William McCoy or MacCoy may refer to:
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W. F. McCoy
William Frederick McCoy (19 January 1885 – 4 December 1976) was an Ulster Unionist Party, Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for South Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), South Tyrone who went on to ...
(1886–1976), Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
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William McCoy (bootlegger)
William Frederick "Bill" McCoy (August 17, 1877 – December 30, 1948), was an American sea captain and rum-runner during the Prohibition in the United States. In pursuing the trade of smuggling alcohol from the Bahamas to the Eastern Seaboar ...
(1877–1948), American rum-runner during Prohibition
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William McCoy (congressman)
William McCoy (September 20, 1768August 19, 1835) was an 18th- and 19th-century politician from Virginia.
Early life
William McCoy was born near Warrenton in Fauquier County in the Colony of Virginia.
Career
McCoy was a member of the Virgin ...
(died 1864), American politician and member of Congress
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William McCoy (mutineer)
The complement of , the Royal Navy ship on which a historic mutiny occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789, comprised 46 men on its departure from England in December 1787 and 44 at the time of the mutiny, including her commander Lieute ...
(c. 1763–1798), Scottish mutineer on HMS ''Bounty''
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William McCoy (Oregon politician) (1921–1996), American politician and member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly
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William D. McCoy
William D. McCoy (November 17, 1853May 14, 1893) was the United States Ambassador to Liberia from 1892 to 1893.
Early life
McCoy was born on November 17, 1853. McCoy was of African ancestry.
Career
McCoy was appointed by President Benjamin Har ...
(1853–1893), American diplomat
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William F. MacCoy
William Frederick MacCoy, (May 15, 1840 – December 17, 1914) was an Irish-born lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1882 to 1890 as a Liberal membe ...
(1840–1914), lawyer and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada
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William J. McCoy (composer) (1848–1926), American composer
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William J. McCoy (Mississippi politician)
William J. McCoy (August 14, 1942 – November 12, 2019) was an American farmer and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Rienzi, Mississippi. He was the Speaker (politics), Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representati ...
(1942–2019), American politician and Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives
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William John McCoy
William John McCoy (September 30, 1834June 28, 1897) was an American farmer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served six years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Grant County.
Biography
McCoy was born on September 3 ...
(1834–1897), American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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Willie McCoy (rapper)
Willie McCoy, also known as Willie Bo, was a 20 year old African-American rapper, killed by six police officers in Vallejo, California, on February 9, 2019. The officers had responded to a 9-1-1, 911 call of an unconscious man in a vehicle in a ...
(died 2019), rapper
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Bill McCoy (cricketer)
Alan Winston "Bill" McCoy (13 January 1906 – 1 January 1980) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played ten first-class matches for Auckland between 1929 and 1937.
McCoy was a lower-order batsman and leg-spin bowler. His highest first-class sco ...
(1906-1980), New Zealand cricketer
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