Robert Jones
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Robert Jones or Rob Jones or Bob Jones or Bobby Jones may refer to:
Politics
- Robert Jones (British politician)Robert Jones (British politician)Robert Brannock Jones was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for West Hertfordshire for its 14-year existence, from its creation in 1983 until it was abolished in 1997. He served as a junior minister in the Department of the Environment from 1994 to 1997.Jones...
(1950–2007), British Conservative politician, MP 1983–1997 - Robert Jones (of Castell-March)Robert Jones (of Castell-March)Robert Jones was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1629.Jones was the son of Sir William Jones and his wife Margaret Griffith, daughter of Griffith ap John Griffith of Kevenamulch, Carnarvonshire. His father was a judge and MP...
MP for Carnarvon in 1625 and Flintshire in 1628 - Robert Jones (died 1715), British MP for Glamorganshire (1712–1715)
- Robert Jones (died 1774), British MP for Huntingdon (1754–1774)
- Robert Jones (Michigan politician)Robert Jones (Michigan politician)Robert "Bob" B. Jones was a politician from the state of Michigan. He served four consecutive terms as the Mayor of Kalamazoo from 1997 to 2005...
(1944-2010), former Kalamazoo mayor and member of the Michigan House of Representatives - Robert Jones (Lower Canada politician)Robert Jones (Lower Canada politician)Robert Jones was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented William Henry in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1824....
(ca 1770–1844), land agent and politician in Lower Canada - Robert Jones (Quebec politician)Robert Jones (Quebec politician)Robert Jones was a political figure in Canada East. He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1844...
(ca 1793–1874), politician in Canada East - Robert E. Jones (Illinois), former mayor of Danville, Illinois, United States
- Robert E. Jones, Jr.Robert E. Jones, Jr.Robert E. Jones, Jr. was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 8th district of Alabama. He was the last to represent that district before it was removed as a result of the 1970 United States Census. Presently there are seven U.S. House districts in Alabama.-Early...
(1912–1997), U.S. House of Representative from Alabama - Robert G. Jones (born 1939), Louisiana state senator
- Robert Franklin JonesRobert Franklin JonesRobert Franklin Jones was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.Robert F. Jones was born in Cairo, Ohio. He graduated from the Lima Central High School in Lima, Ohio, in 1924 and in 1929 from Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, with a law degree...
(1907–1968), Ohio representative to U.S. Congress 1939–1947, Commissioner of U.S. Federal Communications Commission 1947–1952 - Robert Taylor JonesRobert Taylor JonesRobert Taylor Jones was the sixth Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and served from 1939 to 1941. Born in Rutledge, Tennessee, he was a civil engineer and participated in the construction of the Panama Canal. He owned pharmacies in Phoenix and Tucson. He also owned the Jones Western Store in...
(1884–1958), governor of Arizona - Robert Thomas JonesRobert Thomas JonesRobert Thomas Jones was a Welsh quarryman, trade unionist and Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1922 general election as the Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1918...
, British Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire, 1922–1923 - Bob Jones (New Zealand)Bob Jones (New Zealand)Sir Robert 'Bob' Jones is a property tycoon, author and former politician in New Zealand. Growing up in the City of Lower Hutt suburb of Naenae, he attended Naenae College and then Victoria University of Wellington...
, New Zealand property tycoon and former politician
Judiciary
- Robert Clive JonesRobert Clive JonesRobert Clive Jones is Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.Jones was born in Las Vegas. He attended Brigham Young University where he triple majored in English, accounting and economics. He then became a CPA...
(born 1947) U. S. Federal Judge - Robert E. Jones (judge)Robert E. Jones (judge)Robert Edward Jones is an American politician and judge in Oregon. He is currently a senior judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in the Portland...
(born 1927), Oregon Supreme Court and federal district judge, United States
Academics
- Bob Jones, Sr.Bob Jones, Sr.Robert Reynolds Jones, Sr. was an American evangelist, pioneer religious broadcaster and the founder and first president of Bob Jones University.-Early years:...
, Christian evangelist who founded Bob Jones University - Bob Jones, Jr.Bob Jones, Jr.Robert Reynolds Jones, Jr. was the second president and chancellor of Bob Jones University. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Jones was the son of Bob Jones, Sr., the university's founder...
, Bob Jones, Sr.'s son, and second president of the university - Bob Jones IIIBob Jones IIIRobert Reynolds Jones III , third president of Bob Jones University. The son of Bob Jones, Jr., and the grandson of Bob Jones, Sr., the university's founder, Jones III served as president of BJU from 1971 to 2005.-Biography:...
, Bob Jones, Sr.'s grandson, and third president of the university - Bobby Jones (academic)Bobby Jones (academic)Bobby Jones, PhD was a noted American educator who distinguished himself by becoming the first African American to earn tenure at Mercer University, a highly selective private university. Jones later became chair of the Education Department at Mercer University. Dr...
, American academic
Football and rugby
- Robert Albert Jones (1864–1925), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
- Robert Jones (footballer born 1868)Robert Jones (footballer born 1868)Robert Samuel Jones was a Welsh footballer who played as a full back. He gained one international cap for Wales in 1894.He joined Everton in 1888 and played 7 League games for them, before moving to Ardwick in the 1890s, and he played 18 League games for them.-References:...
(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 (goalkeeper)Bobby Jones (goalkeeper)Robert "Bobby" Jones is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in The Football League for Southport, Chester and Blackburn Rovers.-Playing career:...
(1933–1998), former footballer with Southport, Chester and Blackburn - Bobby Jones (footballer)Bobby Jones (footballer)Robert Stanley Jones, known as Bobby Jones, was born in Bristol on 28 October 1938. He was a professional footballer who played for Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town and Swindon Town in the Football League, and for non-league sides Soundwell and Minehead....
(born 1938), former Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town & Swindon Town player - Rob Jones (footballer born 1971), footballer, played for Liverpool and England in the 1990s
- Rob Jones (footballer born 1979)Rob Jones (footballer born 1979)Robert William "Rob" Jones is an English footballer who currently plays as a centre back for League One club Sheffield Wednesday....
, English footballer currently playing for Sheffield Wednesday; previous clubs included Grimsby and Hibernian - Robert Jones (rugby), 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
Baseball
- Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher) (born 1970), right-handed baseball pitcher
- Bobby Jones (left-handed pitcher)Bobby Jones (left-handed pitcher)Robert Mitchell Jones is a former Major League Baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball from -. He made his MLB debut on May 18, 1997, for the Colorado Rockies....
(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
Golf
- Bobby Jones (golfer)Bobby Jones (golfer)Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...
(1902–1971) - Robert Trent Jones, Jr.Robert Trent Jones, Jr.Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones, Jr. is a noted golf course architect. He is the son of legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones and the brother of golf course designer Rees Jones....
(born 1939), United States golf course architect - Robert Trent JonesRobert Trent JonesRobert Trent Jones, Sr. was a golf course architect who designed about 500 golf courses in at least 40 US states and 35 other countries all around the world...
(1906–2000), golf course architect
Basketball
- Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951), former professional basketball player
- Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1984), American professional basketball player
- Bobby Jones (basketball coach)Bobby Jones (basketball coach)Bobby Jones is an American basketball coach. He is the former head men's basketball coach at Saint Francis University. Jones resigned after the 2008 season, his ninth with the school...
, head men's basketball coach at Saint Francis University
Other sports
- Robert Jones (American football)Robert Jones (American football)Robert Lee Jones is a former American football linebacker who played 10 seasons in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, the St...
(born 1969), former football player for the Dallas Cowboys - Bobby Jones (American football)Bobby Jones (American football)Robert Irven "Bobby" Jones is a former guard in the National Football League.-Career:Jones played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1934 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at Indiana University.-References:...
(born 1912), former football player for the Green Bay Packers - Bob Jones (ice hockey)Bob Jones (ice hockey)Robert Charles Jones is a professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League and 161 games in the World Hockey Association...
, played in the NHLNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
and WHAWorld Hockey AssociationThe World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926... - Robert Jones (cricketer)Robert Jones (cricketer)Robert Jones was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Buckinghamshire. He was born in Enfield....
(born 1981), English cricketer - Robert Jones (jockey)Robert Jones (jockey)Robert "Bobby" Jones was an American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.From San Ysidro, California, Bobby Jones was the son of Alfred L. Jones, who was involved in horse racing and who raised Thoroughbreds....
, aka Bobby Jones, (1913–1938), American Champion jockey
Music
- Robert Jones (composer)Robert Jones (composer)Robert Jones was an English lutenist and composer, the most prolific of the English lute song composers ....
(c. 1577–1617), English lutenist and composer - Bobby Jones (saxophonist)Bobby Jones (saxophonist)Bobby Jones was an American jazz saxophonist.Jones played drums as a child and started on clarinet at age 8; his father encouraged him to explore jazz. He studied with Simeon Bellison, Joe Allard, Charlie Parker, and George Russell...
(1928–1980), American jazz saxophonist - Bobby Jones (singer)Bobby Jones (singer)Bobby Jones is a Grammy Award–winning Gospel music singer and television host from Nashville, Tennessee and the host and executive producer of several cable television's gospel music program including Bobby Jones Gospel.-Career:Jones has produced programs for BET since 1980...
(born 1939), gospel singer - Robert W. Jones (Robert William Jones) (b.1932), American composer
- Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones (1964–1993), bass guitarist in the British band The Wonder Stuff
- Bob Jones (songwriter), longtime songwriting and musical associate of Randall BramblettRandall BramblettRandall Bramblett is an American musician and singer-songwriter, whose career as a solo artist, session player, and touring musician, has spanned more than three decades. He has worked with such notable performers as Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Robbie Robertson, Elvin Bishop, Steve Winwood,...
, often with third co-writer Davis Causey
Other people
- Robert Jones (surgeon)Robert Jones (surgeon)Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet, KBE, CB was a British orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the modern specialty of orthpaedic surgery in Britain....
(1857-1933), British orthopaedic surgeon - Robert Jones (VC)Robert Jones (VC)Robert Jones VC was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.He was born at Penrhos near Clytha...
(1857–1898), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross - Robert Jones (writer)Robert Jones (writer)Robert Jones was a Welsh Anglican priest and writer.-Life:Jones was born on 6 January 1810 in Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales and studied at Oswestry School and Jesus College, Oxford from 1833 to 1837, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was ordained and was a curate in Northop,...
(1810–1879), Welsh Anglican priest and writer - Robert C. JonesRobert C. JonesRobert C. Jones , sometimes credited as Robert Jones, is a screenwriter and film editor. He received an Academy Award for the screenplay of the film Coming Home . As an editor, Jones has had notable collaborations with the directors Arthur Hiller and Hal Ashby...
(born 1937), American screenwriter and film editor - Robert Dorigo JonesRobert Dorigo JonesRobert B. Dorigo Jones is the author of the bestselling book Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever and host of the weekly radio commentary series "Let's Be Fair"...
(born 1963), American author - Robert Earl JonesRobert Earl JonesRobert Earl Jones was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films The Cotton Club and The Sting and as the father of actor James Earl Jones.-Early life:...
(1910–2006), United States actor, and father of James Earl Jones - Robert Edmond JonesRobert Edmond JonesRobert Edmond Jones was an American scenic, lighting, and costume designer. He is credited with incorporating the new stagecraft into the American drama. His designs sought to integrate the scenic elements into the storytelling instead of having them stand separate and indifferent from the play’s...
(1887–1954), United States theatrical scenic designer - Robert Elijah JonesRobert Elijah JonesRobert Elijah Jones was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Church in the U.S., elected in 1920. Along with Matthew Wesley Clair, Jones was one of the first African-American Bishops of the M.E. Church....
(1872–1960), United States clergyman, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopalian Church - Robert F. JonesRobert F. JonesRobert F. Jones was a novelist and an outdoor writer for Sports Illustrated and Field & Stream. Many of his novels contain fantastic and/or surrealistic elements, causing some critics to label his work slipstream....
(died in 2002) novelist and outdoors writer - Robert "Fish" Jones (d. 1930), U.S. showman
- Robert Hope-JonesRobert Hope-JonesRobert Hope-Jones , is considered to be the inventor of the theatre organ in the early 20th century...
(1859–1914), English inventor of the theatre organ - R.S. JonesR.S. JonesRobert S. Jones was an American novelist, and editor. He was born in Santa Monica, California.-Life:He graduated from Hobart and William Smith College, and the University of Chicago....
, Robert S. Jones, (1954 - 2001) American novelist and editor - Robert T. JonesRobert T. JonesRobert T. Jones, , was an aerodynamicist and aeronautical engineer for NACA and later NASA. He was known at NASA as "one of the premier aeronautical engineers of the twentieth century",.-Designer:...
, NASA aeronautical engineer - Robert L. JonesRobert L. Jones-Life:He lives in Galveston Bay Area of Texas. He was a computer scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center.His work has appeared in Southwestern American Literature, The Southern Review, Houston Poetry Fest Anthologies, JAMA, Missouri Review, Presence, Poetry.-Works:** -External links:...
, poet - Bob Jones (Texas businessman)Bob Jones (Texas businessman)Robert Edward "Bob" Jones is a Texas businessman. He is the former CEO of the National Center for Employment of the Disabled , which was based in El Paso, Texas...
- Robert Jones (producer)
- Robert M. Jones (Choctaw) (1808?-1873) ChoctawChoctawThe Choctaw are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States...
leader - Bob Jones (sound engineer)Bob Jones (sound engineer)Bob Jones was a British sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Mary, Queen of Scots. He worked on over 100 films between 1952 and 1985.-External links:...
Other uses
- Bob Jones AwardBob Jones AwardThe Bob Jones Award is the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. It is named in honor of Bobby Jones.-Winners:*1955 Francis Ouimet*1956 William C. Campbell*1957 Babe Zaharias...
, an award given by the United States Golf Association - Bob Jones High SchoolBob Jones High SchoolBob Jones High School is a public high school in Madison, Alabama, United States. The school is a part of Madison City Schools. Despite its name, it is not affiliated with Bob Jones University of Greenville, South Carolina; rather, it is named after Robert E...
, Madison, the largest public high school in the state of Alabama - Bob Jones UniversityBob Jones UniversityBob Jones University is a private, for-profit, non-denominational Protestant university in Greenville, South Carolina.The university was founded in 1927 by Bob Jones, Sr. , an evangelist and contemporary of Billy Sunday...
, founded by Bob Jones, Sr. - Bob Jones University v. United StatesBob Jones University v. United StatesBob Jones University v. United States, , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that held that the Internal Revenue Service could, without the approval of the United States Congress, revoke the tax exempt status of organizations that are contrary to established public...
, a United States Supreme Court decision