Jim Jones
- Birthday: 5/13/1931
- Deathday: 11/18/1978
- Place of birth: Crete, Indiana, USA
- Fame for: Acting
- Also known as: Reverend Jim Jones
Biography
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between 1955 and 1978. In what he called "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle orchestrated a mass murder–suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Jones and the events which occurred at Jonestown have had a defining influence on society's perception of cults.
