Richard Jones
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Artists and entertainers
- F. Richard JonesF. Richard JonesFrank Richard Jones was an American director and producer.-Early life and career:Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dick Jones was sixteen years old when he became involved in the fledgling film industry in his hometown with the Atlas film company...
(1893–1930), American filmmaker - Dick ClairDick ClairDick Clair was an American television producer, actor and television and film writer, best known for the television sitcoms It's a Living, The Facts of Life, and Mama's Family.-Early life:...
(1931–1988), born Richard Jones, American producer, actor and TV writer - Richard Jones (bassist)Richard Jones (bassist)Richard Jones is bassist with British band The Feeling.Jones attended the BRIT School in Croydon. He married British pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor on 25 June 2005 in Italy. Together the couple have two sons, Sonny Jones, born in April 2004, and Kit Valentine Jones, born in February 2009...
, British bass guitarist - Richard Jones (composer)Richard Jones (composer)Richard Jones was an English composer and violinist.Jones's first publication appeared in 1720, a solo cantata While in a Lovely Rurall Seat. He was associated with the Drury Lane Theater Orchestra in London possibly as early as 1723; according to John Hawkins , in 1730 he succeeded Stefano...
(died 1744), violinist and composer - Richard Jones (director)Richard Jones (director)Richard Jones is a British theatre and opera director.- Early life :Jones was born in London, and studied at the University of Hull and London...
(born 1953), British opera director - Richard Jones (Stereophonics)Richard Jones (Stereophonics)Richard Jones is the bassist and backing vocalist for the Welsh rock band Stereophonics, playing alongside Kelly Jones and Javier Weyler. Jones grew up in Cwmaman, an old mining village in South Wales...
(born 1974), Welsh bass guitarist - Richard M. JonesRichard M. JonesRichard M. Jones, born Richard Marigny Jones, was a jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and record producer. Numerous songs bear his name as author, including "Trouble in Mind"....
(1892–1945), American jazz musician - Richard T. JonesRichard T. JonesRichard Timothy Jones is an American film and television actor.Jones was born in Kobe, Japan and raised in Carson, California. He is the son of Lorene, a computer analyst, and Clarence Jones, a professional baseball player and the hitting instructor for the Cleveland Indians. He also has an older...
(born 1972), American actor - Richard Jones (photojournalist)Richard Jones (photojournalist)Richard Jones is an award winning British photojournalist based in Hong Kong. He was brought up near Cardiff, South Wales, UK and now lives in Hong Kong and Tokyo...
, British photojournalist - Richard Jones (poet)Richard Jones (poet)Richard Jones is an American poet. He was born in London, England, received an M.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is currently professor of English and director of the creative writing program at DePaul University in Chicago. He is also...
, American poet - Dick Jones (actor) (born 1927), American actor
Sportsmen
- Richard Owen Jones (1867–1936), Bangor F.C. and Wales international footballer
- Richard Jones (footballer born 1875), Leicester Fosse F.C. and Wales international footballer
- Richard Jones (footballer born 1878) (died 1938), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
- Richard Jones (footballer born 1879), Millwall Athletic F.C., Manchester City F.C. and Wales international footballer
- Dick Jones (Australian footballer)Dick Jones (Australian footballer)Richard Henry "Dick" Jones was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Jones, a rover, joined South Melbourne from East Fremantle, but hailed from rural Western Australia....
(born 1926), Australian rules footballer - Dick Jones (rugby player)Dick Jones (rugby player)Richard Hughes "Dick" Jones was a Welsh international fly-half who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Club. He won 15 caps for Wales and played county rugby for Glamorgan.-Rugby career:...
(1879–1958), Welsh international rugby union footballer - Richard Jones (footballer born 1969), Welsh footballer with Hereford United F.C., Barry Town F.C. and others
- Richard Jones (cricketer)Richard Jones (cricketer)Richard Andrew Jones is a cricketer. He started well, captaining the New Zealand Under-19s cricket team in 1993/4. He went on to represent the full senior side in one Test match and five One Day Internationals. Representing Auckland in a match against Wellington, he scored a century - the day...
(born 1973), New Zealand cricketer - Richard Jones (English cricketer) (born 1986), English cricketer (Worcestershire)
- Ritchie JonesRitchie JonesRichard Glynn "Ritchie" Jones is an English footballer. He is a midfielder, preferring to play in the centre of midfield. He now plays for Bradford City after he rejected a contract extension from Oldham Athletic, whom he joined on a free transfer from Hartlepool United in July 2010...
(born 1986), English footballer currently playing for Oldham Athletic
Diplomats, lawyers and politicians
- Richard Jones (Tasmanian politician)Richard Jones (Tasmanian politician)Dr. Richard Jones was one of the co-founders of the United Tasmania Group , the world's first Green party and the predecessor of the Tasmanian Greens. He was the UTG's first president when it formed in March 1972, through to the middle 1970s. At the time Jones was an academic biologist working at...
(1936–1986) - Richard Jones (U.S. diplomat) (born 1950), American diplomat
- Richard Jones (British diplomat), former British Ambassador to Albania
- Richard Jones (New South Wales politician) (born 1940), Australian politician
- Richard Jones (1816–1892)Richard Jones (1816–1892)Richard Jones was an Australian journalist, company director and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1856 and 1860 and was the Colonial Treasurer for 119 days.-Early life:...
, New South Wales politician and Colonial Treasurer - Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh (1641–1712), Irish nobleman and politician
- Richard Jones (died 1736), British MP for Marlborough and Salisbury
- Richard A. JonesRichard A. Jones-Early life and education:Born in Seattle, Washington, Jones received a Bachelor of Public Affairs from Seattle University in 1972 and a J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law in 1975.-Career:...
(born 1950), U.S. federal judge - Dick Jones (Wyoming politician)Dick Jones (Wyoming politician)Richard R. "Dick" Jones was a trucking executive from Cody and Powell in Park County, Wyoming, who served in his state's House of Representatives and Senate from 1955 to 1974. He was the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in the nationally Democratic year of 1974. A conservative, Jones...
(1910–2008)
Other occupations
- Richard Jones (economist)Richard Jones (economist)Richard Jones was an English economist who criticised the theoretical views of David Ricardo and T. R. Malthus on economic rent and population....
(1790–1855), English economist - Richard Jones (Llanfair Caereinion clergyman)Richard Jones (Llanfair Caereinion clergyman)Richard Jones was a Welsh Anglican priest and writer.-Life:Jones, from north Wales, was educated at Jesus College, Oxford where he obtained a BA degree in 1626 and his MA in 1628. He was ordained as an Anglican priest and became vicar of Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, Wales in 1636...
(1603–1655 or 1656), Welsh priest and writer - Richard Jones (Ruthin clergyman)Richard Jones (Ruthin clergyman)Richard Jones was a Welsh Anglican priest and writer.-Life:Jones was born in about 1757 . He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1783, when it was recorded that he had obtained a BA degree from Jesus College, Oxford...
(c. 1757–1814), Welsh priest and writer - Richard Foster JonesRichard Foster JonesRichard Foster Jones was a professor of English at Stanford University, and executive head of the university's English department. His research interests included early modern English literature , the history of science, and the writings of Jonathan Swift.-Life:Born in Salido, Texas, he was the...
(1886–1965), American classical scholar - Richard Wyn JonesRichard Wyn JonesRichard Wyn Jones is a Welsh academic at Cardiff University. Within academia he is considered to belong to the Welsh School of security studies.-References:...
, Welsh academic at Cardiff University
See also
- Rich Jones (disambiguation)
- Rick Jones (disambiguation)