Peter Jones
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Peter Jones or Pete Jones may refer to:
- Peter Jones (actor)Peter Jones (actor)Peter Jones was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.-Early life and career:Jones was born in Wem, Shropshire and he was educated at the Wem Grammar School and Ellesmere College. He made his first appearance as an actor in Wolverhampton at the age of 16 and then appeared in repertory...
(1920–2000), English actor - Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer)Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer)Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones , the son of Kevin and Mollie Jones , is a former Australian rules footballer who played 249 games for the Carlton Blues in the VFL...
(born 1946), Australian rules footballer for Carlton - Peter Jones (broadcaster)Peter Jones (broadcaster)Peter Jones was a Welsh-born broadcaster, best known as a sports commentator on BBC radio in the United Kingdom, although many of his commentaries were also broadcast internationally on the BBC World Service...
(1930–1990), former BBC radio sports commentator - Peter Jones (classicist)Peter Jones (classicist)Peter V. Jones is a Cambridge graduate with a doctorate on Homer. He is a former senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and co-founded with Jeannie Cohen the Friends of Classics charity...
, British classicist, writer, journalist and broadcaster - Peter Jones (cricketer born 1935)Peter Jones (cricketer born 1935)Peter Henry Jones was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent between 1953 and 1967, and then one-day cricket for Suffolk between 1978 and 1981...
, English cricketer, played for Kent and Suffolk - Peter Jones (cricketer born 1948)Peter Jones (cricketer born 1948)Peter Charles Howard Jones is a Zimbabwe-born former cricketer who played for Oxford University between 1971 and 1972 during his education there...
first-class cricketer for Oxford University - Peter Jones (department store)Peter Jones (department store)Peter Jones is a large, established and exclusive department store in central London. It is owned by John Lewis Partnership and located in Sloane Square, Chelsea.-History :...
, located in London - Peter Jones (drummer)Peter Jones (drummer)Peter Jones is a Liverpool-born Australian session drummer, who replaced Paul Hester in Crowded House. After the band split up, he played in Deadstar with Caroline Kennedy and Nick Seymour. Other bands he has been in are, Harem Scarem, Stove Top and is currently the durmmer for the Melbourne rock...
, member of Crowded House - Peter Jones (entrepreneur)Peter Jones (entrepreneur)Peter Jones, CBE is a British entrepreneur and businessman with interests in mobile phones, television, media, leisure, and property. He became a television celebrity through his appearances on the BBC Two show Dragons' Den and on his American television show American Inventor...
(born 1966), founder of Phones International; star of BBC TV series Dragons' Den and judge on ABC's American Inventor - Peter Jones (footballer born 1937), English association footballer
- Peter Jones (footballer born 1949)Peter Jones (footballer born 1949)Peter Alfred Jones is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back. He played in the Football League for Burnley and Swansea City...
, English footballer for Burnley and Swansea City - Peter Jones (lawyer)Peter Jones (lawyer)Charles Peter Jones was the first Counsel to the Assembly Commission and Director of the Legal Service Directorate in the National Assembly for Wales Commission. He left the post on 29 October 2007 and was replaced by Keith Bush....
(born 1946), Counsel to the National Assembly for Wales Commission - Peter Jones (mathematician)Peter Jones (mathematician)Peter Wilcox Jones is a mathematician at Yale University, known for his work in harmonic analysis and fractal geometry. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1978, under the supervision of John B. Garnett. He received the Salem Prize in 1981. He is not related to...
, known for his work in harmonic analysis and fractal geometry - Peter Jones (missionary) (1808–1856), Mississauga Ojibwa Methodist minister, chief and missionary
- Peter Jones (referee)Peter Jones (referee)Peter Jones ) is an English football referee, who retired from officiating at the end of the 2001-02 season. He lives in Quorn, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, and works as a referee assessor.-Career:...
(born 1954), English football (soccer) referee - Peter Jones (rugby league), Australian former rugby league player
- Peter Jones (Australian rugby union), Australian rugby union player
- Peter Jones (New Zealand rugby union)Peter Jones (New Zealand rugby union)Peter Jones is a former New Zealand international rugby union player, playing for the All Blacks in eleven test matches between 1953 and 1960.-References:**...
, New Zealand former international rugby union player - Peter Blundell JonesPeter Blundell JonesPeter Blundell Jones AA Dipl MA is a British architect, historian, academic and critic. He trained as an architect at the Architectural Association school, London and has held academic positions at the University of Cambridge and London South Bank University...
, British architect - Peter Cushman JonesPeter Cushman JonesPeter Cushman Jones was a businessman and politician during the Kingdom of Hawaii, Provisional Government of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii and Territory of Hawaii.He founded the second bank in the Hawaiian Islands.-Early life:...
(1837–1922), Bank of Hawaii founder and politician - Peter Edmund JonesPeter Edmund JonesPeter Edmund Jones M.D. was a Mississauga Ojibwa chief of New Credit. In Ojibwe he was called Kahkewaquonaby, named after his father in two languages....
(1843–1909), Indian agent and chief of New Credit, Ontario - Peter Lawson JonesPeter Lawson JonesPeter Lawson Jones is an African American politician of the Democratic party. A resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, he currently serves as a county commissioner in Cuyahoga County....
, Democratic politician in Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Peter Rees JonesPeter Rees JonesPeter Rees Jones was the son of Thomas Jones, a hat maker, born in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales and founder of the Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square, London, England....
(1843–1905), founder of Peter Jones department store - Pete Jones, former bass player for Public Image Limited, 1982–1983, and former member of the band Cowboys International
- Peter Jones, director of Stolen Summer, via Project Greenlight