William Hunt may refer to:

Australia

* Bill Hunt (cricketer) (1908–1983), Australian Test cricketer of the 1930s *

William Hunt (sprinter) William ("Bill") Hunt (23 February 1898 – 27 August 1977) was an Australian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres and the men's 200 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été ...

(1898–1977), Australian Olympic sprinter

New Zealand

* Sir William Hunt (businessman) (1867–1939), New Zealand business leader, stock and station agent *

Bill Hunt (alpine skier) William Francis Irwin (Wiff or Bill) Hunt (28 September 1929 – 29 November 2009) was an alpine skier from New Zealand. He competed for New Zealand at the 1952 Winter Olympics at Oslo, the first Winter Olympics for New Zealand. He was 65th in th ...

(1929–2009), New Zealand Olympic skier

United Kingdom

William Hunt (banker) William Hunt was Governor of the Bank of England from 1749 to 1752. He had been Deputy Governor from 1747 to 1749. He replaced Benjamin Longuet as Governor and was succeeded by Alexander Sheafe.William Henry Hunt (painter) William Henry Hunt (London 28 March 1790 – 10 February 1864), was an English watercolourist. Hunt was "one of the key figures in nineteenth-century English watercolour painting. His work was extensively collected in his lifetime, particul ...

(1790–1864), English water-colour painter * William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), British painter * William Hunt (priest) (1842–1931), English clergyman and historian *

William Warren Hunt William Warren Hunt (called Warren; 22 January 190929 September 1994) was the inaugural Bishop of Repton from 1965 to 1977; and from then until his death an assistant bishop within the Diocese of Chichester. He was educated at Keble College, Oxf ...

(1909–1994), inaugural Bishop of Repton from 1965 to 1977 *

Billy Hunt (footballer) William Edmund Hunt (born 25 November 1934) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre half for Colchester United. Biography Born in Colchester in Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the h ...

(born 1934), English footballer who played in the 1950s * William Hunt (officer of arms) (born 1946), English Officer of Arms *

William D. G. Hunt William Dennis Goodchild Hunt MBE (born 8 May 1955 in Essex, England) served a full career in the British Army as an Ammunition Technician (AT) and Ammunition Technical Officer (ATO) and served in the UK (including Northern Ireland), mainland ...

(born 1955), British army NCO and landmine campaigner

United States

Wilson Price Hunt Wilson Price Hunt (March 20, 1783 – April 13, 1842) was an early pioneer and explorer of the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Employed as an agent in the fur trade under John Jacob Astor, Hunt organized and led the gre ...

(1783–1842), or William, pioneer of the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest of North America *

William H. Hunt William Henry Hunt (June 12, 1823 – February 27, 1884) was the 29th United States Secretary of the Navy, Minister to the Russian Empire and a judge of the Court of Claims. Early life Hunt was born on June 12, 1823, in Charleston, South Carol ...

(1823–1884), United States Secretary of the Navy * William Morris Hunt (1824–1879), American painter *

William Leonard Hunt William Leonard Hunt (June 10, 1838 – January 17, 1929), also known by the stage name The Great Farini, was a well-known nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canadian funambulist, entertainment promoter and inventor, as well as the first kn ...

(1838–1929), American/Canadian acrobat and explorer *

William Henry Hunt (judge) William Henry Hunt (November 5, 1857 – February 4, 1949) was the governor of Puerto Rico, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Associate Judge of the United States Court of Customs A ...

(1857–1949), United States judge *

William Henry Hunt (diplomat) William Henry Hunt (1869–1951) was an African-American diplomat, one of the few black people in the United States diplomatic corps (foreign service) during the 19th century. Born in Tennessee, Hunt moved north where he was educated at Williams ...

(1863–1951), United States diplomat *

Bill Hunt (racing driver) Wilbert "Bill" Hunt (22 Aug 1890 Connersville, Indiana – December 15, 1950 Wickenburg, Arizona) was an American racecar Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of au ...

(1890–1950), American racing driver of the 1920s *

William E. Hunt William Edward Hunt, Sr. (February 28, 1923 – February 16, 2016) was an American soldier, lawyer, and jurist. He served as the County Attorney for Liberty County, Montana, and later as the mayor of Chester, Montana. During his tenure as mayor, ...

(1923–2016), Montana Supreme Court associate justice *

William Herbert Hunt William Herbert Hunt (born March 6, 1929) is an American oil billionaire, who along with his brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and Lamar Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. According to Forbes, as of January 2015 his net worth ...

(born 1929), American oil billionaire *

W. M. Hunt W.M. Hunt is a photography collector, curator and consultant who lives and works in New York. Career Collection Hunt has been collecting photographs since the 1960s. In October 2020, a group of over 100 "anti-portraits," collected by Hunt for ove ...

, American photography collector and dealer *

William Dennis Hunt William Dennis Hunt (March 1, 1944June 14, 2020) was an American actor. He was known for his role as Emperor Wang the Perverted in ''Flesh Gordon'' (1974) and ''Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders'' (1990). He is also the only actor to app ...

(1944–2020), American actor * Will Hunt (born 1971), American drummer

Other

* "Billy Hunt", a song on The Jam's 1978 album ''

All Mod Cons ''All Mod Cons'' is the third studio album by the British band The Jam, released in 1978 by Polydor Records. The title, a British idiom one might find in housing advertisements, is short for "all modern conveniences" and is a pun on the band's ...

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