William or Willie Bell may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

William Bell (artist) William Bell (1734/5 - 1794) was an English painter who specialised in portraits. A prize-winning student at the Royal Academy of Arts, influenced by Sir Joshua Reynolds, he achieved eminence in his native area, the North East of England. His be ...

(1735–1794), English portrait painter *

William Bell (architect) William Bell (1789 – 1865) was a Scottish architect and builder, who emigrated to the United States and practiced in North Carolina. Life William Bell was born in Aberdour on the coast of Fife on 28 October 1789. Bell trained in Medicine at ...

(1789–1865), Scottish-born architect who practiced in North Carolina *

William Bell (photographer) William H. Bell (1830 – January 28, 1910) was an English-born American photographer, active primarily in the latter half of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his photographs documenting war-time diseases and combat injuries, many of ...

(1830–1910), English-born American photographer * William Henry Bell (1873–1946), English composer * William Bell (tuba player) (1902–1971), American tuba player and teacher *

William J. Bell William Joseph Bell (March 6, 1927 – April 29, 2005) was an American screenwriter and television producer, best known as the creator of the soap operas '' Another World'', ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Ea ...

(1927–2005), American writer and producer of TV soap operas * William Bell (singer) (born 1939), American soul singer and songwriter *

William Bell (author) William Edwin Bell (27 October 194530 July 2016) was a Canadian author of young adult fiction, born in Toronto, Ontario. He lived in Orillia, Ontario. Education His novel ''Crabbe'' was partly inspired by his days as a student at New Toronto Se ...

(1945–2016), Canadian young adult fiction author *

William Brent Bell William Brent Bell is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for his work on horror films such as '' Stay Alive'' (2006), '' The Devil Inside'' (2012), '' Wer'' (2013), '' The Boy'' (2016), '' Brahms: The Boy II'' (20 ...

, American film director * William Bell (Fringe), character from the 2008–2013 TV series ''Fringe''

Politics and law

United Kingdom

* William Bell (lawyer) (c. 1538–1598), English lawyer * William Bell (apothecary) (died 1668), English apothecary and politician who sat in the House of Commons * Cory Bell (William Cory Heward Bell, 1875–1961), British MP for Devizes

United States

* William Bell Jr. (politician) (1828–1902), American politician from Ohio * William H. Bell (Wisconsin politician) (1863–?), American politician from Wisconsin * William A. Bell (born 1949), mayor of Birmingham, Alabama

Other countries

* William R. Bell (1876–1927), Australian colonial District Officer in the Solomon Islands, assassinated *

William Henry Dillon Bell William Henry Dillon Bell (1 March 1884 – 31 July 1917) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He won the Wellington Suburbs and Country seat in the 1911 general election, and held it to 1914, when he retired and volunt ...

(1884–1917), New Zealand politician *

William Henry Bell (businessman) William Henry Bell was the head of the Asiatic Petroleum Company and member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Biography He joined the Asiatic Petroleum Company and became the manager and then head of the oil compa ...

(fl. 1930s), British businessman and politician in Hong Kong * William F. Bell (1938–2013), Canadian politician; mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario * William Montgomerie Bell, merchant and politician in colonial Victoria, Australia

Religion

William Bell (bishop) William Bell (died 1343) was a 14th-century Bishop of St Andrews. His origins are not clear, but he was holding a canonry in the diocese of Glasgow by 20 January 1312. He was a commissary of Bishop William de Lamberton in a case between Dunferml ...

(died 1343), Scottish Bishop of St Andrews *

William Bell (priest) William Bell (February 1625 – July 1683) was the Archdeacon of St Albans, a short distance to the north of London, between 1671 and 1683. Life Bell was born in February 1625 in central London. He attended Merchant Taylors' School before p ...

(1625–1683), English archdeacon of St Albans and sermon writer *

William Bell (field preacher) William Bell was a field preacher and 17th century minister. He was apprehended at Pentland while in the discharge of his duty, 4 September 1676. A number of the hearers were also apprehended. While they were carried up the West Bow at Edinbur ...

(fl. 1670s), Scottish minister and prisoner on the Bass Rock *

William Bell (theologian) William Bell (1731 – 29 September 1816) was a Church of England minister who engaged with vigour in some of the theological controversies of his day. He is remembered as a writer on theological matters and as a benefactor of Cambridge Universi ...

(1731–1816), English theologian *

William Bell (clergyman) William Bell (May 28, 1780 August 16, 1857) was a Presbyterian minister, born in Scotland and an immigrant to Upper Canada. Bell and his family settled in Perth, Upper Canada, in 1817. He was a significant figure in promoting and expanding th ...

(1780–1857), Scottish-born Presbyterian minister in Upper Canada *

William Yancy Bell William Yancy Bell (or William Yancey Bell) (February 23, 1887 – April 10, 1962) received a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1924 was a sometime follower of Marcus Garvey and became a bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church . At Ya ...

(1887–1962), American bishop for the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Sports

Association football (soccer)

William Bell (Welsh footballer) William Strafford Bell (born 1860) was a Welsh footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the Wales national team between 1881 and 1886, playing five matches. He played his first match on 26 February 1881 against England and his last m ...

(1859–?), Welsh footballer *

William Bell (English footballer) William Todd Bell (17 March 1905 – 1937) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back. He played five times for Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yo ...

(1905–1937), English footballer (Sheffield United, Grimsby Town, Hull City) *

Willie Bell William John Bell (3 September 1937 – 21 March 2023) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played as a left back for Queen's Park, Leeds United, Leicester City, Brighton & Hove Albion and represented Scotland. Playing career Bell ...

(born 1937), Scottish football player and manager

Other sports

* William P. Bell (1886–1953), American golf course architect * Billy Bell (ice hockey) (1891–1952), Canadian ice hockey player *

William Bell (baseball) William Bell (August 31, 1897 – March 16, 1969) was an American right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro leagues. Born in Galveston, Texas, Bell played for the Kansas City Monarchs for the first eight seasons of his career. Often ov ...

(1897–1969), American Negro league baseball pitcher and manager * William M. Bell (1909–1991), American football player and coach * William Bell Jr. (baseball) (born 1930), American Negro league baseball pitcher * William Bell (American football) (born 1971), American football player * William Lawrence Bell, Jr (pickleball) (1924–2006), one of the creators of the racket sport pickleball

Others

* William Bell (East India Company), East India Company factor in Iran; his grave being the oldest British grave in Iran * William Bell (Canadian businessman, born 1806) (1806–1844), Canadian businessman and militia officer *

William Nathaniel Bell William Nathaniel Bell (March 6, 1817 – September 6, 1887), originally from Edwardsville, Illinois and later a resident of Portland, Oregon, was a member of the Denny Party, the first group of white settlers in what is now Seattle, Washington. ...

(1817–1887), American pioneer; settled Seattle, Washington *

William Abraham Bell Dr. William Abraham Bell (26 April 1841 – 6 June 1921), fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, was an English physician who is best known as a photographer of the Western United States, American West, and a founder and developer of several bu ...

(1841–1921), English physician and photographer of the American west; founder of Manitou Springs, Colorado * William Robert Bell (1845–1913), Canadian militia officer, farmer, and businessman * William H. Bell (fl. 1860s), African-American servant of William Seward * William Harrison Bell (1927–2016), American oral and maxillofacial surgeon *

William Dwane Bell William Dwane Bell (born 1978) is a New Zealand triple murderer. He committed a triple murder on 8 December 2001 at the Panmure RSA, after they fired him. He committed the murders while out on parole for a previous aggravated robbery in which h ...

(born 1978), New Zealand criminal * William J. Bell (entomologist), American entomologist *

William Francis Bell William Francis Bell (August 8, 1918 – September 20, 1984) was a golf course architect, active from the 1960s into the early 1980s. Biography Born in Pasadena, California, son of noted architect Billy Bell, Bell Jr. studied at University of Sou ...

, golf course architect

Other uses

* '' William Bell, No. 24'', 1865 pilot boat used by the Sandy Hook pilots in New Jersey