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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Famous quotes containing the words tom jones, tom and/or jones:

    Sir, there is more knowledge in a letter of Richardson’s, than in all Tom Jones.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    The palsy plagues my pulses
    —Unknown. Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song (l. 37)

    All the average human being asks is something he can call a home; a family that is fed and warm; and now and then a little happiness; once in a long while an extravagance.
    —Mother Jones (1830–1930)