# Robert Jones

Rob(ert), Bob, or Bobby Jones may refer to:

## Academics

* Bob Jones Sr. (1883–1968), Christian evangelist who founded Bob Jones University
* Bob Jones Jr. (1911–1997), Bob Jones, Sr.'s son, and second president of the university
* Bob Jones III (born 1939), Bob Jones, Sr.'s grandson, and third president of the university
* Bobby Jones (academic) (1932–2001), American academic
* Bobi Jones (Robert Maynard Jones, 1929–2017), Welsh Christian academic
* Robert B. Jones (linguist) (1920–2007), professor at Cornell University
* Robert J. Jones (born 1951), chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

## Arts and entertainment
### Films and plays

* Bob Jones (sound engineer), British sound engineer for films
* Bob Devin Jones (born 1954), American playwright, director, and actor
* Rob Brydon (Robert Brydon Jones, born 1965), Welsh actor
* Robert Edmond Jones (1887–1954), American theater designer of sets, lighting, costumes
* Robert Earl Jones (1910–2006), American actor and father of James Earl Jones
* Robert C. Jones (1936–2021), American screenwriter and film editor

### Music

* Bobby Jones (saxophonist) (1928–1980), American jazz saxophonist
* Bobby Jones (singer) (born 1939), gospel singer
* Rob Jones (musician) (1964–1993), bass guitarist in the British band The Wonder Stuff
* Robert Hope-Jones (1859–1914), English inventor of the theater organ
* Robert Jones (composer) (died 1617), English lutenist and composer
* Robert Jones (Welsh composer) (born 1945), Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster
* Robert W. Jones (1932–1997), American classical composer

### Writers and illustrators

* Bob Jones, writer of the syndicated Goren Bridge newspaper column
* Bob Jones (illustrator) (1926–2018), American artist and advertising illustrator
* Robert Jones, name given by adoptive parents to Australian writer Robert Dessaix
* Robert F. Jones (1934–2002), American novelist and outdoors journalist
* R.S. Jones (Robert S. Jones, 1954–2001), American novelist and editor
* Robert Isaac Jones (1813–1905), Welsh pharmacist, writer, and printer
* Robert Jones Jr., American author

## Politics
### Australia and Canada

* Robert Jones (Australian politician) (1845–1927), New South Wales politician
* Robert Jones (Lower Canada politician) (died 1844), land agent and politician in Lower Canada
* Robert Jones (Canada East politician) (died 1874), politician in Canada East

### UK

* Robert Jones (diplomat) (died 1574), Clerk of the Privy Seal
* Robert Jones (of Castell-March), MP for Carnarvon in 1625 and Flintshire in 1628
* Robert Jones (died 1715) (1682–1715), British MP for Glamorganshire, 1712–1715
* Robert Jones (died 1774) (1704–1774), British MP for Huntingdon, 1754–1774
* Robert Jones (Labour politician) (1874–1940), British MP for Caernarvonshire, 1922–1923
* Robert Jones (Conservative politician) (1950–2007), British Conservative MP 1983–1997

### US

* Robert McDonald Jones (1808–1872), Confederate politician
* Robert Taylor Jones (1884–1958), governor of Arizona
* Robert Franklin Jones (1907–1968), Ohio representative to US Congress, 1939–1947
* Robert E. Jones Jr. (1912–1997), US House of Representative from Alabama
* Robert G. Jones (born 1939), Louisiana state senator
* Robert Jones (Michigan politician) (1944–2010), Kalamazoo mayor, member of Michigan House of Representatives

## Sports
### American football

* Bob Jones (long snapper) (born 1978), American football player for the New York Giants
* Bob Jones (wide receiver) (born 1945), American football player for the Chicago Bears
* Bobby Jones (guard) (1912–1999), American football player for the Green Bay Packers
* Bobby Jones (wide receiver) (born 1955), American football wide receiver
* Robert Jones (linebacker) (born 1969), American football player for the Dallas Cowboys
* Robert Jones (offensive lineman) (born 1999), American football player for the Miami Dolphins

### Association football

* Robert Albert Jones (1864–?), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
* Robert Jones (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1939), Everton, Ardwick and Wales international footballer
* Robert Jones (footballer, born 1971), English football midfielder for Wrexham
* Robert Jones (referee), English football referee
* Robert Reuben Jones (1902–?), footballer for Huddersfield Town, 1920s
* Bob Jones (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1989), football goalkeeper for Bolton Wanderers and Cardiff City, 1920s and 1930s
* Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1998), footballer for Southport, Chester, and Blackburn
* Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2015), footballer for Bristol Rovers, Northampton Town, and Swindon Town
* Rob Jones (footballer, born 1971), Welsh-born English international footballer, played for Liverpool in the 1990s
* Rob Jones (footballer, born 1979), English footballer for Doncaster Rovers

### Baseball

* Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher) (born 1970), right-handed baseball pitcher
* Bobby Jones (left-handed pitcher) (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
* Sug Jones (Robert Roosevelt Jones, 1907–1982), American baseball player

### Basketball

* Bob Jones (basketball, born 1940) (1940–2021), American basketball coach and athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1972–1980
* Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951), American professional basketball player in the 1970s and 80s, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
* Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1962), American basketball coach at Saint Francis University, high school athletic director
* Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1984), American professional basketball player
* Robert Jones (basketball, born 1979), American basketball coach at Norfolk State University

### Cricket

* Rob Jones (cricketer) (born 1995), English cricketer
* Robert Jones (English cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer
* Robert Jones (Barbadian cricketer) (1886–1951), Barbadian cricketer

### Golf

* Bobby Jones (golfer) (1902–1971), American amateur golfer
* Robert Trent Jones (1906–2000), golf course architect
* Robert Trent Jones Jr. (born 1939), golf course architect

### Horse racing

* Robert Jones (jockey) (died 1938), aka Bobby Jones, American Champion jockey
* Bobby Jones (1904–1969), British Classic-winning jockey

### Rugby

* Bob Jones (rugby union) (1875–1944), Welsh rugby union forward
* Bobby Jones (rugby union) (1900–1970), Welsh rugby player
* Robert Jones (rugby, born 1921) (1921–?), rugby union and league footballer for Wales XV (RU), Glamorgan, Aberavon
* Robert Jones (rugby union, born 1965), Wales and British Lions rugby union player

### Other sports

* Bob Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1961), Australian rules footballer
* Robert Jones (ice hockey) (1867–?), goaltender for the Montreal Victorias
* Bob Jones (ice hockey) (born 1945), played in the NHL and WHA
* Rob Jones (rower), (born 1985), United States rower and 2012 Paralympic Games medalist
* Robert Jones (discus thrower) (born 1908), American discus thrower and winner of the 1934 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

## Business

* Bob Jones (businessman) (born 1939), New Zealand property investor and former politician
* Bob Jones (Texas businessman), former Texas businessman
* Robert "Fish" Jones (died 1930), American fish market owner, zoo owner

## Law

* Robert Noble Jones (1864–1942), New Zealand lawyer, public servant and land court judge
* Robert E. Jones (judge) (born 1927), Oregon Supreme Court and federal district judge
* Robert Byron Jones (1833–1867), justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
* Robert Clive Jones (born 1947), American federal judge
* Bob Jones (police commissioner) (1955–2014), in the West Midlands of England
* Robert Jones (wrongful conviction) (born 1973), exonerated after conviction for a 1992 murder
* Robert Jones (Ohio lawyer) (1930–1998)

## Military

* Robert Jones (figure skater), 18th-century British popularizer of figure skating and fireworks
* Robert Jones (VC) (1857–1898), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Robert Jephson Jones (1905–1985), British bomb disposal expert awarded the George Cross
* Robert Owen Jones (1837–1926), British Army officer and cartographer

## Religion

* Robert Elijah Jones (1872–1960), United States clergyman, bishop of the Methodist Episcopalian Church
* Robert Jones (archdeacon of Worcester) (born 1955), English Anglican priest
* Robert Jones (dean of Clonmacnoise) (born 1955), Dean of Clonmacnoise
* Robert Jones (writer) (1810–1879), Welsh Anglican priest and writer

## Science

* Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet (1857–1933), British orthopaedic surgeon
* Robert Thomas Jones (engineer) (1910–1999), NASA aeronautical engineer
* Robert Clark Jones (1916–2004), American physicist
* Robert Jones (aerodynamicist) (1891–1962), Welsh aerodynamicist

## Other

* Robert Jones (designer), British cabinet maker and designer
* Robert J. Jones (trade unionist) (1899–1962), Welsh trade union leader
* Robert Lawton Jones (1925–2018), American architect from Oklahoma, noted for his contributions to modern art
* Bob Jones (Grand Dragon) (1930–1989), a Ku Klux Klan official in the 1960s
* Bob Jones Award, an award given by the United States Golf Association
* Bob Jones High School, Madison, the largest public high school in the state of Alabama
* Bob Jones University, founded by Bob Jones, Sr
* Bob Jones University v. United States, a United States Supreme Court decision