David Jones
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American football
- David D. Jones (born 1938), American football player better known as Deacon JonesDeacon JonesDavid D. "Deacon" Jones is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and the Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.Jones specialized in quarterback sacks, a term attributed to him...
- David Jones (defensive back)David Jones (defensive back)David Jones is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. Jones was most recently a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the National Football League. He played college football for the Wingate University Bulldogs.-College career:Jones attended Wingate University where he...
(born 1985), American football player for the Jacksonville Jaguars - David Jones (offensive lineman)David Jones (offensive lineman)David Jeffrey Jones is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, the Denver Broncos, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Texas and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1984 NFL Draft....
(born 1961), American football player for the Washington Redskins - David Jones (NFL owner)David Jones (NFL owner)Dr. David Jones was a Chicago physician who became the second owner of the National Football League's Chicago Cardinals . In 1929, Jones bought the Cardinals from the team's founder, Chris O'Brien for $25,000...
, American football team owner for the Chicago Cardinals
Association football
- Dave Jones (football manager) (born 1956), English football manager.
- David Jones (footballer born 1910) (died 1971), Leicester City and Wales international footballer
- David Jones (footballer born 1914)David Jones (footballer born 1914)David Gwilym Jones was a Welsh footballer. His regular position was as a defender. He was born in Ynysddu. He played for Manchester United, Wigan Athletic, and Swindon Town.-External links:*...
, Welsh football player with Manchester United, Wigan Athletic, and Swindon Town - David Jones (footballer born 1940)David Jones (footballer born 1940)David Willmott Llewellyn Jones is an English former professional footballer who scored 72 goals in 184 appearances in the Football League playing for Crewe Alexandra, Birmingham City and Millwall, where he spent the majority of his career....
, English football player with Millwall and others - David Jones (footballer born 1952), Nottingham Forest, Norwich and Wales international footballer
- David Jones (footballer born 1964)David Jones (footballer born 1964)David Jones is a retired English footballer who played as a striker. Throughout his career, he played for Bury, Leyton Orient, Burnley, Doncaster Rovers and Hull City. He also briefly attended Pinner Sixth Form College Pinner County Grammar School.Jones scored a hat-trick on his debut game playing...
, English football player with Bury - David Jones (footballer born 1984), English/Welsh football player
- David Jones (footballer born 1955)David Jones (footballer born 1955)David Jones is an Australian former association football player and coach.-Club career:Jones played his junior football for Kwinana before graduating to the senior team in 1970. He remained at Kwinana until the end of the 1975 season. In 1976 Jones played for East Fremantle Tricolore...
, Australian association footballer
Rugby
- David Jones (rugby) (1881-1933), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1900s
- David Phillips JonesDavid Phillips JonesDavid Phillips Jones more commonly known as Ponty' Jones was a Welsh international rugby union wing player who played club rugby for several teams, most notably Pontypool and London Welsh. He won a single cap for Wales in 1907.Jones was a mining surveyor by profession, and was also a classically...
(1881-1936), rugby union footballer of the 1900s - David Jones (rugby born circa-1901)David Jones (rugby born circa-1901)David "Dai" L. Jones was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s who at representative level played rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Ebbw Vale RFC, Risca RFC, and Newport RFC, playing at Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and at club level played rugby league ...
, rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s - David Jones (rugby league)David Jones (rugby league)David Jones is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s who at club level has played rugby union for Maesteg RFC, at representative level has played rugby league for Wales, and at club level for Halifax....
, rugby league footballer of the 1960s - David Jones (rugby league born circa-1965) , rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s for Wakefield Trinity
- David Jones (rugby league born 1967), rugby league footballer of the 1990s for Oldham
- Dafydd JonesDafydd JonesDafydd Jones is a retired Welsh rugby union footballer, who played in the back row for the Llanelli Scarlets in the Magners League. He has also played for Wales...
, current rugby union footballer for Wales, and (Llanelli) Scarlets - David Simon Jones , rugby union football referee
Other sports
- David Jones (athlete)David Jones (athlete)David Jones was a British athlete who competed in the 100 & 200 metres. He won three consecutive AAA tiles at 220 yards...
(born 1940), British Olympic Bronze medallist - David Jones (darts player)David Jones (darts player)David Roderick Jones was a former Welsh darts player who played mostly during the formative years of darts television coverage during the 1970s...
(1949-1995), Welsh darts player of the 1970s - David Jones (ice hockey)David Jones (ice hockey)David Jones is a professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
(born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player - David Jones (golfer)David Jones (golfer)David Jones is a former European Tour golfer from Bangor, Northern Ireland.After his career on the circuit, he became a prominent course designer and golf coach, ....
(born 1947), Northern Irish professional golfer
Politics
- David Charles JonesDavid Charles JonesDavid Charles Jones is a retired U.S. Air Force general and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Jones was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota and raised in Minot, North Dakota, where he graduated from Minot High School....
(born 1921), Chairman U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff 1978-1982 - David Jones (Guernsey politician)David Jones (Guernsey politician)Dave Jones is a member of the States of Guernsey and is the current Housing Minister and a member of the Policy Council of Guernsey....
, Minister of Housing in Guernsey, Channel Islands - David Jones (MP)David Jones (MP)David Jones was a Welsh banker and Conservative Party politician.-Early life:Born in Llwynberllan near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, he was the eldest son of John and Mary Jones and was educated at Charterhouse School. He married Margaret Charlotte Campbell, daughter of Sir George Campbell, 4th...
, British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire 1852-1868 - David Jones (Welsh politician)David Jones (Welsh politician)David Ian Jones MP , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he is currently the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, and a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Clwyd West.-Early life:...
(born 1952), UK Conservative MP - David Thomas JonesDavid Thomas JonesDavid Thomas Jones was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools at the 1945 general election, and held the seat until his defeat by only 182 votes at the 1959 general election. Left school at 12 after passing Labour examination, started on the...
(1899–1963), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hartlepool 1945–1959 - David W. JonesDavid W. JonesDavid W. Jones was a politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He served as that state's fifth Secretary of State, serving two terms from January 7, 1856 to January 2, 1860. He was a Democrat and served under Democratic governor William A...
, fifth Secretary of State of Wisconsin (1856-1860) - Dave Jones (politician)Dave Jones (politician)David Evan "Dave" Jones is an American politician. He represented California's 9th assembly district December 2004 through 2011...
(born 1962), California Insurance Commissioner - David Jones (New Zealand)David Jones (New Zealand)David Jones was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. From 1931 to 1932 he was Minister of Agriculture and Mines in the Liberal-Reform coalition Government....
, New Zealand politician
Entertainment
- David Hugh Jones (1934–2008), English stage and film director
- David Jones (presenter), English sports broadcaster on Sky Sports since 1999
- David Jones (video game developer), Scottish CEO of Real Time Worlds since 2002
- David Jones (jazz musician)David Jones (jazz musician)David "Davey" Jones was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, melophonist, teacher and arranger....
(1888–1956), American jazz saxophonist - Davy Jones (actor)Davy Jones (actor)David Thomas "Davy" Jones is an English rock singer-songwriter and actor best known as a member of the Monkees.-Early life:...
(born 1945), actor and singer with The Monkees - David Robert Hayward-Jones (born 1947), better known as musician David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
, often cited as changing his name to avoid being confused with the preceding - David Jones, guitarist with the band Nine Black AlpsNine Black AlpsNine Black Alps are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester, named after a line in The Couriers by Sylvia Plath and fronted by Sam Forrest.-Career:...
- Dai JonesDai JonesDai Jones MBE is a Welsh television presenter and radio broadcaster. He also farms at Llanilar near Aberystwyth in Ceredigion....
MBE (born 1943), Welsh television presenter and radio broadcaster - David Jones, guitarist and vocalist for Texas indie rock group "Watch Out For Rockets" and drummer for "The MurdocksThe MurdocksThe Murdocks are an American rock band consisting of three members and was formed in 2003 in Texas.-History:In 2003, The Murdocks formed in Austin, TX with Franklin Morris fulfilling vocal and guitar duties, and Tim Dittmar and Robert Houghton fulfilling drum and bass duties respectively.Since...
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Military
- David Jones (VC)David Jones (VC)David Jones VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1891-1916), English recipient of the Victoria Cross - David M. JonesDavid M. JonesDavid M. Jones was a United States Air Force pilot who served with distinction during World War II. He was one of the Doolittle Raiders whose exploits in April 1942 were dramatized in the film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. He then flew combat missions over North Africa, where he was shot down...
(1913-2008), U.S. Air Force major general, one of Doolittle's Raiders - David Rumph Jones (1825-1863), Confederate general
Business
- David A. Jones, Sr., Co-founder of HumanaHumanaHumana Inc. , founded in 1961 in Louisville, Kentucky, is a Fortune 100 company that markets and administers health insurance. With a customer base of over 11.5 million in the United States, the company is the largest Fortune 100 company headquartered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and has a...
Inc. - David A. Jones, Jr., Chairman of the Board of HumanaHumanaHumana Inc. , founded in 1961 in Louisville, Kentucky, is a Fortune 100 company that markets and administers health insurance. With a customer base of over 11.5 million in the United States, the company is the largest Fortune 100 company headquartered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and has a...
Inc. - David Jones (Global CEO, Havas)David Jones (Global CEO, Havas)David Jones is global CEO of Havas and Euro RSCG Worldwide, and cofounder of global youth forum One Young World. He is author of Who Cares Wins: Why Good Business Is Better Business .-Career:...
and Euro RSCG Worldwide, co-founder, One Young WorldOne Young WorldOne Young World is a global forum for young people of leadership calibre. It manifests the reality of common humanity and the shared existence of all the people in one world...
Other
- David Jones (barrister)David Jones (barrister)David Jones , was a Welsh barrister.Jones was best known as ‘the Welsh Freeholder’. He was born in 1765, the only son of John Jones of Bwlchygwynt, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, where his father farmed his own freehold. He was a relative of John Jones, unitarian critic...
- David Jones (video game developer), British game programmer and entrepreneur
- David JonesDavid Jones (missionary)David Jones was a pioneering Welsh Christian missionary to Madagascar. A gifted linguist, he was noted for establishing the orthography of the Malagasy language and for his translation of the Bible into Malagasy, a work that he undertook with fellow missionary David Griffiths.- Life and work...
(1796 – 1841) Missionary to Madagascar - David A. JonesDavid A. JonesDavid Arfon Jones is a senior climatologist and current Head of the National Climate Centre at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.He initially studied mathematics and chemistry at university but changed to atmospheric studies. Jones obtained his PhD in Earth Science from the University of...
, Head of the National Climate Centre at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology - David E. H. JonesDavid E. H. JonesDavid E. H. Jones is best known as Daedalus, the fictional inventor for DREADCO. Jones' columns as Daedalus were published weekly in the New Scientist starting in the mid-sixties. He then moved on to the journal Nature, and continued to publish for many years. He published two books with columns...
, best known as Daedalus, British writer and scientist - David James JonesDavid James JonesDavid James Jones , was a Welsh philosopher and academic. He should not be confused with David James Jones , a contemporary writer....
(1886-1947), Welsh philosopher and academic - David John JonesDavid John JonesDavid John Jones was a Welsh Anglican priest, who served as Dean of Llandaff from 1931 to 1948.-Life:...
(1870–1949) Dean of Llandaff Cathedral (1931–1948) - David Jones (poet)David Jones (poet)David Jones CH was both a painter and one of the first generation British modernist poets. As a painter he worked chiefly in watercolor, painting portraits and animal, landscape, legendary and religious subjects. He was also a wood-engraver and designer of inscriptions. As a writer he was...
(1895-1974), British modernist poet, writer, and artist - David Jones (railway)David Jones (railway)David Jones was locomotive superintendent for the Highland Railway in Scotland. He was credited with the design of the first British 4-6-0 which was strongly influenced by a Scottish locomotive design for Indian Railways....
(1834-1906), locomotive superintendent of the Highland Railway in Scotland - David Jones (merchant) (1793–1873), Welsh-Australian department store founder
- David Dallas Jones (1887–1956), President of Bennett CollegeBennett CollegeBennett College is a four-year liberal arts women's college in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded in 1873, this historically black institution began as a normal school to provide education to newly emancipated slaves. It became a women's college in 1926 and currently serves roughly 780...
in Greensboro, North Carolina