Paul Williams may refer to:

Entertainment

Paul Williams (saxophonist) Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (July 13, 1915 – September 14, 2002) was an American jazz and blues saxophonist, bandleader, and songwriter. His record "The Huckle-Buck", recorded in December 1948, was one of the most successful R&B records of ...

(1915–2002), American rhythm and blues saxophonist *

Paul Williams (The Temptations singer) Paul Williams (July 2, 1939 – August 17, 1973) was an American baritone singer and choreographer. Williams was noted for being one of the founding members and original lead singer of the Motown group The Temptations. Along with Elbridge "A ...

(1939–1973), founding member of The Temptations *

Paul Williams (songwriter) Paul Hamilton Williams Jr. (born September 19, 1940) is an American composer, singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for writing and co-writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fa ...

(born 1940), songwriter for The Carpenters, The Muppets, film and television actor *

Paul Williams (British singer) Paul Williams (born Paul Nigel Vincent Yarlett; 19 September 1940 – 1 March 2019) was an English blues and rock singer and musician. Career During his early career he joined Zoot Money's Big Roll Band on bass and vocals, alongside the guitaris ...

(1940–2019), vocalist for Juicy Lucy, Tempest *

Paul Williams (director) Paul Williams (born 1943 in New York City), occasionally credited as actor, P.W. Williams, is an American director, writer, producer and actor best known for directing a series of films in the late-1960s to early-1970s exploring counterculture lif ...

(born 1943), American film and television director *

Paul L. Williams (author) Paul L. Williams (born 1944) is an American author, journalist, and consultant. He has penned articles for major news outlets, including ''USA Today'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', and ''National Review''. He has appeared on Fox News, NPR, and ...

(born 1944), FBI consultant, journalist * Paul Williams (author) (born 1967), British author and consultant on ska music *

Paul Williams (journalist) Paul S. Williams (May 19, 1948 – March 27, 2013) was an American music journalist and writer who created ''Crawdaddy!'', the first national US magazine of rock music criticism, in January 1966. He was a leading authority on the works of musicia ...

(1948–2013), American founder of music magazine ''Crawdaddy!'' *

Paul Williams (media personality) Paul Williams (born 1964) is an Irish media personality and writer on crime. His TV credits include '' Dirty Money'' and the self-regarding title ''Paul Williams Investigates—The Battle for the Gas Fields''. In 2011 he joined the '' Irish Sun ...

(born 1964), Irish journalist and non-fiction crime writer * Paul Williams (comedian) (born 1992), New Zealand comedian and singer-songwriter *

Paul Andrew Williams Paul Andrew Williams (born 1973 in Portsmouth, England) is a British film writer and director. He won the New Director's Award for his film '' London to Brighton'' in the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Career Williams began his caree ...

(born 1973), British film writer and director *

Paul O. Williams Paul O. Williams (January 17, 1935 – June 2, 2009) was an American science fiction writer and haiku poet. Williams won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Award and the Museum of Haiku Literature Award; and was professor emeritus of ...

(1935–2009), American science-fiction author and poet *

Paul Williams (bluegrass musician) "Big" Paul Williams (Paul Humphrey) is an American bluegrass and gospel musician. He took the surname Williams when he began his musical career in the early 1950s.Goldsmith, Thomas. The Bluegrass Reader. 2004. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, ...

, American bluegrass and gospel musician * Paul Williams (composer), English composer and pianist * Paul Williams (''The Young and the Restless''), character on ''The Young and the Restless'' * Paul Williams (1934–2016), birth name of soul musician

Billy Paul Paul Williams (December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), known professionally as Billy Paul, was a Grammy Award-winning American soul singer, known for his 1972 No. 1 single " Me and Mrs. Jones", as well as the 1973 album and single ''War of the Go ...

*Paul Williams, Australian actor in the film ''

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Politics

Paul Williams (Conservative politician) Paul Glyn Williams (14 November 1922 – 10 September 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland South from 1953 to 1964. He was also a prominent businessman. He was one of 8 Conse ...

(1922–2008), British MP for Sunderland South * Paul Williams (health service manager) (born 1948), NHS Wales * Paul Williams (Labour politician) (born 1972), British

Sports

Football and rugby

* Paul Williams (quarterback) (born 1963), American football player *

Paul Williams (wide receiver) Paul Edward Williams (born December 2, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State. Williams has also been a mem ...

(born 1983), for the Houston Texans *

Billy Williams (coach) Paul Beauchamp "Billy" Williams (August 8, 1892 – July 14, 1973) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Muncie State Normal School—now known as Bal ...

(Paul Beauchamp Williams, 1892–1973), American college football, baseball, basketball coach *

Paul Williams (footballer, born 1962) Paul John Williams (born 16 November 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and W ...

, English footballer *

Paul Williams (footballer, born 1965) Paul Anthony Williams (born 16 August 1965) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. As a player he made 300 appearances in the Premier League for Crystal Palace as well as in the Football Lea ...

, English footballer *

Paul Williams (footballer, born 1969) Paul Richard Curtis Williams (born 11 September 1969) is an English former professional footballer, probably most remembered for his time at Plymouth Argyle in the mid-1990s. Honours Individual *PFA Team of the Year The Professional Footbal ...

, English footballer *

Paul Williams (footballer, born 1970) Paul Leslie Williams (born 25 September 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full-back for Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative cent ...

, English footballer * Paul Williams (footballer, born 1971), English footballer and coach *

Paul Williams (Canadian football) Paul Williams (born January 29, 1947) was a football player in the Canadian Football League for eight years. Williams played defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1971 to 1978. He was a CFL All-Star in 19 ...

(born 1947), Canadian football defensive back *

Paul Williams (Northern Ireland footballer) Paul Andrew Williams (born 8 September 1965) is a Northern Irish retired footballer. He won one cap for the Northern Ireland national football team. He played as a forward. He was born in Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste ...

(born 1963), Northern Ireland footballer *

Paul Williams (Australian rules footballer) Paul Williams (born 3 April 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is also a former assistant coach in the AFL, which most ...

(born 1973), Australian rules footballer * Paul Williams (rugby union) (born 1983), New Zealand *

Paul Williams (referee) Paul Williams (born 11 April 1985) is a professional rugby union referee from New Zealand who currently referees in the Super Rugby competition and in international test matches. Williams started refereeing in 2011 while still playing at halfbac ...

(born 1985), New Zealand rugby union referee

Other sports

* Paul Williams (water polo) (born 1955), Australian Olympic water polo player * Paul Williams (runner) (born 1956), Canadian * Paul Williams (basketball) (born 1961), American *

Paul Williams (boxer) Paul Williams (born July 27, 1981) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. He held the WBO welterweight title twice between 2007 and 2008, the WBO interim junior middleweight title in 2008, and challenged once fo ...

(born 1981), American professional boxer * Paul Williams (sprinter) (born 1986), Grenadian *

Paul Williams (darts player) Paul Williams (born 16 November 1964) is an English professional darts player. Career Williams played in six BDO World Championships between 1995 and 2000, reaching the quarter-finals on two occasions, and played in four PDC World Championship ...

(born 1964), English

Other

* Paul L. Williams (general) (1894–1968), U.S. general in World War II * Paul R. Williams (1894–1980), architect in Los Angeles, California * Paul X. Williams (1908–1994), U.S. federal judge * Paul S. Williams Jr. (1929-1995), American Army lieutenant general *

Paul Williams (Buddhist studies scholar) Paul Williams (born 1950) is Emeritus Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy at the University of Bristol, England. Until his retirement in 2011 he was also director for the University's Centre for Buddhist Studies, and is a former president o ...

(born 1950), at the University of Bristol, UK *

Paul Williams (bishop) Paul Gavin Williams (born 16 January 1968) is a Church of England bishop. Since May 2015, he has been the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham; from 2009 to 2015, he was the Bishop of Kensington, an area bishop in the Diocese of London. Early lif ...

(born 1968), Bishop of Kensington *

Paul R. Williams (professor of law) Paul R. Williams holds the Rebecca Grazier Professorship in Law and International Relations at American University, where he teaches in the School of International Service and the Washington College of Law.List of people with surname Williams Williams is a common European surname. This list provides links to biographies of people who share this common surname. Common combinations of given name and surname Williams * Aaron Williams * Alan Williams * Albert Williams * Alex Williams * ...

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