William, Willy, Will, Billy, or Bill Campbell may refer to:

Government officials

* Lord William Campbell (c. 1731 – 1778), Scottish-born royal governor of Nova Scotia and South Carolina *

William Campbell (British Army officer, died 1796) Lieutenant-Colonel William Campbell (died 1796), was an officer of the 24th Regiment of Foot of the British Army and a briefly-serving Governor of Bermuda. Campbell, then a Major, had been the commander of the British fort built in 1794 on the Mia ...

(died 1796), governor of Bermuda in 1796 *

William Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and Campbell William Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden, 2nd Baron Campbell (15 October 1824 – 21 January 1893), was a British peer and Liberal politician. His father was the Lord Chancellor. Background Stratheden and Campbell was the eldest son of L ...

(1824–1893), British peer and Liberal politician *

William John Campbell William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

, Creole mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone *

William Robert Campbell Sir George William Robert Campbell (1835–1905) was the first British colonial Inspector General of Police of British Ceylon. Campbell was born in 1835 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, the son of John Campbell and Eliza née Elder. He ...

(''fl.'' 1860s), British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) * William Campbell, Lord Skerrington (1855–1927), Scottish law lord *

William Campbell (MP) William Campbell (c.1710–1787) was a British Army officer and Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1741. Campbell was the fourth son of Hon. John Campbell of Mamore and his wife Elizabeth Elphinstone, the daughter of ...

, British Army officer and politician, MP for Glasgow *

William Telfer Campbell William Telfer Campbell (1863 - 1929), born in India, was the second Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands protectorate, from 1895 to 1909. Campbell had started his career in the Royal Irish Constabulary. He was twice the ...

, British colonial administrator

Canada

William Campbell (judge) Sir William Campbell (2 August 1758 – 18 January 1834) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Upper Canada and a resident of York, Upper Canada. He also held political appointments in both Nova Scotia and Upper Canada. He was born in Ca ...

(1758–1834), Scottish-born Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Upper Canada *

William Campbell (Canadian politician) William (Bill) Campbell (born 1929) was a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a process operator and farmer by career. Campbell was a municipal politician i ...

(born 1929), Canadian House of Commons, 1979–1980 * William Campbell (Prince Edward Island politician) (1836–1909), farmer and political figure *

William A. Campbell (politician) William Alexander Campbell (March 31, 1873 – September 6, 1934) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1917 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government. Pol ...

(1873–1934), Alberta provincial politician * William

Bennett Campbell William Bennett Campbell, (August 27, 1943 – September 11, 2008) was a politician and the 24th premier of Prince Edward Island. Born in Montague, Prince Edward Island, Campbell was a teacher by profession before entering politics in 1970 ...

(1943–2008), premier of Prince Edward Island *

Bill Campbell (Nova Scotia politician) William L. Campbell (July 1919 – April 9, 2003) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Colchester North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1981. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party ...

(1919–2003), Canadian politician in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly *

William Neil Campbell William Neil Campbell (June 14, 1885 – July 28, 1979) was a Canadian politician. He is the son of the Daniel and Eliza Lydie (Mann) Campbell. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as member of the Liberal party from 1950 to 195 ...

(1885–1979), Canadian politician

United States

William Campbell (California politician) William Paul Campbell (July 24, 1935 – March 22, 2015) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, Campbell served in the United States Army. He went to Westminster College and Columbia University. In 1 ...

(1935–2015), state legislator in California *

William Campbell (surveyor) ''For other persons with a similar name see William Campbell (disambiguation)'' William Campbell (ca. 1767 – October 27, 1844 Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York) was an American physician, merchant, surveyor and politician from New York. ...

(c. 1767 – 1844), American physician and politician from New York, of Cherry Valley, Otsego County *

William B. Campbell William Bowen Campbell (February 1, 1807 – August 19, 1867) was an American politician and soldier. He served as the 14th governor of Tennessee from 1851 to 1853, and was the state's last Whig governor. He also served four terms in the United ...

(1807–1867), governor of Tennessee *

William J. Campbell (Illinois politician) William James Campbell (December 12, 1850 – March 4, 1896) was an American attorney and politician in Illinois. From Pennsylvania, he came with his parents to southern Cook County, Illinois at a young age. Campbell attended public schools, then ...

(1850–1896), American politician (23rd Lieutenant Governor of Illinois) *

William Joseph Campbell William Joseph Campbell (March 19, 1905 – October 19, 1988) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Education and career Campbell was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was a ...

(1905–1988), U.S. federal judge *

William Joseph Campbell (meteorologist) William Joseph Campbell (May 1, 1930 – November 20, 1992) was a ranking meteorologist for the United States Geological Survey. He was a pioneer of the remote sensing of the polar regions and an expert on polar ice. William devoted his career ...

(1930–1992), American meteorologist * William L. Campbell Jr. (born 1969), U.S. federal judge *

William W. Campbell (New York congressman) William Wallace Campbell (June 10, 1806 – September 7, 1881) was an American author, historian, lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born in Cherry Valley, New York, Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, the son of Judge James S ...

(1806–1881), U.S. congressman from New York * William W. Campbell (New York state senator) (1870–1934), American lawyer and politician from New York * William Wildman Campbell (1853–1927), U.S. Representative from Ohio *

Bill Campbell (California politician) William James Campbell (born April 8, 1942) is a Republican politician from California. He was a California State Assemblyman from 1996–2002, Assembly Republican Leader from 2000–2001, and a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors ...

(born 1942), Republican politician from California *

Bill Campbell (mayor) William Craig Campbell (born 1953) is an American politician, who served as the 57th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from January 1994–January 2002. He was the third African-American mayor in the city's history. Accused of corruption during his time ...

(born 1953), former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia * William Douglas Campbell, lobbyist and FBI informant in 2017

Australia

William Campbell (Victorian politician) William Campbell (17 July 1810 – 20 August 1896) was one of Australia's richest pastoralists, one of the first people to discover gold in Australia, and a conservative Victorian politician, an inaugural member of the Victorian Legislative Co ...

(1810–1896), pastoralist and member of the Victorian Legislative Council *

William Campbell (New South Wales politician) William Robert Campbell (1838 – 3 July 1906) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to Annie Sophie Riley and Robert Campbell a merchant and member of the Legislative Council. He attended The King's School in Parramatta and ...

(1838–1906), New South Wales politician *

William Henry Campbell (Queensland politician) William Henry Campbell was a politician and newspaper editor/proprietor in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life William Henry Campbell was born on 18 July 1846 at Jersey in the Channel Islands ...

(1846–1919), Queensland politician and newspaper editor/proprietor * Bill Campbell (Victorian politician) (1920–1996), Victorian politician

Sports

Association football

William Campbell (footballer) William Cecil Campbell (25 October 1865 – ?) was a Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Inverness. He started his career at Royal Arsenal, joining in 1890 and making his debut in a September 1890 friendly ...

(1865–?), Scottish forward with various clubs including Preston North End, Darwen and Newton Heath * Willie Campbell (footballer) (c. 1900–?), Scottish footballer * Billy Campbell (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1994), Scotland international footballer (Greenock Morton FC) * Billy Campbell (Northern Irish footballer) (born 1944), Northern Ireland international footballer (Sunderland AFC, Dundee FC, Motherwell FC)

Australian rules football

* Bill Campbell (footballer, born 1883) (1883–1954), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy *

Bill Campbell (footballer, born 1904) Bill Campbell (3 December 1904 – 19 March 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the fourth ex-VFL player to live to be more than 100 years old ...

(1904–2007), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne

Baseball

Bill Campbell (baseball) William Richard Campbell (born August 9, 1948) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1973 to 1987. He played for the American League (AL) Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, and Detroit ...

(born 1948), right-handed pitcher in MLB from 1973 to 1987 *

Billy Campbell (baseball) William James Campbell (November 5, 1873 – October 6, 1957) was an American professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons (1905, 1907–09) with the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. For his c ...

(1873–1957), left-handed pitcher in MLB from 1905 to 1909 * Bullet Campbell (William Henry Campbell, 1896–1968), American Negro leagues pitcher

Golf

William C. Campbell (golfer) William Cammack Campbell (May 5, 1923 – August 30, 2013), often known as Bill Campbell or William C. Campbell, became one of the most distinguished amateur golfers in golf history. Campbell was two-time President of the United States Gol ...

(1923–2013), president of the United States Golf Association *

Willie Campbell (golfer) Willie Campbell (14 July 1862 in Musselburgh, Scotland – 25 November 1900 in Dorchester, Massachusetts) was a Scottish professional golfer. He reached the top ten in The Open Championship eight times in the 1880s. Campbell emigrated to Americ ...

(1862–1900), Scottish golfer

Gridiron football

* William Campbell (American football) (born 1991), American football offensive guard * Bill Campbell (gridiron football) (1920–1974), American football player in the United States and Canada

Other sports

William Campbell (sport shooter) William, Willy, Will, Billy, or Bill Campbell may refer to: Government officials * Lord William Campbell (c. 1731 – 1778), Scottish-born royal governor of Nova Scotia and South Carolina * William Campbell (British Army officer, died 1796) (died ...

(1919–?), Irish Olympic sport shooter * William Campbell (rugby union) (born 1961), Australian vascular surgeon and former Wallabies rugby player *

Willie Campbell (hurler) William Campbell (13 January 1918 – 17 March 1978) was an Irish hurler and selector. At club level he played with Midleton, Sarsfield's, Portlaw and St Finbarr's and was also played at senior level for the Cork and Waterford county hurling ...

(1918–1978), Irish hurler * Bill Campbell (sportscaster) (1923–2014), sportscaster in the Philadelphia area *

William Campbell (bowls) William Campbell (born 1878, date of death unknown) was a Scottish international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games. Bowls career At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal A bronze medal in spor ...

(1878–?), Scottish lawn bowler

Military figures

William Campbell (general) William Campbell (born 1745 and died on August 22, 1781) was a Virginia farmer, pioneer, and soldier. One of the thirteen signers of the earliest statement of armed resistance to the British Crown in the Thirteen Colonies, the Fincastle Resolution ...

(1745–1781), Virginia militia general in the American Revolution *

William Campbell (Medal of Honor, 1838) William Campbell (c. 1838 – unknown) was a sailor in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. Military service Campbell voluntee ...

(1838–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * William Campbell (Medal of Honor, 1840) (1840–1919), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

William A. Campbell (Tuskegee Airman) William A. Campbell (April 12, 1917 – April 24, 2012) was an American pilot and military officer who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. He served as a wingman in the first combat mission of the Tuskegee Airmen, and rose to the ...

(1917–2012), African American pilot *

William Charles Campbell Captain William Charles Campbell, (27 April 1889 – 26 February 1958), was a World War I fighter pilot of Scots heritage who was credited with 23 victories. Serving with No. 1 Squadron during 1917, he was a notable balloon buster, being t ...

(1889–1958), World War I fighter pilot * William Hunter Campbell (1839–1862), Ohio civilian who worked for the Union Army during the American Civil War *

William Pitcairn Campbell Lieutenant-General Sir William Pitcairn Campbell (or Pitcairn-Campbell), (20 June 1856 – 22 September 1933) was a British Army General during the First World War. Early life He was the son of James Pitcairn Campbell and his wife, Eleanor ( ...

(1856–1933), British Army general during World War I * William J. Campbell (general) (1931–2017), American Air Force general * William Edward Campbell, better known as William March (1893–1954), American soldier and novelist

Entertainment

* William Campbell (filmmaker), television and film producer, documentary filmmaker, and photojournalist *

William L. Campbell William L. Campbell (September 5, 1946 – February 9, 2005) was a Canadian film editor who is best known for his work on David Winning's first feature film Storm. He was also notable as one of the original founding members of the Calgary Soci ...

(1946–2005), film editor of ''Storm'' 1987 *

William M. Campbell William (Billy) M. Campbell III was the president of Discovery Networks U.S. from May 2002 to 2007, in this role he was responsible for all aspects of the domestic television division, including programming, production, affiliate sales and market ...

, president of Discovery Networks U.S. *

Bill Campbell (illustrator) William Wallace Campbell (February 14, 1920 – March 7, 2017) was an American freelance illustrator and cartoonist and the creator of the ''"Weird-ohs"'', ''"Silly Surfers"'', and ''"Frantics"'' plastic model kit series for the Hawk Model Compa ...

(1920–2017), American illustrator for the Hawk Model Company *

Billy Campbell (TV executive) :''This is about the American entertainment executive born in 1959. For similarly named people, see'' William Campbell (disambiguation) Billy Campbell (born November 23, 1959, in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American television executive prod ...

(born 1959), American television executive producer *

William Wilfred Campbell William Wilfred Campbell (1 June ca. 1860 – 1 January 1918) was a Canadian poet. He is often classed as one of the country's Confederation Poets, a group that included fellow Canadians Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman, an ...

(1858–1918), Canadian poet * Big Bill Campbell (1891–1952), Canadian entertainer and broadcaster

Actors

William Campbell (actor) William Campbell (October 30, 1923 – April 28, 2011) was an American actor who appeared in supporting roles in major film productions, and also starred in several low-budget B-movies and horror films. Career Campbell's film career began ...

(1923–2011), American film and television actor *

Billy Gilbert (silent film actor) Billy Gilbert (born William V. Campbell in Hollywood, California; September 15, 1891—April 29, 1961) was involved in more 150 American films between 1913 and 1936, working as either an actor, extra, or director. This Billy Gilbert should not ...

(William V. Campbell, 1891–1961), American silent film actor *

Billy Campbell William Oliver Campbell (born July 7, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He first gained recognition for his recurring role as Luke Fuller in the TV series ''Dynasty''. Then he became known for playing Rick Sammler on '' Once and A ...

(born 1959), American actor sometimes referred to as William Oliver Campbell or Bill Campbell

Musicians

* Junior Campbell (William Campbell, born 1947), musician and composer *

William Campbell (Scottish musician) Astrid is a guitar-pop foursome formed in Glasgow in the mid-1990s, but with strong ties to Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides, Scotland. The group released three studio albums, as well as several singles and EPs, before breaking up in 2004. His ...

(''fl'' 1990s), Scottish musician

Religious figures

William Howard Campbell William Howard Campbell (20 September 1859 - 18 February 1910) was an Irish Presbyterian missionary who worked with the London Missionary Society in southern India. He worked in Jammalamadugu in Cudappah District. He was also a naturalist with a k ...

(1859–1910), Irish missionary in southern India * William Campbell (missionary) (1841–1921), Presbyterian missionary to Taiwan * William Rickarby Campbell (1840–1918), New Zealand Presbyterian minister *

Will Campbell (Baptist minister) Will Davis Campbell (Amite County, Mississippi, July 18, 1924 – Nashville, Tennessee June 3, 2013) was a Baptist minister, lecturer, and activist. He was a Southern white supporter of African-American civil rights. Campbell was also a lectur ...

(1924–2013), American Baptist minister

Other people

William Campbell of Tullichewan William Campbell (1793––1864) was Scottish draper, businessman and philanthropist. With his brother, James Campbell of Stracathro, James, he formed company called "J. & W. Campbell & Co., General Warehousemen." The company grew ove ...

(1793-1864) Glasgow businessman and councillor *

William Campbell (business executive) William Vincent Campbell Jr. (August 31, 1940 – April 18, 2016) was an American businessman and chairman of the board of trustees of Columbia University and chairman of the board of Intuit. He was VP of Marketing and board director for Appl ...

(1940–2016), CEO of Intuit *

William Campbell (metallographer) William Campbell, D.Sc., Ph.D., M.A. (1876 – 16 December 1936) was an England, English metallurgist, born at Newcastle on Tyne, England. He graduated from the Durham College of Science of Durham University in 1898, and from Columbia University ...

(1876–1936), English metallurgist *

William C. Campbell (scientist) William Cecil Campbell (born 28 June 1930) is an Irish biologist and parasitologist with United States citizenship, known for his work in discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly awarded the ...

(born 1930), Irish biochemist and a Nobel laureate * William D. Campbell (Scouting) (1907–1995), world Scouting leader *

William Henry Campbell (college president) William Henry Campbell (September 14, 1808 – December 7, 1890) was an American Presbyterian minister and the eighth President of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) serving from 1862 to 1882. Biography He was born on September 14, 1808 ...

(1808–1890), President of Rutgers College, 1862–1882 * William Wallace Campbell (1862–1938), American astronomer *

William Middleton Campbell William Middleton Campbell (1849–1919) was Governor of the Bank of England from 1907 to 1909. Early life William Middleton Campbell was born in 1849. He was the son of Colin Campbell (Junior) of Colgrain and Camis Eskan (1818–86), a wealthy su ...

(1849–1919), Governor of the Bank of England * William Campbell, Paul McCartney lookalike; according to urban legend took McCartney's place in the Beatles, see

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* Bill Ransom Campbell (1920–1996), academic architect from North Carolina *William-Francis Campbell (born 1999), student at the

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