John Paul Jones
Best known for:
Being a founder of the United States Navy
Talents include:
Waging war
You may not know:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote a treatment for a movie about Jones, but Paramount declined to move forward with the idea.
Complicating factor:
May have been a pirate.
John Paul Jones
Best known for:
Being a contestant on Season 15 of The Bachelorette
Talents include:
Eating a surplus of chicken nuggets; growing impeccable flow; riding a unicycle.
You may not know:
He’s a thespian. Jones starred in the play Picnic while at Catholic University for undergrad, where it seems it was essential he remain shirtless to stay in character.
Complicating factor:
As the wise Chris Harrison noted, Jones may be the second coming of Jeff Spicoli.
John Paul Jones
Best known for:
Being the bassist for Led Zeppelin
Talents include:
Ruling
You may not know:
He wrote the guitar riff for “Black Dog.”
Complicating factor:
Real name is John Baldwin.
John Paul Jones
Best known for:
Being an arena at the University of Virginia
Talents include:
Being an arena at the University of Virginia
You may not know:
It’s named for the father of billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones.
Complicating factor:
Can’t seem to get rid of the Dave Matthews Band.
Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. He was previously with the Poynter Institute, TBD.com, and Washington City Paper. He lives in Del Ray.
Mimi Montgomery joined Washingtonian in 2018. She’s written for The Washington Post, Garden & Gun, Outside Magazine, Washington City Paper, DCist, and PoPVille. Originally from North Carolina, she now lives in Del Ray.
