Author:William Jones
- William Jones (1675–1749), Welsh mathematician
- William Jones (1746–1794), British philologist
- William Jones (1726–1800), British clergyman
- William Bence Jones (1812–1882), Irish agriculturist
- William Jones (1817–1885), British priest and antiquarian
- William Jones (1871–1909), Native American anthropologist of the Fox nation