William Jones
From Free net encyclopedia
(Redirected from Sir William Jones)
William Jones is a common name, especially in Wales, and there have been several well-known individuals of this name, including:
Contents |
[edit]
Academics and authors
- 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 (translator) (1726–1795)
- 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
- William Jones (judge) (1566–1640)
- William Jones (Lt. Governor) (1624–1706)
- William Jones (Great Britain statesman), Attorney General for England and Wales during the 17th century
- William Jones (Chartist) (19th century)
- 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;
- Renato William Jones (commonly William Jones), popularizer of basketball
- A defendant involved in the US Supreme Court case Atkins v. Virginia
[edit]