Richard Jones may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* F. Richard Jones (1893–1930), American filmmaker *

Dick Clair Dick Clair (November 12, 1931 – December 12, 1988) 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 ...

(Richard Jones, 1931–1988), American producer, actor and TV writer *

Richard Jones (The Feeling) Richard Jones is a British music producer, songwriter, bass guitar player and founding member of the rock band The Feeling. Career Jones attended the BRIT School in Croydon. He cites Paul McCartney and John Deacon among his influences. He als ...

, British bass guitarist *

Richard Jones (composer) Richard Jones (1680? - died 20 January 1744) 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 ...

(died 1744), violinist and composer *

Richard Jones (director) Richard Jones CBE (born 7 June 1953) is a British theatre and opera director. He was born in London, and studied at the University of Hull and University of London. After working as a jazz musician, he spent 1982–83 on a bursary working w ...

(born 1953), British opera director * Richard Jones (Stereophonics) (born 1974), Welsh bass guitarist * Richard M. Jones (1892–1945), American jazz musician * Richard T. Jones (born 1972), American actor *

Richard Tyrone Jones Richard Tyrone Jones (born 1980) is a British Performance poetry, performance poet, writer and comedian. He is director of ''Utter! Spoken Word'' and director of spoken word at the Edinburgh Festival ''Free Fringe''. Career He attended King's Coll ...

(born 1980), performance poet, writer and comedian * Richard Jones (photojournalist), British photojournalist * Richard Jones (poet), American poet * Dick Jones (actor) (1927–2014), American actor * Richard Jones (magician) (born 1990), talent show winner *Dick Jones, senior vice president of OCP in the movie ''

RoboCop ''RoboCop'' is a 1987 American Science fiction film, science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen (actress), Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Dan ...

'' *Richard Jones, fictional character in '' Babel'' * Richard Jones (''Neighbours''), fictional character in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''

Sportsmen

Richard Jones (cricketer, born 1857) Richard Stoakes Jones (14 March 1857 – 9 May 1935) was an English lawyer and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Kent and Marylebone Cricket Club. He was born at Dymchurch, Kent and died there as well.Carlaw D ( ...

(1857–1935), English lawyer and a cricketer *

Richard Owen Jones Richard Owen Jones (1867 – 1936) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1887 and 1890, playing 3 matches. He played his first match on 21 March 1887 against Scotland and his last match on ...

(1867–1936), Bangor F.C. and Wales international footballer * Richard Jones (cricketer, born 1871) (1871–1940), English cricketer * Richard Jones (footballer, born 1875) (1875–?), Leicester Fosse F.C. and Wales international footballer * Richard Jones (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1938), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer *

Richard Jones (footballer, born 1879) Richard Jones (born 1879) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team ) , Association = Football Association of Wales (FAW) , Confederation = UEFA (Europe) , Coach = Rob ...

(1879–?), Millwall Athletic F.C., Manchester City F.C. and Wales international footballer * Dick Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1926), Australian rules footballer * Dick Jones (rugby union) (1879–1958), Welsh international rugby union footballer * Dickie Jones (footballer, born 1874), English footballer * Dicky Jones (footballer, born 1901), English footballer * Richard Jones (footballer, born 1969), Welsh footballer with Hereford United F.C., Barry Town F.C. and others * Richard Jones (chess player) (born 1983), Welsh chess player * Richard Jones (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1973), New Zealand cricketer * Richard Jones (cricketer, born 1916) (1916–2004), English cricketer *

Richard Jones (cricketer, born 1986) Richard Alan Jones (born 6 November 1986) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket most recently for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire. Jones was educated at The Grange School (now Pedmore Technology College) in Stourbr ...

, English cricketer (Worcestershire) *

Richard Jones (racing driver) Richard Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment * F. Richard Jones (1893–1930), American filmmaker *Dick Clair (Richard Jones, 1931–1988), American producer, actor and TV writer *Richard Jones (The Feeling), British bass guitarist *Richard ...

(born 1949), British former racing driver * Ritchie Jones (born 1986), English footballer *

Dick Jones (baseball) Decature Poindexter "Dick" Jones (May 22, 1902 – August 2, 1994) was a Major League Baseball pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, ...

(1902–1994), American baseball player *

Richard Jones (sprinter) Richard Jones (born 10 December 1973) is a Guyanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly r ...

(born 1973), Guyanese Olympic sprinter * Richard Jones (Trinidadian runner) (born 1976), Trinidadian distance runner and competitor at the

2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships The 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Udine, Italy on 14 October 2007. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the men's race and for the women's race. Medallists Race results ...

* Richard Jones (New Zealand runner) (born 1973), New Zealand middle-distance runner and national record holder *

Itch Jones Richard C. "Itch" Jones (born 1938) is a retired college baseball coach. Jones broke his leg while in third grade, and the cast he had to wear caused severe itching. To get a measure of relief, he stuck a flyswatter handle between the cast and hi ...

(Richard Jones, born 1939), college baseball coach

Diplomats, lawyers and politicians

Richard Jones (MP for Carmarthenshire) Richard Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment * F. Richard Jones (1893–1930), American filmmaker * Dick Clair (Richard Jones, 1931–1988), American producer, actor and TV writer * Richard Jones (The Feeling), British bass guitarist * Richa ...

, in 1555 and 1559, MP for

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known ...

* Richard Jones (Tasmanian politician) (1936–1986), co-founder of the United Tasmania Group (UTG), the world's first Green party *

Richard Jones (U.S. diplomat) Richard Henry Jones (born August 26, 1950) is an American diplomat and the former Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency. Jones is a career Foreign Service Officer and member of the Senior Foreign Service. He has served as U ...

(born 1950), American diplomat * Richard Jones (British diplomat) (born 1962), former British Ambassador to Albania *

Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh (8 February 1641 – 5 January 1712), known as The Viscount Ranelagh between 1669 and 1677, was an Irish peer, politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland. Background He was the eldest son of Ar ...

(1641–1712), Irish nobleman and politician * Richard Jones (died 1729), Irish MP for Donegal Borough * Richard Jones (died 1736), British MP for Marlborough and Salisbury * Richard Jones (died 1790), Irish MP for Killybegs and Newtown Limavady *

Richard A. Jones Richard Anthony Jones (born 1950) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. He previously served as a deputy prosecuting attor ...

(born 1950), U.S. federal judge *

Dick Jones (Wyoming politician) Richard R. Jones (September 5, 1910 – August 20, 2008) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives and the Wyoming Senate. Born in Montana, the son of Elsa and Alfred Jones, Jones was ...

(1910–2008) *

Dick Jones (Kansas politician) Dick Jones (born January 21, 1942) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member for the 52nd district in the Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. s ...

(born 1942), American politician * Richard Jones (MP for Radnor) (born 1578), Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1640

Politicians from NSW, Australia

* Richard Jones (1786–1852) or Richard Jones Snr, father of Richard Jones Jnr, member of the NSW Legislative Council (1856–1860) *

Richard Jones (New South Wales politician, born 1843) Richard Jones (3 December 1843 – 30 April 1909) was an Australian politician. He was born in Maitland to Richard Jones, at that time a newspaper publisher, and Martha Olley. His father was a member of the New South Wales Legislative ...

(1843–1909), or Richard Jones Jnr, son of Richard Jones Snr, member of the NSW Legislative Council (1899–1909) *

Richard Jones (1816–1892) Richard Jones (14 October 1816 – 25 August 1892) 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 118 days ...

, member of the Legislative Assembly (1843–1848) and Colonial Treasurer (1857–1858) * Richard Jones (New South Wales politician, born 1940), member of the NSW Legislative Council (1988-2003)

Other occupations

Theodore Hook Theodore Edward Hook (22 September 1788 – 24 August 1841) was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1809. The w ...

(1788–1841), wrote under the pen-name Richard Jones *

Richard Jones (East India Company officer) Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Jones, (1754–1835) enlisted in the Bombay Army in 1770, commanded 4 companies of artillery in Third Anglo-Mysore War during 1790–1792, commanded the Bombay army detachment at Siege of Bharatpur (1805), commandin ...

(1754–1835), Bombay Army general *

Richard A. Jones (physicist) Richard Anthony Lewis Jones (born 1961) One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: is professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy at the University of Manchester having been profe ...

(born 1961), professor of physics at the University of Manchester * Richard Jones (economist) (1790–1855), English economist * Richard Jones (Anglican priest) (1603–1655/6), Welsh priest and writer * Richard Jones (Ruthin priest) (c. 1757–1814), Welsh priest and writer *

Richard Basil Brandram Jones Richard Basil Brandram Jones VC (30 April 1897 – 21 May 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forc ...

(1897–1916), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Richard D. P. Jones Richard Douglas P. Jones is a British musicologist and editor, known especially for his work as a Bach scholar. After graduating from the University of Oxford, he has taught at Cardiff University and Sheffield University. Selected publications E ...

, English musicologist *

Richard Jones (doctor) Richard Jones is an Australian medical doctor. A former director at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Director of the Spinal Injuries Unit at Prince Henry Hospital, Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Prince of ...

, Australian medical doctor * Richard Jones (bishop) (died 1953), Welsh Anglican bishop * Richard Foster Jones (1886–1965), American classical scholar * Richard Lloyd Jones (1873–1963), editor and publisher of the ''Tulsa Tribune'' *

Richard Stanton-Jones Dr. Richard (Dick) Stanton-Jones D.Sc(Hon), FEng, M.A., M.Sc., CEng. (25 September 1926 – 23 January 1991) was an English aeronautical engineer, chief designer Saunders-Roe, managing director of British Hovercraft Corp. and vice-chairman ...

(1926–1991), English aeronautical engineer * Richard Victor Jones (1929-2019), American physicist and professor *

Richard W. Jones Richard Ward Jones (1904-1987) was a biomedical engineer and authority on physiological control systems. Education His BS was from the University of Minnesota, 1926. His MS in physics was from Northwestern University, 1941, under Walter S. Huxfo ...

(1904–1987), biomedical engineer and authority on physiological control systems * Richard Wyn Jones, Welsh academic at Cardiff University * Richard Jones, the real name of computer hacker

Electron The electron (, or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, and are generally thought to be elementary partic ...

Richard R. Jones The Reverend Richard R. Jones (1853 – 1921) was a noted African-American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and orator in Roanoke, Virginia. Early life Richard Jones was born into slavery to his parents, William and Mary Jones, who were both ...

(1853–1921), American Baptist minister *

Richard Bathoe Jones Richard Bathoe Jones (8 September 1830 – 15 October 1916) was an Anglican priest in Ireland. He was born in County Cork and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He held curacies at Broadford, O'Brien's Bridge and Killaloe; and incumbencies ...

(1830–1916), Anglican priest in Ireland

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