James Jones may refer to:

Sports

Association football

  • James Jones (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1955), British Olympic footballer
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1876) (1876–?), English football player for Stoke
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1889) (1889–?), English football player for Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1966), Welsh international footballer
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1919) (1919–1976), Welsh footballer
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2014), Northern Ireland international football player with Belfast Celtic and Glenavon
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2015), English football goalkeeper for Accrington Stanley
  • James Jones (footballer, born 1996), Scottish footballer for Wrexham
  • James Jones (footballer, born 1997), Welsh footballer for Chester

American football

  • Jim Jones (American football, born 1920) (1920–1989), American football player
  • James "T" Jones (1931–2020), college football player, coach and athletic director
  • Jim Jones (American football, born 1935) (1935–1982), American football player
  • Jimmy Jones (wide receiver) (born 1941), former professional American football wide receiver
  • 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 (defensive lineman) (born 1969), defensive lineman for Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions
  • James Jones (wide receiver) (born 1984)

Baseball

  • Jim Jones (1900s outfielder) (1876–1953), Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Jim Jones (1940s outfielder), American baseball outfielder in the 1940s
  • Jimmy Jones (baseball) (born 1964), Major League Baseball player
  • James Jones (baseball) (born 1988), American baseball player

Basketball

  • James Jones (basketball, born 1964), American basketball coach
  • Jimmy Jones (basketball) (born 1945), American former basketball player in the ABA and NBA
  • James Jones (basketball, born 1980), American basketball executive and former player in the 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
  • Jim Jones (cricketer) (1931–1998), New Zealand cricketer

Rugby

  • James Phillips Jones (1883–1964), Welsh international rugby union utility player
  • James Jones (rugby league) (fl. 1930), New Zealand rugby league player
  • Jimmy Jones (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s
  • Jim Jones (rugby union) (1893—1934), Welsh rugby union player

Other sports

  • James Jones (sport shooter) (1871–1955), Canadian Olympic shooter
  • Jim Jones (footballer) (1918–2002), Australian rules footballer for Carlton
  • Jim Jones (ice hockey) (born 1949), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Jimmy Jones (ice hockey) (born 1953), National Hockey 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. (1934–2021), 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
  • J. Weldon Jones (1896–1981), American administrator and acting High Commissioner to the Philippines
  • James Wormley Jones (1884–1958), African-American policeman, World War I veteran, and FBI agent
  • Jim Jones (judge) (James Thomas Jones, born 1942), American attorney, politician, and jurist

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

  • Jimmy Jones (pianist) (1918–1982), American jazz pianist
  • James Jones (author) (1921–1977), American novelist
  • James Earl Jones (1931–2024), American actor
  • James Cellan Jones (1931–2019), British television and film director
  • T. James Jones (born 1934), Welsh poet and dramatist
  • Jimmy Jones (singer) (1937–2012), American singer, born James Jones
  • Tail Dragger Jones (1940–2023), American Chicago blues singer
  • Jim Jones (guitarist) (1950–2008), American guitarist with the band Pere Ubu
  • James T. Jones IV (1959/1960–1996), American music journalist
  • Boldy James (born 1982), American rapper, born James Clay Jones III
  • James Jones (documentary maker) (born 1982), British documentary film-maker

Other people

  • James W. Jones (1809–1892), civil engineer in Adelaide, South Australia
  • James McHenry Jones (1859–1909), American educator, school administrator, businessperson, and minister
  • James Addison Jones (1869–1950), founder of J.A. Jones Construction
  • James Ira Thomas Jones (1896–1960), British flying ace during the First World War
  • James Jones (civil servant) (1914–1995), Scottish civil servant
  • James Jones (psychologist), American social psychologist
  • James F. Jones (educator) (born 1947), president of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
  • James Matthew Jones (born 1961), American global public health expert and consultant
  • James Monroe Jones (1821/22–1906), American-born slave, purchased his freedom and became a gunsmith and engraver in Canada

Characters

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

See also

  • Pimp C (1973–2007), American rapper also known as Sweet James Jones
  • Jim Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jimmy Jones (disambiguation)
  • Jamie Jones (disambiguation)