William Shaw may refer to:

Sports

* Billy Shaw (born 1938), American college and professional football player * Billy Shaw (Australian footballer) (1872–1938), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda and Melbourne *

Bill Shaw (footballer, born 1886) William J. Shaw (born 1886) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Kilmarnock, Bristol Rovers, Dumbarton Harp and Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east o ...

(1886–?), Scottish footballer who played for Kilmarnock, Bristol Rovers and Dumbarton Harp *

Bill Shaw (Australian footballer) William Clive Shaw (25 April 1915 – 5 October 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Austra ...

(1915–1994), Australian rules footballer for Footscray * William Shaw (cricketer) (1827–1890), English cricketer *

William Shaw (footballer) William Shaw (born 3 October 1897) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He scored 21 goals in 39 appearances in the Football League playing for Southend United in the 1925–1926 season. Playing career Shaw was born i ...

(1897–?), English footballer * William Shaw (born 1902–?), English footballer for Barcelona and Northampton Town

Politicians

William Shaw (Glasgow politician) William Shaw (died 15 May 1937) was a Scottish people, Scottish trade unionist and politician. Born in Stranraer, Shaw worked as a joiner and became involved with the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners early in life. In 1916, he was ...

(died 1937), Scottish trade unionist and Labour Party councilor *

William Shaw (Illinois politician) William "Bill" Shaw (July 31, 1937 – November 26, 2008) was an American politician. Shaw is noted as the first African-American to serve as mayor of Dolton, Illinois from 1997 until his death in 2008. For many years, Shaw and his twin brothe ...

(1937–2008), American politician * William Shaw (Irish politician) (1823–1895), Irish Protestant nationalist politician and leader of the Home Rule League * William Shaw (New Brunswick politician) (1839–1922), farmer, baker and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada * William Shaw (Oregon politician), member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, 1850 *

William Shaw (Quebec politician) Frederick William "Bill" Shaw (October 13, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. Background He was born on October 13, 1932 in Montreal and was a dentist. He served in the Canadian Army in the 1950s. He graduated as an or ...

(1932–2018), Canadian politician and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, 1976–1981 * William McNairn Shaw (1822–1868), Ontario lawyer and political figure *

William Rawson Shaw William Rawson Shaw (1 May 1860 – 14 April 1932) was an English Liberal politician who represented Halifax. Shaw was the son of Thomas Shaw and his wife Elizabeth Rawson. His father was chairman of the family firm of John Shaw & Sons wh ...

(1860–1932), British politician, MP for Halifax, 1893–1897 *

William T. Shaw Captain William Thomas Shaw (26 February 1879 – 20 October 1965) was Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Forfar for two periods, 1918 to 1922 and 1931 to 1945. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and was admitted to the London St ...

(1879–1965), British Member of Parliament for Forfar, 1918–1922 and 1931–1945

Others

* Bill Shaw, southern gospel tenor with

The Blackwood Brothers The Blackwood Brothers are an American southern gospel quartet. Pioneers of the Christian music industry, they are 8-time Grammy Award winners in addition to winning 7 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. They are also members of the Memphis M ...

William Shaw (Gaelic scholar) William Shaw (1749–1831) was a Scottish Gaelic scholar, writer, minister and Church of England cleric. He is known also as friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson. His 1781 paper on the Ossian controversy is still considered a good survey of cri ...

(1749–1831), author of ''A Galic and English dictionary: Containing all the words in the Scotch and Irish'' * Bill Kennedy Shaw (1901–1979), British desert explorer, botanist, archaeologist and founding member of the Long Range Desert Group * William Shaw (agricultural writer) (1797–1853), writer, editor and translator who founded the Farmers Club in 1842 * William Shaw, Canadian inventor and cofounder of IMAX Corporation *

William Shaw (actor) William Shaw may refer to: Sports * Billy Shaw (born 1938), American college and professional football player * Billy Shaw (Australian footballer) (1872–1938), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda and Melbourne * Bill Shaw (footballer, born ...

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The Choppers ''The Choppers'' is a 1961 American crime film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Arch Hall Jr. Plot A gang of teenage greasers terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked jun ...

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William Shaw (businessman) William J. Shaw is the (retired, 2011) Vice-Chairman of Marriott International Inc. He has held this post since May 2009. Shaw received his BA from University of Notre Dame and MBA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1972. He joined the Mar ...

, president and chief operating officer of Marriott International Inc *

William Shaw (engineer) William Henry Shaw (18301896) was an Irish-born Australian engineer and ironfounder who founded the company that later became the Phoenix Foundry. Biography William Shaw, son of James Smith Shaw was born in Belfast, Ireland on 27 July 1830. He ...

(1830–1896), Irish-born Australian engineer *

William Shaw (laboratory owner) William Shaw is an American chemist and the founder of the Great Plains Laboratory, based in Lenexa, Kansas. Great Plains Laboratory is listed as "performing nonstandard laboratory tests" by Quackwatch. Education Shaw has a bachelor's degree in ...

, founder of the Great Plains Laboratory, which sells nonstandard laboratory tests *

William Shaw (mathematician) William Shaw (born 14 May 1958) is a British mathematician, and formerly professor of the mathematics and computation of risk at University College London. He is a consultant on financial derivatives, an author of a primary book on using Mathemat ...

(born 1958), British mathematician *

William Shaw (minister) William Shaw was a minister in the Christian Church. He was born in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England and founded the town of Barton, Maryland in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as ...

, 18th century British Christian clergyman who founded Barton, Maryland in the United States in 1794 *

William Shaw (philosopher) William H. Shaw (William Harry Shaw) was born on July 31, 1948. He is a professor and former Chair of the Philosophy Department at San Jose State University. He is the author of ''Marx's Theory of History,'' ''Business Ethics'', 4th ed., ''Moral Is ...

(born 1948), chair of the Philosophy department in San José State University *

William Shaw (writer) William Shaw works as a journalist and writer in the US and in the UK. One of his earlier works is the 1999 book ''Westsiders: Stories of the Boys in the Hood'', which chronicles the attempts of a group of Los Angelenos to become successful hi ...

, British journalist and writer *

William Shaw (yacht designer) William Shaw (June 9, 1926 - August 20, 2006) was an American-born yacht designer known for his long tenure at Pearson Yachts as their Chief Naval Architect. Biography Shaw was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1926 and graduated from the Unit ...

(1926–2006), American yacht designer * William James Shaw (1877–1939), founded the Wack Wack Golf & Country Club, namesake of Shaw Boulevard * William J. Shaw (preacher) (born 1926), American preacher, see National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. * William Arthur Shaw (1865–1943), English historian *

William Smith Shaw William Smith Shaw (August 12, 1778 – April 25, 1826) was an American librarian. He was a founder of the Boston Athenæum as well as the Athenæum's first librarian. Biography William Smith Shaw was born to John and Elizabeth Shaw in Haverhil ...

(1778–1826), American librarian *

William Fletcher Shaw Sir William Fletcher Shaw (13 April 1878 – 14 November 1961) was an English obstetrics physician and gynaecologist who was most notable along with William Blair-Bell for creating the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (BCOG). ...

(1878–1961), English obstetric physician and gynaecologist * William Hamilton Shaw (1922–1950) was a

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

officer who served in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and the

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