William Brooks may refer to: * William Thomas Brooks (1889–1943), police officer that led 1923 Victorian police strike * William Brooks (Australian politician) (1858–1937), New South Wales politician * William Brooks (footballer) (1873–?), English footballer * William Brooks (died 1782), founder of English gentlemen's club

Brooks's Brooks's is a gentlemen's club in St James's Street, London. It is one of the oldest and most exclusive gentlemen's clubs in the world. History In January 1762, a private society was established at 50 Pall Mall by Messrs. Boothby and James ...

* William Brooks, 2nd Baron Crawshaw (1853–1929), English nobleman *

William Brooks of Blackburn William Brooks (1762–1846) was a supplier of cotton to spinners around Whalley and Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north ...

(1762–1846), cotton supplier * William

Collin Brooks Collin Brooks (22 December 1893 – 1959), frequently known as "CB", was a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. In 1913 he founded the Manchester Press Agency. In 1915 he joined the British Army, where he was awarded the Military Cross as ...

(1893–1959), British journalist, writer and broadcaster *

William Cunliffe Brooks Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet, (30 September 1819 – 9 June 1900) was an English barrister, banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1869 and 1892. Life Brooks was the son of Samuel Brooks, a b ...

(1819–1900), British lawyer and politician * William Edwin Brooks (1828–1899), Irish civil engineer and ornithologist *

Bucky Brooks William Eldridge "Bucky" Brooks Jr. (born January 22, 1971) is a sportswriter and former professional American football player. He played for five National Football League (NFL) teams in a five-year career, primarily as a kick returner. Brooks ...

(William Eldridge Brooks, Jr., born 1971), American football player and sportswriter * Bill Brooks (coach) (William J. Brooks, 1922–2010), American baseball and basketball coach * William Keith Brooks (1848–1908), American zoologist * William L. Brooks (1832–1874), American western outlaw * Bill Brooks (wide receiver) (William T. Brooks, Jr., born 1964), former American football player *

Bud Brooks William "Bud" Brooks was an American football player for the Arkansas Razorbacks and the winner of the 1954 Outland Trophy as the year's best interior lineman. Brooks played guard and defensive tackle for the Razorbacks and was selected first-te ...

(William Brooks, 1930–2005), American football player *

Billy Brooks William McKinley Brooks III (born July 22, 1953) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals 11th overall in the 1976 NFL Draft. He played college football at O ...

(William McKinley Brooks III, born 1953), American football player * William A. Brooks (1864–1921), American surgeon, football player, coach, official, and rower * William Michael Clifton Brooks, 4th

Baron Crawshaw Baron Crawshaw, of Crawshaw in the County Palatine of Lancaster and of Whatton in the County of Leicester is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 August 1892 for Sir Thomas Brooks, 1st Baronet. He notably served as H ...

(1933–1997), English nobleman *

William P. Brooks William Penn Brooks (November 19, 1851 – March 8, 1938) was an American agricultural scientist, who worked as a oyatoi gaikokujin, foreign advisor in Meiji period Japan during the colonization project for Hokkaidō. He was the eighth president o ...

(1851–1938), American agricultural scientist *

William Robert Brooks William Robert Brooks (June 11, 1844 – May 3, 1921) was a British-born American astronomer, mainly noted as being one of the most prolific discoverers of new comets of all time, second only to Jean-Louis Pons. Early life William Robert B ...

(1844–1921), American astronomer * William T. H. Brooks (1821–1870), Union Army general during the American Civil War *

William Frederick Brooks William Frederick Brooks (March 1, 1863 – March 19, 1928) was an American businessman and politician. Brooks was born in Battle Creek, Michigan and he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his family, in 1875. Brooks graduated from Central ...

(1863–1928), American businessman and politician

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