William Jones

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William Jones is the name of:

[edit] Academics and authors

• William Jones (mathematician) (1675–1749), Welsh mathematician who proposed the use of the symbol π
• Sir William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794), English philologist who proposed a relationship among Indo-European languages.
• William Jones (anthropologist) (1871–1909), Native American specialist in Algonquian languages
• William Jones (journalist), a Pulitzer Prize winner
• W. S. Jones (1920-2007), Welsh language writer
• William M. Jones Jr (computer engineer) (born 1977), American professor from Conway, SC

[edit] Military figures

• William E. "Grumble" Jones (1824–1864), Confederate cavalry general
• William Jones (VC) (1839-1913), a recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William A. Jones, III (1922-1969), United States Air Force officer and Medal of Honor recipient

[edit] Political figures

• Bill Jones (Georgia), Candidate for 6th Congressional District of Georgia
• William Jones (Beaumaris), English Parliament MP for the Welsh Borough of Beaumaris elected in 1604
• William Jones (deputy governor) (1624–1706), Deputy Governor of the Connecticut Colony from 1692 to 1698
• William Jones (law-officer) (1630–1682), Attorney General for England and Wales during the 17th century
• William Jones (governor) (1753-1822), Governor of Rhode Island from 1811 to 1817
• William Jones (statesman) (1760–1831), fourth United States Secretary of the Navy and US Representative from Pennsylvania
• William Jones (mayor), Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand
• William W. Jones (1819-1935), mayor of Toledo, Ohio
• William Theopilus Jones (1842-1882), Delegate to the US Congress from the Territory of Wyoming from 1871 to 1873
• William Atkinson Jones (1849-1918), US Representative from Virginia from 1891 to 1918
• William Carey Jones (1855-1927), US Representative from Washington from 1897 to 1899
• Bill Jones (born 1949), California's 27th Secretary of State
• William Jones (diplomat), Canadian diplomat
• William Jones (Liberal politician) (1860-1915), British Liberal politician

[edit] Religious figures

• William Jones (ecclesiastic) (1726–1800),British clergyman and author
• Rev. William Augustus Jones Jr. (1934-2006), African American minister and civil rights leader
• Bishop William A. Jones, Jr., eighth Episcopal bishop of Missouri

[edit] Others

• Sir William Jones (optician) (1763-1831), English optician and scientific instrument maker
• William Jones (convict) (1827-1871), Australian colony ex-convict school teacher
• Renato William Jones (1906-1981), popularizer of basketball in Europe & Asia and a founding father of FIBA
• William Jones (criminal) (1914-1974), member of Clyde Barrow's gang
• Gorilla Jones boxing champoion
• William Jones (novel), character from the Welsh language novel of the same name, written by T. Rowland Hughes in 1944
• William Jones (wrestler) (born 1975), American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Chilly Willy
• Canada Bill Jones, English born 19th century card sharp
• Will Jones, English, born in 1990's, a magician to all in bed.

[edit] See also

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