Robert Jones

Rob(ert), Bob, or Bobby Jones may refer to:

Politics

• Robert Jones (British politician) (1950–2007), British Conservative politician, MP 1983–1997
• Robert Jones (of Castell-March) MP for Carnarvon in 1625 and Flintshire in 1628
• Robert Jones (died 1715) (1682–1715), British MP for Glamorganshire, 1712–1715
• Robert Jones (died 1774), British MP for Huntingdon, 1754–1774
• Robert Jones (Michigan politician) (1944–2010), former Kalamazoo mayor; member of Michigan House of Representatives
• Robert Jones (Lower Canada politician) (c. 1770–1844), land agent and politician in Lower Canada
• Robert Jones (Quebec politician) (c. 1793–1874), politician in Canada East
• Robert Jones (Australian politician) (1845–1927), New South Wales politician
• Robert E. Jones, Jr. (1912–1997), U.S. House of Representative from Alabama
• Robert G. Jones (born 1939), Louisiana state senator
• Robert Franklin Jones (1907–1968), Ohio representative to U.S. Congress, 1939–1947, Commissioner of U.S. Federal Communications Commission, 1947–1952
• Robert McDonald Jones (1808–1872), Confederate politician
• Robert Taylor Jones (1884–1958), governor of Arizona
• Robert Thomas Jones (1874–1940), British Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire, 1922–1923
• Bob Jones (businessman) (born 1939), New Zealand property investor and former politician
• Bob Jones (police commissioner) (1955–2014), in the West Midlands of England

Judiciary

• Robert Clive Jones (born 1947), U. S. Federal judge
• Robert E. Jones (judge) (born 1927), Oregon Supreme Court and federal district judge, United States
• Robert Noble Jones (1864–1942), New Zealand lawyer, public servant and land court judge

Academia

• Bobby Jones (academic) (1942–2001), American academic
• Robert Jones (surgeon) (1857–1933), British orthopaedic surgeon
• Robert Clark Jones (1916–2004), American physicist
• Robert B. Jones (linguist) (1920–2007), professor at Cornell University

Theology

• Bob Jones, Sr. (1883–1968), Christian evangelist who founded Bob Jones University
  • Bob Jones, Jr. (1911–1997), Bob Jones, Sr.'s son, and second president of the university
  • Bob Jones III (born 1939), Bob Jones, Sr.'s grandson, and third president of the university
• Bobi Jones (Robert Maynard Jones, born 1929), Welsh Christian academic
• Robert Elijah Jones (1872–1960), United States clergyman, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopalian Church
• Robert William Jones (born 1947), Dean of Clonmacnoise
• Robert Jones (Archdeacon of Worcester), English Anglican priest

Sports

Football

• Robert Albert Jones (1864–1925), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
• Robert Jones (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1939), Everton, Ardwick and Wales international footballer
• Robert H. Jones (1902–1989), football goalkeeper who played for Bolton Wanderers and Cardiff City in the 1920s and 1930s
• Robert Reuben Jones (born 1902), football outside right who played for Huddersfield Town in the 1920s
• Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1998), footballer with Southport, Chester and Blackburn
• Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1938), former Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town & Swindon Town player
• Rob Jones (footballer, born 1971), Welsh-born English international footballer, played for Liverpool in the 1990s
• Rob Jones (footballer, born 1979), English footballer currently playing for Doncaster Rovers; previous clubs included Sheffield Wednesday, Grimsby and Hibernian

Rugby

• Robert Jones (rugby) (born 1921), rugby union and rugby league footballer for Wales XV (RU), Glamorgan, Aberavon, Wales (RL), Swinton, and St. Helens
• Robert Jones (rugby union) (born 1965), Wales and British Lions rugby union player
• Bob Jones (rugby union) (1875–1944), Welsh rugby union forward
• Bobby Jones (rugby union) (1900–1970), Welsh rugby player

Baseball

• Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher) (born 1970), right-handed baseball pitcher
• Bobby Jones (left-handed pitcher) (born 1972), left-handed baseball pitcher
• Bobby Jones (outfielder) (born 1949), outfielder and manager/coach
• Bob Jones (third baseman) (1889–1964), Major League Baseball player

Basketball

• Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951), American former professional basketball player
• Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1962), American former head men's basketball coach at Saint Francis University
• Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1984), American professional basketball player
• Bobby Jones (basketball coach) (born 1940), head men's basketball coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1972–1980
• Robert Jones (basketball, born 1979), head men's basketball coach at Norfolk State University

Other sports

• Bob Jones (ice hockey) (born 1945), played in the NHL and WHA
• Bob Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1961), former Australian rules footballer
• Bobby Jones (wide receiver) (born 1955), American football wide receiver
• Bobby Jones (offensive lineman) (1912–1999), football player for the Green Bay Packers
• Bobby Jones (golfer) (1902–1971), American amateur golfer
• Robert Jones (American football) (born 1969), former football player for the Dallas Cowboys
• Robert Jones (ice hockey) (1877–?), goaltender for the Montreal Victorias
• Robert Jones (cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer
• Rob Jones (cricketer) (born 1995), English cricketer
• Robert Jones (jockey) (c. 1913–1938), aka Bobby Jones, American Champion jockey
• Rob Jones (speedway rider), Australian speedway rider, 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship

Entertainment

Music

• Robert Jones (composer) (c. 1577–1617), English lutenist and composer
• Bobby Jones (saxophonist) (1928–1980), American jazz saxophonist
• Bobby Jones (singer) (born 1939), gospel singer
• Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones (1964–1993), bass guitarist in the British band The Wonder Stuff

Writers

• Robert Jones (writer) (1810–1879), Welsh Anglican priest and writer
• Robert C. Jones (born 1936), American screenwriter and film editor
• Robert Dorigo Jones (born 1963), American author
• Robert F. Jones (1934–2002), novelist and outdoors writer
• Robert L. Jones, poet
• R.S. Jones (Robert S. Jones, 1954–2001), American novelist and editor

Other entertainment

• Robert Earl Jones (1910–2006), United States actor, and father of James Earl Jones
• Robert Edmond Jones (1887–1954), United States theatrical scenic designer
• Robert "Fish" Jones (died 1930), U.S. showman
• Bob Devin Jones (born 1954), American playwright, director, and actor
• Rob Jones (radio DJ), British radio presenter
• Robert Brydon Jones (born 1965), Welsh entertainer

Military

• Robert Jephson Jones (1905–1985), British bomb disposal expert awarded the George Cross
• Robert Jones (VC) (1857–1898), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross

Engineers

• Robert Thomas Jones (engineer) (1910–1999), NASA aeronautical engineer
• Bob Jones (sound engineer), British sound engineer

Other people

• Robert Trent Jones (1906–2000), United States golf course architect
• Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (born 1939), golf course architect
• Robert Hope-Jones (1859–1914), English inventor of the theatre organ
• Bob Jones (Texas businessman), former Texas businessman
• Robert Jones (convict), overturned conviction of a 1992 murder
• Robert Jones (designer), British cabinet maker and designer
• Bob Jones, writer of the syndicated Goren Bridge
• Robert Jones (artilleryman), 18th-century British popularizer of figure skating and fireworks, accused sodomite

Other uses

• Bob Jones Award, an award given by the United States Golf Association
• Bob Jones High School, Madison, the largest public high school in the state of Alabama
• Bob Jones University, founded by Bob Jones, Sr
• Bob Jones University v. United States, a United States Supreme Court decision

See also

• Bert Jones (disambiguation)
• Robbie Jones (disambiguation)