Joseph Williams may refer to:

Music

Joseph Williams (composer) Joseph Williams (c. 1800–1834) was an English coal-miner and composer of sacred music, known today as West gallery music. Very little is known about his life, other than he lived in Watery Lane, Tipton, Staffordshire. During his short lifetime h ...

(1800–1834), English composer *

Joseph Williams (music publisher) Stainer & Bell Limited is a British music publisher, specialized in classical sheet music. History Stainer & Bell was founded in 1907. In 1917, Stainer & Bell was appointed publisher of the Carnegie Edition. Stainer & Bell acquired Augener & ...

, London music publisher * Joseph Williams (musician) (born 1960), rock singer with band Toto

Politics

* Joe Williams (Cook Islands politician) (1934–2020) *

Joseph Williams (Connecticut politician) Joseph Williams (March 29, 1779 – November 28, 1865) was an American politician. Williams, the son of Gen. Joseph Williams, was born at Norwich, Connecticut, March 29, 1779. He graduated from Yale College Yale College is the undergraduat ...

(1779–1865) *

Joseph R. Williams Joseph Rickelson Williams (November 14, 1808 – June 15, 1861) was an American politician, a Republican Michigan Senate Senator, and 14th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan. He was also the first president for the Agricultural College of the Sta ...

(1808–1861), Michigan politician and college president *

Joseph Lanier Williams Joseph Lanier Williams (October 23, 1810December 14, 1865) was an American politician that represented Tennessee's third district in the United States House of Representatives. Biography Williams was born near Knoxville, Tennessee on October 2 ...

(1810–1865), U.S. Representative from Tennessee * Joseph H. Williams (1814–1896), governor of Maine * Joseph T. Williams (1842–1910), American politician in Nevada * Joseph Powell Williams (1840–1904), English Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician *

J. J. Williams Jr. Joseph Judson Williams Jr. (July 20, 1905 – August 3, 1968) was a Virginia lawyer and banker, who served part-time for more than two decades representing Henrico County, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates. A member of the Byrd Organizat ...

(1905–1968), Virginia legislator and segregationalist

Religion

Joseph A. Williams Joseph Andrew Williams (born May 2, 1974) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota since 2021. Pope Francis appointed Williams ...

(born 1974), Catholic auxiliary bishop-elect of Saint Paul and Minneapolis * Joseph W. Williams (1857–1934), Anglican bishop of St John's, South Africa

Sports

Joseph Williams (athlete) Joseph Williams (born 1897, date of death unknown) was a British athlete. He competed in the men's individual cross country event at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the ...

(1897–?), British Olympic athlete *

Joseph Williams (Nevisian cricketer) Joseph Junior Williams (born 15 December 1989) is a Nevisian cricketer who has played two Twenty20 matches for Nevis. Born on the island, Williams represented the Leeward Islands under-15 team at the 2004–05 West Indies Under-15 Tournament, pla ...

(born 1989) *

Joseph Williams (English cricketer) Joseph Williams (1892 – 10 July 1916) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) during the 1914 season. From Bromborough Pool, Cheshire, Williams began with the Bromborough Pool Cric ...

(1892–1916) * Joseph Williams (Barbadian cricketer) (born 1974) *

Joseph Williams (footballer) Joseph Williams ( – ) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 1 match on 17 March 1884 against England . See also * List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical) * List of Wales ...

(1857–?), Welsh international footballer

Other

* Joseph Williams (justice) (1801–1870), Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court * Joseph D. Williams (1818–?), Adjutant General of the State of Connecticut *

Joseph P. Williams Joseph P. Williams (February 2, 1915 – November 8, 2003) was the creator of the BankAmericard, the first nationwide bank credit card, which later evolved into the VISA brand. Early life Williams was born in Newark, New Jersey. He attended th ...

(1915–2003), creator of the BankAmericard *

Joseph M. Williams Joseph M. Williams (18 August 1933, Cleveland, Ohio – 22 February 2008, South Haven, Michigan) was a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago where he promoted clarity in writing for many years. ...

(1933–2008), professor of English *

Joseph Williams (actor) Joseph Williams was an English stage actor of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Williams initially joined the Duke's Company and was apprenticed to the senior actor Henry Harris In 1682 he moved to the merged United Company, appearin ...

, English stage actor