Military Figures
- John Jones Maesygarnedd (c. 1597–1660), Welsh military leader, one of the regicides of King Charles I, member of Cromwell's Upper House
- John Paul Jones (1747–1792), US naval commander of the American Revolutionary War
- Sir John Thomas Jones (1783–1843), British major-general in the Royal Engineers
- John M. Jones (1820–1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War; wounded at Gettysburg
- John James Jones (1824–1898), US Congressional Representative from the state of Georgia and lieutenant in the Confederate States Army
- John R. Jones (1827–1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War at Antietam and Chancellorsville
- John B. Jones (1834–1881), Confederate major in the American Civil War and Texas Ranger captain
- John E. Jones (Medal of Honor) (1834–?), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
- John Jones (Medal of Honor) (1841–1907), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
- John Jones (aviator), World War I flying ace
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