William Alton Jones (April 19, 1891 – March 1, 1962), was president of the oil and gas conglomerate Cities Service Company (now CITGO).

He was an influential industrialist, philanthropist, and close personal friend of United States President Dwight D.

As an important supporter of the Republican Party, he met and became a very close personal friend of President Eisenhower.

In 1944 he founded the W. Alton Jones Foundation "to promote the well-being and general good of mankind through out [sic] the world".

Jones was killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1 in New York City on March 1, 1962, while on his way to join Eisenhower on a fishing trip.