Matt Jones , American sports talk radio host and attorney
Television and film
- Barry Jones , British TV magician
- Charlie Jones , American sportscaster
- David John Jones, Welsh television presenter, singer and radio broadcaster known as Dai Jones
- Debi Jones, English broadcaster and politician
- Demi Jones, English television personality
- Doreen Jones, British casting director
- Duncan Jones, British film director, producer and screenwriter; son of the musician David Bowie
- Geoffrey Jones, British documentary film director and editor
- Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter
- Kenneth V. Jones, British film score composer
- Star Jones, American lawyer, journalist, television personality, fashion designer, author, and women's and diversity advocate
- Tony Jones , Australian TV journalist
Visual arts
- Alfred Garth Jones, British illustrator
- Allen Jones , British sculptor
- Aneurin Jones, Welsh painter
- Barbara Jones , British artist and muralist
- Ben F. Jones, American visual artist
- Cambridge Jones, British photographer
- Colin Jones , Welsh painter
- Ezzelina Jones, Welsh artist and sculptor
- Francis William Doyle Jones, English sculptor
- Jean Jones , English artist
- Joe Jones , American painter
- John Paul Jones, American painter and printmaker
- Joy Farrall Jones, British artist
- Lucy Jones, British artist
- Nneka Jones, Trinidadian artist
- Samuel Levi Jones, American painter, assemblage artist
- Wayson R. Jones, American painter
Business
- Alfred Lewis Jones, Welsh ship-owner
- Arthur Frederick Jones, and his sons Dennis and Alan Jones, founders of A. F. Jones and Company, a Ceylon tea company founded in 1912 – See Merrill J. Fernando
- Helen Jones, British Labour Party politician
- Jesse H. Jones, Texas businessman, politician, owner and publisher of the Houston Chronicle
- Kim Jones , American IT business leader
- Melvin Jones , American businessman and founder of Lions Club
- Thomas V. Jones, American businessman
Education
- A. H. M. Jones, British classical scholar
- Audrey Evelyn Jones, English teacher and campaigner for women's rights
- E. D. Jones, Librarian of the National Library of Wales 1958–1969
- Elizabeth Wilhelmina Jones, headmistress of Harrogate Ladies' College, and one of the pioneers of women's education
- Owen Glynne Jones, pioneering Welsh rock climber and mountaineer
- Percy Mansell Jones, Welsh Professor of French
- Sarah Jones , British professor and journalist
- Valena C. Jones, American educator
Law and politics
Law
- B. Todd Jones, American lawyer and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director
- Edith Jones, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Gabriel Jones , member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia and Clerk of Court for Hampshire County, Virginia
- Isaac Jones, Welsh magistrate
- James G. Jones, Indiana Attorney General
- John E. Jones III, American jurist and college president
- John Geoffrey Jones, British judge
- John Matthew Jones, British lawyer and naturalist
- John Rice Jones, Welsh-born American politician, jurist and military officer
- Nathaniel R. Jones, American jurist
- Norman L. Jones, American jurist
- Patrick Henry Jones, American lawyer, public servant and postmaster of New York City
- Robert E. Jones , American jurist, Oregon Supreme Court and federal district judge
- Robley D. Jones, American politician and judge
- Theodore T. Jones, Judge of New York State's Court of Appeals
American politics
- Addison P. Jones, New York state senator
- Alex Jones, radio show host based in Texas
- Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas
- Brereton C. Jones, Democratic Governor of Kentucky from 1991 to 1995
- Brenda Jones , former U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Cadwallader Jones Jr., American politician
- Charles W. Jones, U.S. Senator from Florida
- Daryl Jones , Florida state senator
- Denny Jones, American politician
- Doug Jones , U.S. Senator from Alabama
- Evan John Jones , Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- George Jones , U.S. Senator from Georgia
- Guy H. Jones, Arkansas state senator
- Jamie Leigh Jones, founder of the Jamie Leigh Foundation
- Jay Jones , Virginia state delegate and Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Virginia
- Jewell Jones, American politician
- J. Charles Jones, American lawyer and civil rights activist
- J. Weldon Jones, American administrator and acting High Commissioner to the Philippines
- Kizziah J. Bills, maiden name Kizziah Jones, Black American suffragist, correspondent and columnist for Black press in Chicago, civil rights activist
- LaDawn Jones, American politician and lawyer
- Moze Hunt Jones, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
- Owen Jones, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representative from Pennsylvania
- Paula Jones, former Arkansas state employee who sued President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment
- Renea Jones, American politician
- Shirley M. Jones, American politician
- Spencer Cone Jones, President of the Maryland State Senate from 1901 to 1905
- Stiles P. Jones, Minnesota state senator and lawyer
- Tishaura Jones, Mayor of St. Louis
- Van Jones, Green Jobs Advisor to the Obama administration
- Walter B. Jones Jr., Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
- Wendell E. Jones, Illinois state senator
- Wesley Livsey Jones, U.S. Representative and Senator from Washington state
- Frances Holk-Jones, member of the Alabama House of Representatives
United Kingdom politics
- Alun Ffred Jones, Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
- Andrew Jones , Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Ann Jones , Welsh Labour Co-op politician
- Barry Jones, Baron Jones, Labour politician and MP for Alyn and Deeside
- Caroline Jones , Welsh independent politician
- Claudia Jones, Trinidad-born journalist and activist
- David Brynmor Jones, Welsh barrister and politician
- Denise Idris Jones, Welsh Labour Member of the Welsh Assembly
- Elin Jones, Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
- Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones, Welsh Labour politician
- Elwyn Jones , Welsh Labour politician
- Ernest Charles Jones, British orator, poet, and politician
- Fay Jones, Welsh Conservative politician
- Gareth Jones , Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
- Helen Jones, British Labour Party politician
- Helen Mary Jones, Welsh Plaid Cyrmru politician
- Ieuan Wyn Jones, leader of Plaid Cymru, Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government
- Jackie Jones, Welsh Labour politician
- Jon Owen Jones, Welsh Labour Co-op politician
- Kevan Jones, British Labour politician, Privy Councillor and trade union official
- Laura Anne Jones, Welsh Conservative Member of the Welsh Assembly
- Leif Jones Welsh Liberal Party politician and Privy Councillor
- Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, British Labour Peer and trade union official
- Mandy Jones, Welsh Brexit Party politician
- Morgan Jones, Welsh Labour politician
- Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, English Liberal Democrat
- Philip Asterley Jones, British Labour politician
- Robert Jones , English Conservative politician
- Ruth Jones, Welsh Labour politician
- Susan Elan Jones, Welsh Labour MP
- Theobald Jones, also known as Toby Jones, Irish officer in the Royal Navy, MP for County Londonderry, and lichenologist
- Towyn Jones, Welsh Liberal politician
- Violet Key Jones, Anglo-Irish writer and suffragette
Other politics
- Barry Jones , Australian politician
- Jim Jones , Canadian MP for Markham
- Yvonne Jones, Canadian MP for Labrador
Literature
Writers
- Alice Gray Jones, Welsh writer and editor
- Alice Ilgenfritz Jones, American writer and novelist
- Arthur Frederick Jones, American writer and dog-show judge
- Cleolinda Jones, American writer and blogger
- Constance Jones, English educator and writer on logic and ethics
- Dan Jones , British historian and writer
- Dennis Feltham Jones, British science fiction author
- Diana Wynne Jones, British fantasy novelist
- E. B. C. Jones, British novelist
- Ebenezer Jones, English poet
- Edgar Dewitt Jones, American clergyman and author
- Evan Jones , Jamaican poet, playwright and screenwriter
- Feminista Jones, American writer and activist
- Gail Jones , Australian novelist and academic
- Gayl Jones, African-American poet and novelist
- Howard Andrew Jones, American speculative fiction author
- Ida E. Jones , American archivist and author
- Ivan Jones , British writer
- J. V. Jones, British fantasy author
- James Jones , American writer of WWII novels
- John Gwilym Jones,, Welsh dramatist, fiction-writer and critic
- Lara Jones, British children's author
- Liz Jones, English journalist and writer
- Mal Lewis Jones, British children's author
- Mary Oliver Jones, Welsh-language novelist
- Pamela Jones, computer law scholar, founder and editor of Groklaw
- Penn Jones Jr., American journalist and author
- Raymond F. Jones, American science fiction author
- Rhiannon Davies Jones, Welsh historical novelist
- Rochelle Jones, South Florida author and journalist
- Rod Jones , Australian writer
- T. Llew Jones, Welsh language writer