William Jones

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William Jones is a common name, especially in Wales, and there have been several well-known individuals of this name, including:

[edit] Academics and authors

• William Jones (anthropologist) (1871–1909)
• William Jones (historian) (1860–1932)
• Sir William Jones (mathematician) (~1675–1749), father of Sir William Jones (philologist)
• Sir William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794) son of Sir William Jones (mathematician)
• William Jones (journalist) (Pulitzer Prize winner)
• William Jones (translator) (1746–1794)
• William Ellis Jones (author) (1795–1848)
• William Lewis Jones (author) (1866–1922)

[edit] Military figures

• William Jones (MOH) (b. 1831), recipient of Medal of Honor
• William Jones (MOH 1864) (1835-1864), recipient of Medal of Honor
• William Jones (Union) (d. 1864), Civil War Union Army officer
• William E. "Grumble" Jones (1824–1864), Confederate cavalry general
• William H. Jones (1842-1911), recipient of Medal of Honor
• William Jones (VC), the recipient of the Victoria Cross

[edit] Political figures

[edit] United Kingdom

• William Jones (Great Britain statesman), Attorney General for England and Wales during the 17th century
• William Jones (Chartist) (19th century)

[edit] United States

• William Jones (judge) (1566–1640)
• William Jones (Lt. Governor) (1624–1706)
• William Jones (governor), governor of Rhode Island
• William Jones (statesman) (1760–1831), fourth United States Secretary of the Navy and US Representative from Pennsylvania
• William Atkinson Jones (1849-1918), US Representative from Virginia
• William Carey Jones (1855-1927), US Representative from Washington
• William Owen Jones (Nonconformist leader) (1861–1937)
• William Theophilus Jones (1842-1882), American judge and politician
• William W. Jones (1819-1935), mayor of Toledo, Ohio

[edit] Religious figures

• William Jones (ecclesiastic) (1726–1800)
• Rev. William Augustus Jones Jr. (1934-2006), US Civil Rights figure

[edit] Others

• William Jones (criminal) (1914-1974), member of Clyde Barrow's gang
• William Jones (convict) (born 1827, date of death unknown), convict transported to Western Australia;
• Sir William Jones (optician) (1763-1831), an English optician.
• William Jones (wrestler), a professional wrestler who also served in the US military.
• Renato William Jones (commonly William Jones), popularizer of basketball
• A defendant involved in the US Supreme Court case Atkins v. Virginia
• Professional wrestler William Jones who was known by his stage name "Chilly Willy"
• William Jones, Headmaster of Southridge School.

[edit] See also

• Bill Jones (disambiguation)
• Billy Jones (disambiguation)