William Drake may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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William Henry Drake (painter)
William Henry Drake (June 4, 1856 – 1926) born in New York, was an American painter and illustrator known for his illustrations of ''The Jungle Book'' by Rudyard Kipling.
Biography
Drake studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, with Jean- ...
(1886–1926), American painter and illustrator
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William A. Drake
William A. Drake (December 9, 1899 – October 28, 1965), was an American screenwriter. He wrote 7 films between 1932 in film, 1932 and 1939 in film, 1939. His best-known work is the 1932 in film, 1932 film ''Grand Hotel (1932 film), Grand Hote ...
(1899–1965), American screenwriter
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Bill Drake
Bill Drake (January 14, 1937 – November 29, 2008), born Philip Yarbrough, was an American radio programmer who co-developed the Boss Radio format with Gene Chenault via their company Drake-Chenault.Douglas, Susan, "Listening In: Radio and the Am ...
(1937–2008), American radio programmer
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William D. Drake
William Derek Drake (born 7 February 1962) is an English musician, keyboardist, pianist, composer and singer-songwriter. He is best known as a former member of the cult English rock band Cardiacs, whom he played with for nine years between 1983 ...
(born 1962), British musician
Politics and law
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Sir William Drake, 1st Baronet
Sir William Drake, 1st Baronet (28 September 1606 – 28 August 1669) of Shardeloes, near Amersham, Buckinghamshire was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1640 and 1648 and aga ...
(1606–1669), English lawyer and Member of Parliament
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William Drake (died 1690) (c. 1651–1690), English Member of Parliament for
Amersham
Amersham ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London, from Aylesbury and from High Wycombe. Amersham is part of the London commuter belt.
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, 1669–1690
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Sir William Drake, 4th Baronet
Sir William Drake, 4th Baronet (1658–1716), of Mount Drake, and Ashe House, Musbury, Devon, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1690 to 1715.
Drake was a younger son of Sir John Drake, 1st B ...
(1658–1716), English Member of Parliament
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William Drake (1723–1796)
William Drake (1723–1796), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 50 years between 1746 and 1796, eventually becoming Father of the House.
Drake was the son of Montague Garrard Drake, MP of Shardeloes, Buckinghamshire and ...
(senior), English Member of Parliament for Amersham, 1746–1796
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William Drake (1747–1795)
William Drake (c. 1747-1795) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1795.
Drake was the son of William Drake of Shardeloes and his wife Elizabeth Raworth, daughter of John Raworth of Basinghall St., London. H ...
(junior), English Member of Parliament for Amersham, 1768
Other
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William Drake (antiquary)
William Drake (Baptism, bapt. 1723 – 1801) was an Anglican priest, antiquary and philologist.
Life
William Drake, second surviving son of Francis Drake (antiquary), Francis Drake, historian, by his wife Mary, third daughter of George Wood ...
(1723–1801), Church of England priest, antiquary and philologist
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William Henry Drake (1812–1882), British public servant and colonial treasurer of Western Australia
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Bill Drake (baseball)
William P. "Plunk" Drake (June 8, 1895 – October 30, 1977) was a Negro league baseball pitcher.
Drake pitched for top Negro league teams between 1920 and 1927, primarily remembered for his time with the Kansas City Monarchs, participating in ...
(1895–1977), American Negro league baseball player
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Billy Drake
Group Captain Billy Drake, (20 December 1917 – 28 August 2011) was a British fighter pilot and air ace. He was credited officially with 18 enemy aircraft destroyed, two shared, two unconfirmed, four probables, two shared probables and five da ...
(1917–2011), British RAF pilot
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Bill Drake (rugby league) (1931–2012), English rugby league footballer
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William Drake (organ builder)
William Drake (1943–2014) was the founder of the firm of William Drake, Organ Builder that manufactures pipe organs in Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. He held a Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom), Royal Warrant as organ builder to Que ...
(1943–2014), British organ builder
See also
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William Tyrwhitt-Drake
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 Engl ...
(1785–1848), Tory English Member of Parliament for
Amersham
Amersham ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London, from Aylesbury and from High Wycombe. Amersham is part of the London commuter belt.
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from 1810
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William Drake Westervelt (1849–1939), writer on Hawaiian history and legends
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