Tom Jones

Tom Jones may refer to:

  • Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer
    • Tom Jones (TV series), a 1980–1981 television series starring Tom Jones
  • Tom Jones (astronaut) (born 1955), American astronaut
  • Tom Jones (Australian politician) (born 1924), Australian politician representing Collie-Wellington district
  • Tom Jones (baseball) (1877–1923), American first baseman in Major League Baseball
  • Tom Jones (bishop) (1903–1972), Anglican bishop of Willochra in Australia
  • Tom Jones (cricketer) (1901–1935), Welsh cricketer
  • Tom Jones (footballer born 1899) (1899–1978), Welsh international football fullback who played for Manchester United
  • Tom Jones (footballer born 1964), football midfielder who played in the 1980s and 1990s with Swindon Town and Reading
  • Tom Jones (racing driver) (born 1943), American racing driver
  • Tom Jones (trade unionist) (1822–1916), British trade union activist
  • Tom Jones (writer) (born 1928), lyricist of musical theater
  • UK Kid, performance name for the British wrestler Tom Jones (born 1982)

In media, Tom Jones may refer to:

  • The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1749, often known simply as Tom Jones
  • Tom Jones (film), an Academy Award winning 1963 film based on the Henry Fielding novel
  • Tom Jones (1917 film), a 1917 British comedy film also based on Fielding's novel
  • Tom Jones (opera), a 1907 British comic opera also based on Fielding's novel
  • Tom Jones (Philidor), an 1765 opera by Philidor based on Fielding's novel
  • Tom Jones (play), a 1964 comedy by David Rogers based on Fielding's novel.

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