William Cotton may refer to: *

William Cotton (artist) William Henry Cotton (July 22, 1880 – January 5, 1958) was an American portrait painter, caricaturist, and playwright. Cotton was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1880. He studied painting with Joseph DeCamp and Andreas Anderson at the Cowles ...

(1880–1958), American artist and playwright * William Cotton (MP for Cambridgeshire) (), see

Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency) Cambridgeshire is a former Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the Unit ...

* William Cotton (MP for Newport, Isle of Wight) (in the 1590s), see

Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency) Newport was a parliamentary borough located in Newport (Isle of Wight), which was abolished in for the 1885 general election. It was occasionally referred to by the alternative name of Medina. (Prior to the Great Reform Act of 1832 there wa ...

* William Cotton (Archdeacon of Totnes) (fl. 1621), Anglican priest * William Cotton (bishop) (died 1621), Bishop of Exeter, 1598–1621 * William Cotton (ironmaster) died 1675, husband of Anna Cotton * William Cotton (banker) (1786–1866), Governor of the Bank of England, 1842–1845 *

William Cotton (missionary) Rev William Charles Cotton (30 January 1813 – 22 June 1879) was an Anglican priest, a missionary and an apiarist. After education at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford he was ordained and travelled to New Zealand as chaplain to George Augu ...

(1813–1879), Anglican priest and beekeeper * William F. Cotton (1897–2006), central Louisiana businessman *

William Francis Cotton William Francis Cotton (1847 – 8 June 1917) was an Irish Nationalist politician. He sat for South Dublin in the United Kingdom House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upp ...

(died 1917), Irish politician * William R. Cotton, American meteorologist * Sir

William Cotton (Lord Mayor) Sir William James Richmond Cotton (13 November 1822 – 4 June 1902) was an English merchant and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885. Life Cotton was born at Stratford, London, the son of William Cott ...

(1822–1902), British politician, Lord Mayor of London, Member of Parliament for City of London 1874–1885 *

Will Cotton Will Cotton (born 1965 in Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American painter. His work primarily features landscapes composed of sweets, often inhabited by human subjects. Will Cotton lives and works in New York City. Work Cotton's works fr ...

(born 1965), American painter *

Bill Cotton Sir William Frederick Cotton (23 April 1928 – 11 August 2008) was a British television producer and executive, and the son of dance band leader Billy Cotton. The TV and radio presenter Fearne Cotton is related to him, as he was her paternal ...

(1928–2008), British television producer *

Billy Cotton William Edward Cotton (6 May 1899 – 25 March 1969) as Billy Cotton was an English band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the British dance band era. Cotton is now mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio a ...

(1899–1969), bandleader, father of the above * Billy Cotton (footballer, born 1894) (1894–1971), English soccer player

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