Sam Jones
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Music & Entertainment
- Samuel Jones (musician)Samuel Jones (musician)Samuel Jones was a jazz bassist, cellist, and composer.Sam Jones was born in Jacksonville, FL and moved to New York city in 1955. There, Jones played with Bobby Timmons, Tiny Bradshaw, Les Jazz Modes, Kenny Dorham, Illinois Jacquet, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk...
, U.S. bassist, cellist, and composer - Samuel Jones (composer)Samuel Jones (composer)Samuel Jones is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Samuel Jones, a native of Mississippi , graduated from the Central High School in Jackson and received his undergraduate degree with highest honors at Millsaps College. He acquired his professional training at the Eastman School of...
(born 1935), U.S. composer, conductor - Sam Jones (Doctor Who)Sam Jones (Doctor Who)Samantha Angeline Jones, or simply Sam, is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Eighth Doctor first met her in the novel The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks, and she went on to become one of his...
, character in Doctor Who spin-off novels - Sam J. JonesSam J. JonesSam J. Jones is the stage name of Samuel Gerald Jones , an American actor also credited as Sam Jones.-Early life:Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida.-Career:...
(born 1954), American actor, Flash Gordon (1980) - Sam Jones IIISam Jones IIISamuel L. Jones III is an American actor, best known for playing Pete Ross on the first three seasons of the television series Smallville.-Career:...
(born 1983), American actor, played Pete Ross on Smallville - Sam Jones (filmmaker), producer of I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
- Sam Jones (Mayberry R.F.D.)Sam Jones (Mayberry R.F.D.)Sam Jones is a fictional character who debuted on the American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show . Jones then went on to star in the spin-off show Mayberry R.F.D.. Jones is portrayed by American actor Ken Berry.-Overview:...
, a fictional character on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D.
Military, Politics, etc
- Sam Jones (Confederate Army officer) (1819–1887), Civil War Confederate Major General
- Samuel M. JonesSamuel M. JonesSamuel Milton Jones, a.k.a. "Golden Rule Jones", lived from August 3, 1846 to 1904 and served as a Progressive Era Mayor of Toledo, Ohio from 1897 to 1904 . Born in Denbighshire, Wales, Jones emigrated to the United States in 1849. Jones had little education because he had to work in order to help...
(1846–1904), U.S. businessman, politician - Sam H. JonesSam H. Jones--4.230.222.169 Sam Houston Jones was the 46th Governor of Louisiana from 1940 to 1944. He defeated the renowned Earl Kemp Long in the 1940 Democratic primary. Long turned the tables on Jones and defeated him in the 1948 party primary.-Early life:Sam Jones was born in Merryville in Beauregard...
(1897–1978), governor of Louisiana - Sam Jones (mayor)Sam Jones (mayor)Samuel Leon Jones is serving his first term as mayor of his hometown, Mobile, Alabama. He is Mobile's first African American mayor. He ran on a platform of safety, efficient government, historic preservation and bringing employers to the city....
, mayor of Mobile, Alabama - Samuel Jones (chancellor)Samuel Jones (chancellor)Samuel Jones Samuel Jones Samuel Jones (May 26, 1769 New York City - August 9, 1853 Cold Spring Harbor, New York was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:He was the son of Samuel Jones (1734–1819). He graduated from Columbia University in 1790. He then studied law in his father's office and...
(1769–1853), Chancellor of New York, 1826–1828 - Samuel Porter JonesSamuel Porter JonesSamuel Porter Jones was one of the most celebrated revivalists of his day, at the close of the 19th century. Famous for his wry wit and masterful story-telling, he is credited as a principal influence on Will Rogers....
(1847–1906), American evangelist - Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron OverstoneSamuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron OverstoneSamuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone was a British banker and politician.-Background and education:Loyd was the only son of Reverend Lewis Loyd and Sarah, daughter of John Jones, a Manchester banker...
(1796–1883), British banker and politician - Samuel Jones (academy tutor)Samuel Jones (academy tutor)Samuel Jones was an English Dissenter and educator, known for founding a significant Dissenting academy at Tewkesbury.-Early life:...
(1681/2–1719), English Dissenter and educator - Samuel Jones (Nonconformist) (1628–1697), Welsh nonconformist clergyman
- Samuel Jones (NY comptroller)Samuel Jones (NY comptroller)Samuel Jones was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was the son of William Jones and Phoebe Jones ....
(1734–1819), first New York State Comptroller - Samuel Jones (Australian politician)Samuel Jones (Australian politician)Sam Jones was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 until 1984 and a member of the ALP.-Early life:...
(1923–1999) Member for Waratah, New South Wales, 1965–1984 - Samuel J. Jones, leading figure in the Sacking of LawrenceSacking of LawrenceIn the northern spring of 1856, the Sacking of Lawrence helped ratchet up the guerrilla war in Kansas Territory that became known as Bleeding Kansas.-Background:...
prior to the Civil War - Ar-pi-uck-i (Sam Jones)Ar-pi-uck-i (Sam Jones)Ar-pi-uck-i, also known as Sam Jones, was a powerful spiritual alektca and war chief of the Miccosukee, a Seminole-Muscogee Creek tribe of the Southeast United States. Ar-pi-uck-i successfully defied the U.S...
(1760–1860), Seminole Native American chief
Sports
- Sam Jones (basketball)Sam Jones (basketball)Samuel Jones is a retired American professional basketball player at shooting guard and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was known for his quickness and game-winning shots, especially during the NBA Playoffs...
(born 1933), retired American professional basketball player - Sam Jones (baseball)Sam Jones (baseball)Samuel Jones , known during his career as "Toothpick Sam" Jones or "Sad Sam" Jones, was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to ....
(1925–1971), known as "Toothpick Sam" - Sad Sam JonesSad Sam JonesSamuel Pond "Sad Sam" Jones was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the American League with the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox . A native of Woodsfield, Ohio, Jones batted and threw...
(1892–1966), baseball player - Sammy JonesSammy JonesSamuel Percy "Sammy" Jones was an Australian cricketer who played twelve Tests between 1882 and 1888....
(1861–1951), Australian cricketer - Samuel Jones (athlete)Samuel Jones (athlete)Samuel "Sam" Symington Jones was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the high jump where he won the gold medal.-External links:*...
(1880–1954), U.S. Olympian, 1904