• Mary Cover Jones (1896-1987), American psychologist, pioneer in the field of behavior therapy, who received the G. Stanley Hall Award from the APA in 1968
• Bobby Jones (1902-1971), American golfer who won the Grand Slam of Golf in 1930
• George Glenn Jones (b. 1931), American country singer, winner of many awards including the U.S. National Medal of Arts
• James Earl Jones (b. 1931), American Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor of film and stage, perhaps best known for his deep baritone voice
• Quincey Jones (b. 1933), American composer, music producer and media mogul
• Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones (1913-1998), American, country musician and comedic actor
• Marion Jones (b. 1975), American gold-medal winner for track and field in the 2000 Olympics
• Jonathan David Samuel "Jo" Jones (1911-1985), American drummer, one of the most influential in the history of jazz
• Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (1923-1985), jazz musician who toured and recorded with Miles Davis Quintet from 1955 to 1957
• Elvin Jones (1927-2004), American jazz drummer touted by Life Magazine as "the world's greatest rhythmic drummer"
• Jacques Dewayne Jones (b. 1975), American Major League baseball player
• Nathaniel Henry "Nate" Jones (b. 1963), American boxer nicknamed "The Snake" who won the National Golden Gloves in 1994 and 1995 and the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Ruth Gordon Jones (1896-1985), Academy Award-winning American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her films roles such as the neighbor in "Rosemary's Baby"
• Ensign Herbert Charpoit Jones (1918-1941), who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1941
• Edward P. Jones (b. 1951), American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2004
• Howard Mumford Jones (1892-1980), American writer, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard University awarded the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
• Tom Jones (b. 1940), (born Thomas Jones Woodward), popular Welsh singer and actor particularly noted for his powerful voice
• Catherine Zeta Jones (b. 1969), Welsh, Academy Award-winning actress
• Calvert Jones (1804-1877), Welsh mathematician and painter, best known for his seascapes
• William Ronald Rhys Jones (1915-1987), Welsh literary journalist and editor
• Sir Edward Martin Furnival Jones (1912-1997), British espionage administrator
• Alan Gwynne Jones (1892-1982), British artist, and Professor of Painting at the Royal College of Art, appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1980
• David Robert Jones (b. 1947), better known as David Bowie, an English rock singer, who became famous for his wide variety of musical and personal styles
• Gwyneth Jones (b. 1952), British science-fiction author
• Loftus William Jones (1879-1916), 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 forces
• Malcolm Elwyn Jones (b. 1959), Scottish musician and multi-instrumentalist
• Ernest Charles Jones (1819-1869), English radical, lawyer, journalist, and poet
• Inigo Jones (1573-1652), regarded as the first significant English architect, and the first to bring Renaissance architecture to England

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WALES: A BRIEF HISTORY

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WELSH SURNAMES

Most Welsh surnames are patronymic; that is, they are derived from a personal name of an ancestor. In the Middle Ages, the prefixes ap and ab were commonly found in Welsh surnames. Welsh names used to include strings of Patronymics going back through the generations, until the 16th century when people began to use fixed hereditary surnames. Evidence of these prefixes can still be found in many Welsh surnames, such as Prince, Probert, Bowen, and Beddoes.

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THE BLACK KNIGHT

The Black Prince, or Edward, Prince of Wales, (1330-76), is thought to have gained his nickname due to the colour of his armour -- jet black. However, this claim cannot be verified. Contrary to popular conceptions, period illustrations typically depict him in silver or gilt armour, not black. He may have gained this monicker because he wore a black surcoat with a silver plume. Yet a more fantastic notion also circulates. Many hold the opinion that he was labelled black because of his skill as a knight or because he was often merciless towards the vanquished. His sacking of the town of Limoges in 1370 gives some credence to the latter notion. After taking the town, all its inhabitants were slaughtered, with no consideration to age or gender.

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THE KING ARTHUR LEGEND

Writers and historians have long been divided on the truth of the many different tellings of the stories of Arthur, the great Welsh king of Britain. Although many now think that there is some truth underlying the widely varying accounts, the hard facts surrounding Arthur's reign are almost completely obscured in a mist of myths and legends. Like all legends, these tales evolved over many centuries. Their telling and retelling over those years, while it may have left them somewhat lacking in truth, has emphasized and expanded their most compelling parts, making the Arthurian saga as glorious and prolific a body of stories as any, in fact or fiction.

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WALES: A BACKGROUND

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