William Cooper may refer to:

Business

William Cooper (accountant) William Cooper (1826–1871) was an English accountant. He is best known for having founded the accountancy practice of ''Cooper Brothers'' that now forms part of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Career He was the son of Emmanuel Cooper, an important fig ...

(1826–1871), founder of Cooper Brothers *

William Cooper (businessman) William Cooper (1761–1840) was an English teacher, businessman and entrepreneur, and political officeholder in Upper Canada; he developed mills and other industries along the Humber River in present-day Ontario and a wharf in York. Prior to 183 ...

(1761–1840), Canadian businessman *

William Cooper (co-operator) William Cooper (1822 – 31 October 1868) was an English co-operator, Owenite, and a founding member of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers. Cooper played a leading role in promoting the success of the Rochdale Pioneers through written ...

(1822–1868), English co-operator *

William E. Cooper (civic leader) William Edward "Bill" Cooper (October 16, 1921 – March 6, 2008) was a prominent Dallas businessman and civic leader. Biography Born in Wichita, Kansas, Cooper worked nights at Beech Aircraft while also attending the Municipal University of Wic ...

(1921–2008), prominent businessman in Dallas, Texas *

William W. Cooper William Wager Cooper (July 23, 1914 – June 20, 2012) was an American operations researcher, known as a father of management science and as "Mr. Linear Programming".. He was the founding president of The Institute of Management Sciences, founding ...

(1914–2012), management scientist

Government

William B. Cooper (Delaware politician) William Barkley Cooper (December 16, 1771 – April 27, 1849) was an American politician from Laurel, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, then later the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly ...

(1771–1849), American farmer and politician * William B. Cooper (North Carolina politician) (1867–1959), lieutenant governor of North Carolina *

William C. Cooper (politician) William Craig Cooper (December 18, 1832 – August 29, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Cooper attended the public schools and Mount Vernon Academy. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1852 and c ...

(1832–1902), US congressman from Ohio * William Cooper (judge) (1754–1809), father of James Fenimore Cooper and founder of Cooperstown, New York * William Cooper (Prince Edward Island politician), Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island *

Prentice Cooper William Prentice Cooper Jr. (September 28, 1895May 18, 1969) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 39th governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945. He led the state's mobilization efforts for World War II, when over 300,000 Ten ...

(William Prentice Cooper, 1895–1969), Tennessee governor *

William Raworth Cooper William Raworth Cooper (February 20, 1793 – September 22, 1856) was a Representative from New Jersey. He was born near Bridgeport, Gloucester County, New Jersey, February 20, 1793 and attended the local schools. He engaged in agricultural purs ...

(1793–1856), US congressman from New Jersey *

William Frierson Cooper William Frierson Cooper (March 11, 1820 – May 7, 1909) was a lawyer, planter and politician. He was nominated to the Supreme Court of the Confederate States of America by President Jefferson Davis, but the court never sat because of the American ...

(1820–1909), lawyer, politician and judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court *

Bill Cooper (Georgia politician) J. William Cooper (born June 3, 1933) is an American former politician and judge. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislatu ...

(born 1933), American former politician and judge *

William Cooper (Australian politician) William Cooper (1868 - 29 November 1957) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Cooper was born at Maitland, New South Wales, the son of Henry John Cooper and his wife Elizabeth (née Chaffe). He was educated in Maitl ...

(1868–1957), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *

William Prentice Cooper William Prentice Cooper (September 27, 1870 – July 3, 1961) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Early life William Prentice Cooper was born on September 27, 1870. He gradu ...

(1870–1961), Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives

Literature and arts

William Cooper (novelist) Harry Summerfield Hoff (4 August 1910 – 5 September 2002) was an English novelist, writing under the name William Cooper. Life H. S. Hoff (William Cooper) was born in Crewe, the son of elementary school teachers, Shrapnel, Norman,"Noveli ...

(1910–2002), British novelist *

William C. Cooper (actor) William C. Cooper (1853 – 13 June 1918) was a British-born stage and film actor who made a career in silent-film in the United States. Born as William C. Cowper in Manchester in England in 1853, he was educated in his home city. On moving ...

(1853–1918), stage and film actor * William Cooper Nell (1816–1874), African-American abolitionist *

William Heaton Cooper William Heaton Cooper RA (6 October 1903 – 1995) was a notable English impressionistic landscape artist who worked predominantly in watercolours, most famous for his paintings of the Lake District. Since the 1950s, he has become known as ...

(1903–1995), British landscape artist * William J. Cooper Jr. (born 1940), American historian *

William T. Cooper William Thomas "Bill" Cooper AO (6 April 1934 – 10 May 2015) was an Australian artist. William was born in Adamstown NSW Australia to Coral Bird and William Cooper. He had one brother, Buddy Cooper. He was originally a self-taught landsc ...

(1934–2015), Australian natural history illustrator *

Revd William Cooper James Glass Bertram (1824 – 3 March 1892) was a British author. He was apprenticed to Tait's Edinburgh Magazine and became managing clerk, before joining a company of strolling players. He returned to Edinburgh and set up as a bookselle ...

(1824–1892), pseudonym of James Bertram, a Scottish pornography producer *

William Sidney Cooper William Sidney Cooper (1854–1927) was a British landscape artist, best known for his paintings of the countryside around Herne Bay in Kent. Life and work William trained with his Great-Uncle Thomas Sidney Cooper at his School of Art in C ...

(1854–1927), English landscape artist *

William Brown Cooper William Brown Cooper (1811–1900) was an American portrait painter from the state of Tennessee. Early life William Brown Cooper was born in 1811 near Carthage in Smith County, Tennessee. His brother was the painter Washington Bogart Cooper (180 ...

(1811–1900), American painter * William Y. Cooper (1934–2016), African-American painter, writer and illustrator

Characters

*William Cooper, a CIA agent in the 2010 film ''Red''

Science

William Cooper (chemical manufacturer) William Cooper (26 December 1813 – 20 May 1885) was a British veterinary surgeon, agriculturalist and industrialist who specialised in the manufacture of agricultural insecticides for livestock. He is credited with developing the first succes ...

(1813–1885), British sheep dip manufacturer *

William Cooper (conchologist) William Cooper (1798–1864) was an American naturalist, conchologist (shell zoologist) and collector. Early life Cooper studied zoology in Europe from 1821 to 1824, and afterwards travelled to Nova Scotia, Kentucky and the Bahamas collecting sp ...

(1798–1864), American conchologist *

William Skinner Cooper William Skinner Cooper (25 August 1884 – 8 October 1978) was an American ecologist. Cooper received his B.S. in 1906 from Alma College in Michigan. In 1909, he entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he studied with Henry Chan ...

(1894–1978), American ecologist

Sports

Bill Cooper (American football) Bill Cooper (born July 12, 1939), nicknamed "Cannonball", is a former American football fullback and linebacker. He was initiated to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000. He played professionally with the San Francisco 49ers The San Fr ...

(born 1939), professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers *

Bill Cooper (baseball) William J. Cooper (February 19, 1915 – March 10, 1985), nicknamed "Flash", was an American Negro league catcher in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Sumter, South Carolina, Cooper attended Morris Brown College. He made his Negro leagues deb ...

(1915–1985), American Negro leagues baseball player *

Bill Cooper (hurler) Bill Cooper (born 16 December 1987) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for club side Youghal, divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. Playing career Youghal Cooper joined the Youghal clu ...

(born 1987), Irish hurler * William Cooper (cricketer) (1849–1939), Australian cricketer * William Osborne Cooper (1891–1930), Australian cricketer *

Bill Cooper (sailor) Until Bill's death, Bill & Laurel Cooper were a married couple who were successful co-authors of several nautical books and travelogues. For a record number of decades, they lived afloat on a succession of boats, including a ketch sailing boat, ...

(1928–2016), Royal Navy officer, sailor and author * William Cooper (sailor) (1910–1968), Olympic gold medalist of 1932 * Billy Cooper (Canadian football) (born 1945), Canadian football player * Billy Cooper (footballer) (1917–?), English footballer * Willie Cooper (1909–1994), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen FC) *

Billy Cooper (trumpeter) Billy Cooper, also known as Billy The Trumpet, is a cricket supporter, best known as the trumpet player for the Barmy Army. Career Cooper was educated at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has a Bachelor of Music honours degree and a per ...

, cricket supporter and trumpet player for the Barmy Army * Willie Cooper (footballer, born 1886), (1886–?} English footballer for Barnsley and Rochdale, see 1910–11 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Other fields

* Milton William Cooper (1943–2001), American writer, radio host, and political activist * William Cooper (Aboriginal Australian) (c. 1860–1941), Aboriginal rights leader *

William Cooper (Puritan) William Cooper ( fl. 1653) was an English clergyman of Puritan views, chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia, participant in the Savoy Conference, and ejected minister. Life He matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1628, graduating B.A, in 163 ...

(fl. 1653), chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia and ejected minister * William E. Cooper (university president), president of the University of Richmond (1998–2007) * William Cooper (priest) (1833/34–1909), Church of England priest *

William Durrant Cooper William Durrant Cooper (1812–1875) was an English lawyer and antiquary. Life His father Thomas Cooper was a solicitor practising at Lewes; his mother was Lucy Elizabeth Durrant. He was born in Lewes on 10 January 1812, and was educated at the g ...

(1812–1875), English lawyer and antiquary * William John Cooper (1882–1935), American educator * William Turakiuta Cooper (1886–1949), New Zealand interpreter and land officer *

William Cooper (banker) William Cooper was Governor of the Bank of England from 1769 to 1771. He had been Deputy Governor from 1768 to 1769. He replaced Matthew Clarmont as Governor and was succeeded by Edward Payne.William E. Cooper (general) (born 1929), United States Army general