# James Jones

James Jones may refer to:

## Sports
### Association football

* James Jones (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1955), British Olympic footballer
* James Jones (footballer, born 1996), Scottish footballer for Wrexham
* James Jones (footballer, born 1997), Welsh footballer for Altrincham

### American football

* James Jones (defensive lineman) (born 1969), defensive lineman for Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions
* James Jones (running back, born 1958), running back for the Dallas Cowboys
* James Jones (running back, born 1961), running back for Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks
* James Jones (wide receiver) (born 1984)
* James "T" Jones (1931–2020), college football player, coach and athletic director

### Basketball

* James Jones (basketball, born 1964), American basketball coach
* James Jones (basketball, born 1980), American basketball executive and former player in the NBA
* Jimmy Jones (basketball) (born 1945), American former basketball player in the ABA and NBA

### Cricket

* James Jones (cricketer, born 1885) (1885–1953), cricketer for Somerset and Glamorgan in the 1920s
* James Jones (cricketer, born 1870) (1870–1960), English cricketer

### Other sports

* James Phillips Jones (1883–1964), Welsh international rugby union utility player
* James Jones (baseball) (born 1988), American baseball player
* James Jones (sport shooter) (1871–1955), Canadian Olympic shooter
* James Jones (rugby league) (fl. 1930), New Zealand rugby league player

## Political figures
### United States

* James Jones (Georgia politician) (died 1801), congressman, namesake of Jones County, Georgia
* James Jones (South Dakota politician) (1927–2014), South Dakota politician
* James Jones (Virginia politician) (1772–1848), U.S. representative from Virginia
* James A. Jones (1820–1894), Virginia State Senate, Constitutional Convention of 1850
* James B. Jones (1886–1947), lieutenant governor of New Mexico
* James C. Jones (1809–1859), governor of Tennessee
* James F. Jones Jr. (born 1934), Pennsylvania politician
* James G. Jones (general) (1934–2020), United States Air Force general
* James G. Jones (politician) (1814–1872), American politician, lawyer, soldier, and judge in Indiana
* James H. Jones (Texas politician) (1830–1904), U.S. Representative from Texas
* James H. Jones (North Carolina politician) (died 1921), coachman and confidential courier for Jefferson Davis and later a local public official in North Carolina
* James Herbert Jones (1920–2008), Arkansas State Auditor, Adjutant General of the Arkansas National Guard
* James I. Jones (1786–1858), major general from New York
* James K. Jones (1839–1908), chairman of the Democratic National Committee
* James L. Jones (born 1943), former National Security Advisor and 32nd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
* James L. Jones Sr. (1912–1986), officer in the United States Marine Corps
* James McHall Jones (1823–1851), U.S. federal judge
* James M. Jones (1862–1928), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
* James M. Jones, Jr., mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
* James Parker Jones (born 1940), U.S. federal judge
* James R. Jones (born 1939), congressman from Oklahoma and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
* James R. Jones (Virginia politician) American politician in the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate
* James S. Jones, American politician in the Virginia House of Delegates
* James T. Jones (1832–1895), U.S. representative from Alabama
* James Wormley Jones (1884–1958), African-American policeman, World War I veteran, and FBI agent

### Other countries

* Idwal Jones (politician) (James Idwal Jones, 1900–1982), Welsh politician
* Jim Jones (Canadian politician) (born 1943), Canadian politician
* James William Jones (1869–1954), merchant, realtor and political figure in British Columbia, Canada

## Religious figures

* James F. Jones (minister) (1907–1971), African American religious leader and founder of the Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, Inc.
* Jim Jones (James Warren Jones, 1931–1978), cult leader of the Peoples Temple responsible for the collective suicide at Jonestown, Guyana
* James Jones (bishop) (born 1948), former Anglican bishop of Liverpool
* James Jones (priest, born 1881) (1881–1980), Church of England priest
* James Jones (priest, born 1730) (1730–1823), archdeacon of Hereford
* Kilsby Jones (James Rhys Jones, 1813–1889), Welsh minister, writer and lecturer

## Arts and entertainment

* Boldy James (born 1982), American rapper, born James Clay Jones III
* James Jones (author) (1921–1977), American novelist
* James Earl Jones (1931–2024), American actor
* James Cellan Jones (1931–2019), British television and film director
* James Jones (documentary maker) (born 1982), British documentary film-maker
* James T. Jones IV (1959/1960–1996), American music journalist
* Jimmy Jones (singer) (1937–2012), American singer, born James Jones
* T. James Jones (born 1934), Welsh poet and dramatist

## Other people

* James Addison Jones (1869–1950), founder of J.A. Jones Construction
* James Jones (civil servant) (1914–1995), Scottish civil servant
* James F. Jones (educator) (born 1947), president of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
* James Ira Thomas Jones (1896–1960), British flying ace during the First World War
* James Matthew Jones (born 1961), American global public health expert and consultant
* James W. Jones (1809–1892), civil engineer in Adelaide, South Australia
* James Jones (psychologist), American social psychologist
* James McHenry Jones (1859–1909), American educator, school administrator, businessperson, and minister

## Characters

* Jimbo Jones, one of the main bullies in The Simpsons