William Crawford may refer to:
Entertainment
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Broderick Crawford
William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Willie Stark in ''All t ...
(1911–1986), American film actor
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Bill Crawford (cartoonist) (1913–1982), American editorial cartoonist
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William L. Crawford
William Levi Crawford (September 10, 1911 – January 25, 1984) was an American publisher and editor.
Career
During the autumn of 1933, Crawford, a West Coast science fiction fan, proposed to start a non-paying weird fiction magazine, ''Unusu ...
(1911–1984), U.S. publisher and editor
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William Crawford (knight), character in epic poem about Scottish knight William Wallace
Military
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William Crawford (soldier)
William Crawford (2 September 1732 – 11 June 1782) was an American soldier and surveyor who worked as a western land agent for George Washington. Crawford fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. He was tortured a ...
(1732–1782), soldier in American Revolution, burnt at the stake by Native Americans
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William Lyne Crawford
William Lyne Crawford (January 23, 1839 – February 17, 1920) was an American Confederate veteran, criminal lawyer and politician. He was "considered the leading criminal lawyer in Texas."
Biography
William Crawford was born to Jeptha and C ...
(1839–1920), American Confederate soldier and lawyer
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William J. Crawford
William John Crawford (May 19, 1918 – March 15, 2000) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II. The Medal of Honor award was believed to be posthumous, even though he was a prisoner of ...
(1918–2000), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
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William Crawford (Royal Navy officer) (1907–2003), British admiral
Politics
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William Crawford (Pennsylvania politician)
William Crawford (1760October 23, 1823) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a slaveholder. Updated 12 April 2022
Crawford was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1760. He received a liberal schooling, ...
(1760–1823), American Representative from Pennsylvania
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William Crawford (Virginia politician) (died 1762), politician in Virginia House of Burgesses, founder of Portsmouth, Virginia
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William H. Crawford (1772–1834), U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury
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William T. Crawford (1856–1913), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
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Bill Crawford (Indiana politician)
William A. Crawford (January 28, 1936 – September 25, 2015) was a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 98th District from 1972 to 2012. He was also the plaintiff in the 2008 Supreme Court case Crawford ...
(1936–2015), Democrat in Indiana House of Representatives
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William Sharman Crawford (1781–1861), Irish MP
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William Crawford (London MP)
Wiliam Crawford (5 May 1780 – 27 April 1843) was a British Liberal Party politician who represented the City of London in the 19th century.
Crawford was born in London to Andrew Crawford (1745–1800), formerly of Dunfermline, and his wife Ma ...
(1780–1843), British MP for the City of London, 1833–1841
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William Crawford (trade unionist) (1833–1890), British MP for Mid Durham, 1885–1890
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William Fitzgerald Crawford (1844–1915), New Zealand mayor
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William Crawford (Canadian politician) (1847–1897), Canadian surveyor and politician in Manitoba
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William A. Crawford (1915–2001), U.S. Ambassador to Romania
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William R. Crawford Jr.
William Rex Crawford Jr. (1928 – August 4, 2002) was a United States ambassador to Yemen and Cyprus who served in the United States Foreign Service for 30 years. He was born in Philadelphia and lived abroad for some years during his chil ...
(1928–2002), US ambassador to Yemen and Cyprus
Sports
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William James Crawford (active 1906–1937), British sports photographer
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Bill Crawford (footballer) (1872–1955), English pro footballer
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Ernie Crawford (1891–1959), Irish rugby union player
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Bill Crawford (American football)
William Crawford (born July 17, 1937) is a Canadian-born former American football offensive lineman who played in the National Football League (NFL). Crawford played CIS football for the UBC Thunderbirds. After graduation in 1960, he signed wi ...
(born 1937), Canadian player of American football
Other
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William Crawford (judge) (1784–1849), United States federal judge
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William Crawford (1788-1847), Philanthropist and prison reformer
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William Crawford (artist) (1822–1869), Scottish painter
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William Monod Crawford (1872–1941), Irish colonial civil servant in India and entomologist
See also
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Bill Crawford-Compton (1915–1988), New Zealand-born pilot
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Bill Crawford (comedian)
Bill Crawford is a comedian and radio personality, best known for his work on ''The DVE Morning Show'' on WDVE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since January 2012. Crawford began doing standup in his native Pittsburgh in the early 2000s. In 2004, he w ...
(born 1979), American comedian and radio personality
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Billy Crawford (born 1982), Filipino-American musician and actor
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Wille Crafoord
Carl-Henning William "Wille" Crafoord (born 8 February 1966) is a Swedish composer, songwriter, singer and rap artist. He became known in the late 1980s for introducing hip hop music in Sweden to a wider audience through his rap group Just D. He ...
(born 1966), Swedish composer and singer
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William Crawford & Sons, former British biscuit company
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Willie Crawford
Willie Murphy Crawford (September 7, 1946 – August 27, 2004) was a professional baseball outfielder. He played with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964–1975), St. Louis Cardinals (1976), Houston Astros (1977) and Oakland Athletics (1977) of Major ...
(1946–2004), American Major League Baseball player
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