Ben Jones

American actor and politician (1941–2026)

Person human Q506021

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: August 30, 1941
Date of death: August 9, 2026
Place of birth: Tarboro
Place of death: Luray
Country of citizenship: United States^[10]
Occupation: actor, politician, stage actor, television actor, film actor
Position held: member of the United States House of Representatives, member of the United States House of Representatives^[12]
Educated at: Woodrow Wilson High School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill^[13]^[14]
Member of political party: Democratic Party^[16]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[17]
Work location: Washington, D.C.^[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Family name: Jones^[18]
Given name: Ben^[19]
Manner of death: natural causes^[21]
Name in native language: Ben Jones^[23]
Native language: English^[11]
P14750: 902F-3217-4866-F23D-3B1E^[25]
Writing language: English^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en Benjamin Lewis Jones en Ben Jones en Ben Lewis Jones en Ben L. Jones ar بن جونز de Ben Lewis Jones de Ben L. Jones es Ben L. Jones fr Ben L. Jones he בן ג'ונס hu Ben L. Jones ru Бен Джонс zh 本·琼斯 zh 班·瓊斯

🔖 Identifiers · 28

ISNI: 0000000048406035
VIAF cluster ID: 21878605
Library of Congress authority ID: no2005073110
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Ben L. Jones 101st Congress 1989.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID: an113308
Allcinema person ID: 62996
AlloCiné person ID: 128528
C-SPAN person numeric ID: 5581
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated): 5581
FAST ID: 499183
Film.ru person ID: ben-dzhouns
Freebase ID: /m/05ymgk

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IMDb ID: nm0427549
Kinobox person ID: 872324
Kinopoisk person ID: 55375
LegiStorm person ID: 127951
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX5574201
Notable Names Database ID: 451/000044319
OpenSanctions ID: Ben Jones
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 13417
Plex person key: 5d7768335af944001f1f9691
Swedish Film Database person ID: 115445
TMDB person ID: 157770
US Congress Bio ID: J000211
US Federal Election Commission ID: H2VA07105
United States House of Representatives ID: 15960
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJfH4fgW86GVcVk8J9Btrq
ČSFD person ID: 324745

🔗 Connections

Occupation 5

actor, politician, film actor, stage actor, television actor

Position held 2

member of the United States House of Representatives, member of the United States House of Representatives

← Cast member 2

The Dukes of Hazzard, On the Line

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Jones

Given name 1

Ben

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of political party 1

Democratic Party

Native language 1

English

OpenSanctions ID 1

Ben Jones

Place of birth 1

Tarboro

Sex or gender 1

male

Work location 1

Washington, D.C.

Writing language 1

English

← FactGrid item ID 1

February 10

← OpenSanctions ID 1

Ben Jones

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Summary

Ben Jones was born on August 30, 1941^[1], in Tarboro^[2]. He died on August 9, 2026^[3], in Luray^[4]. He worked as an actor^[5], politician^[6], stage actor^[7], television actor^[8], and film actor^[9].

FAQs

Where was Ben Jones born?

Ben Jones was born in Tarboro^[2].

Where did Ben Jones die?

Ben Jones passed away in Luray^[4].

What did Ben Jones do for work?

Ben Jones worked as an actor^[5], politician^[6], stage actor^[7], television actor^[8], and film actor^[9].

Where did Ben Jones go to school?

Ben Jones was educated at Woodrow Wilson High School^[13] and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill^[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ben Jones — place of birth (P19): Tarboro. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ben Jones — place of death (P20): Luray. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ben Jones — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ben Jones — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ben Jones — position held (P39): member of the United States House of Representatives. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2026-08-10. congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ben Jones — educated at (P69): Woodrow Wilson High School. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ben Jones — educated at (P69): University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ben Jones — member of political party (P102): Democratic Party. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ben Jones — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ben Jones — occupation (P106): actor. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ben Jones — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ben Jones — occupation (P106): stage actor. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ben Jones — occupation (P106): television actor. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ben Jones — occupation (P106): film actor. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ben Jones — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ben Jones — date of birth (P569): August 30, 1941. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ben Jones — date of death (P570): August 9, 2026. hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2026-08-10. hollywoodreporter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ben Jones — family name (P734): Jones. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ben Jones — given name (P735): Ben. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ben Jones — work location (P937): Washington, D.C.. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ben Jones — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ben Jones — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ben Jones — name in native language (P1559): Ben Jones. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ben Jones — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Ben Jones — P14750 (P14750): 902F-3217-4866-F23D-3B1E. wikidata.org.

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3d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Allcinema person ID → 62996

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12w ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Date of death → +2026-08-09T00:00:00Z

Place of death → Luray

Manner of death → natural causes

Wikidata description → American actor and politician (1941–2026)

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12w ago · باسم · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Given name → Ben

Family name → Jones

P14750 → 902F-3217-4866-F23D-3B1E

Place of birth → Tarboro

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Ben Jones

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