Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Felicity Jones
English actress
Felicity Rose Hadley Jonesis an English actress. She began her professional acting career as a child, appearing in The Treasure Seekers (1996) at age 12. She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one serie...

David (David Bowie) Jones
English singer
David Robert Jones, known professionally asDavid Bowiewas an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acc...

Daniel Jones
British singer
Daniel Alan David Jonesis a British singer, songwriter and musician who is one of the lead vocalists and the lead guitarist for pop-rock band McFly. Jones's fellow band members are Tom Fletcher (rhyth...

Katya Jones
Russian dancer and choreographer
Katya Jonesis a Russian dancer and choreographer. She is best known for being a professional dancer in the competition show Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2017 with her dance partner Joe McFa...

Sarah Jones
British Labour Party politician
Sarah Ann Jonesis a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon West, formerly Croydon Central, since 2017 and a Minister of State in the Department for Energy S...

Roy Jones
American professional boxer
Roy Levesta Jones Jr.is an American professional boxer who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including titles at middleweigh...

Darren Jones
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Darren Paul Jonesis a British politician serving as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2023. A member of the Labour Party, he previously chaired the House of Commons Business and Trade Selec...

Kevan Jones
Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham
Kevan David Jonesis a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham since 2001. He served as a defence minister under Gordon Brown, and resigned as a sha...

Alun Jones
Former international rugby union player
Alun Wyn Jonesis a Welsh former international rugby union player who played as a lock. He played most of his career for Ospreys and for the Wales national team. He is the world's most-capped rugby uni...

Stephen Jones
Welsh rugby union coach
Stephen Michael Jonesis a Welsh rugby union coach and former player who played primarily at fly-half. He played more than 100 times for Wales and six times for the British & Irish Lions. Jones was the...

Rosie Jones
British comedian
Rosie Jonesis a British comedian, writer and actress. After starting her career as a writer on panel shows, she went on to appear as a guest on The Last Leg, 8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Co...

Vincent Jones
British actor
Vincent Peter Jonesis a British actor, presenter, and former professional footballer. Jones played professionally as a defensive midfielder from 1984 to 1999, notably for Wimbledon, Leeds United, Shef...

Alexander Jones
Show host
Alexander Emerick Jonesis an American far-right, alt-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which the Genesis Communications Network ...

Daniel Jones
British historian
Daniel Gwynne Jonesis a British historian, TV presenter, and journalist. He was educated at The Royal Latin School, a state grammar school in Buckingham, before attending Pembroke College, Cambridge. ...

Lloyd Jones
English professional footballer
Lloyd Richard Jonesis an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL league one club Cambridge United. Club career Liverpool Liverpool signed Lloyd Jones in May 2011 from the Plymo...

Brian Jones
English multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones(28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the founder and original leader of the Rolling Stones.[3] Initially...

David Ian Jones
Minister of State for Exiting the European Union
David Ian Jones(born 22 March 1952) is a British politician and former solicitor serving as the Deputy Chairman of the European Research Group since March 2020 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Clw...

Ulrika Jonsson
Swedish-British television presenter
Eva Ulrika Jonssonis a Swedish-British television presenter and model. She became known as a TV-am weather presenter, moved on to present the ITV show Gladiators, and as a team captain of the BBC Two ...

Charlotte Jordan
British actress
Charlotte Jordan Evansis a British actress and singer from Chobham, England, known for her roles as Gaby Grant in the Netflix series Free Rein and Daisy Midgeley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Stree...

Sarah Jordan
Canadian singer
Sarah "Sass" Jordanis a British-born Canadian rock singer from Montreal, Quebec. Her first single, "Tell Somebody," from her debut album of the same name won the Juno Award for Most Promising Female V...