William or Will Evans may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* William Evans (watercolourist) (1798–1877), English watercolour painter born in Eton * William Evans (landscape painter) (1809–1858), William Evans of Bristol *

William T. Evans William T. Evans (1843 - November 25, 1918) was an American art collector. Life He was born in Ireland, and grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. He studied architecture at the New York Free School. He was President of the Mills & Gibb, and Mills ...

(1843–1918), American art collector *

William Evans (Wil Ifan) William Evans (22 April 1883 – 16 July 1968), better known by his bardic name of Wil Ifan, was a Welsh poet who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1947 to 1950. He was the son of Dan Evans, a Congregationalist ministe ...

(1883–1968), Welsh poet and Archdruid *

William John Evans William John Evans (29 November 1866 – 12 December 1947) was a Welsh musician and composer, best known for his hymn-tunes. Evans was born in Aberdare, and began his career as an apprentice to his father, a tailor who was also a musician. He ...

(1866–1947), Welsh musician and composer * Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), a.k.a. William Evans, American musician * Dave Evans (bluegrass) (1950–2017), William Evans, bluegrass musician

Politics, law, and military

* William David Evans (1767–1821), English lawyer *

William Evans (1788–1856) William Evans (17 January 1788 – 8 April 1856) was a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1818 and 1852. Evans was the son of William Evans of Darley and Elizabeth Strutt who was the daughter of Jedediah ...

, British MP for North Derbyshire *

Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet Sir (Thomas) William Evans, 1st Baronet (15 April 1821 – 4 October 1892) was an English Liberal politician who represented the constituency of South Derbyshire. Background and education Evans was the son of William Evans of Allestree, Derby ...

(1821–1892), British Liberal politician and benefactor *

William Evans (judge) William Evans (1846 or 1847 – 15 February 1918) was a Welsh judge and legal writer. Life Evans was the third son of James Evans of Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales. He matriculated at the University of Oxford in 1868 at the age of 21 as a non-c ...

(1846/7–1918), Welsh judge and legal author *

William Evans (Australian politician) William John Evans (18 April 1856 – 22 August 1914) was an Australian union leader and politician. Evans was born in Ballarat, Victoria, the son of John Evans, a railway time-keeper, and Harriet Denman, both born in England. He joined Victoria ...

(1856–1914), Australian union leader and politician * William Sanford Evans (1869–1950), Manitoba politician *

William D. Evans William D. Evans (May 10, 1852 – May 4, 1936) was a jurist in the State of Iowa from Hampton, Iowa. Biography Evans was born to Evan J. and Ann Evans in Marquette County, Wisconsin. On October 29, 1879 he married Julia Stark. Evans was ...

(1852–1936), jurist in the state of Iowa *

William Henry Evans William Henry Evans (November 3, 1842 – January 5, 1923) was an American lawyer and farmer from Yankeetown, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as a Liberal Reform Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Crawford County. ...

(1842–1923), Wisconsin legislator * William E. Evans (politician) (1877–1959), U.S. Congressman from California *

William Wadsworth Evans William Wadsworth Evans (October 5, 1886 – November 1972) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1919 to 1924. Early life Evans was born in Paterson, New ...

(1886–1972), politician in the New Jersey General Assembly * William Evans (Medal of Honor) (1853–1893), American Indian Wars soldier * William J. Evans (general) (1924–2000), United States Air Force general * William Evans (British Army officer), British Army officer during the War of Spanish Succession *

William Evans (trade unionist) William John Evans (4 October 1899 – 23 August 1983) was a British trade union leader. Evans began working for the London North Western Railway in 1916, but almost immediately left to serve in the Royal Navy, as World War I was ongoing. De ...

(1899–1983), British trade union leader * William W. Evans Jr. (1921–1999), American politician in the New Jersey General Assembly * William F. Evans (1799–1865), Texan politician * William Andrew Evans (born 1939), British general * William S. Evans, Lithuanian-born Jewish-American lawyer, politician, and judge

Religion

* William Evans (divine) (died 1720), Welsh Presbyterian divine * William Evans (lexicographer) (died 1776), Welsh minister and lexicographer * William Evans (priest) (1801–1869), English divine and naturalist

Science

* William Evans (ornithologist) (1851–1922), Scottish naturalist, ornithologist and actuary * William Percival Evans (1864–1959), New Zealand chemistry academic * William Harry Evans (1876–1956), lepidopterist *

William Evans (cardiologist) William Evans F.R.C.P.(Lond.), Hon. D.Sc.(Wales) (24 November 1895 – 20 September 1988) was a distinguished Harley Street cardiologist. He was a grandson of "the Welsh Swagman", Joseph Jenkins, whose voluminous Australian diaries over 25 ...

(1895–1988), Welsh cardiologist and publisher *

William Evans, Baron Energlyn William David Evans, Baron Energlyn (25 December 1912 – 27 June 1985) was a Welsh geologist who became a life peer. Evans attended Caerphilly Grammar School and then University College Cardiff, before working for the Geological Survey of ...

(1912–1985), Welsh geologist and life peer *

William J. Evans (chemist) William or Will Evans may refer to: Arts and entertainment *William Evans (watercolourist) (1798–1877), English watercolour painter born in Eton *William Evans (landscape painter) (1809–1858), William Evans of Bristol * William T. Evans (1843� ...

, American chemist * William Frederick Evans, Victorian era British entomologist *

William E. Evans (pharmacist) Dr. William E. Evans, Pharm.D. served as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s fifth director and CEO from 2004 to 2014. From 1986 to 2002, he chaired the St. Jude Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and from 2002 to 2004 served as the ...

, American pharmacist and researcher *

William Eugene Evans Dr. William Eugene Evans (October 11, 1930 – October 12, 2010) was a world renowned marine mammal acoustician and ecologist and the fifth Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Early life William Eugene Evan ...

(1930–2010), marine mammal acoustician and ecologist *

William Charles Evans William Charles Evans F.R.S. (1 October 1911 – 24 July 1988) was an eminent biochemist who spent most of his career at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. References External links * 1911 births 1988 deaths Welsh ...

(1911–1988), biochemist

Sports

William Evans (baseball) William Evans was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Lincoln Giants The Lincoln Giants were a Negro league baseball team based in New York City from 1911 through 1930. Founding The Lincoln Giants can trace t ...

, Negro league baseball player * William Evans (cricketer, born 1883) (1883–1913), South African-born English all-round cricketer * William Evans (cricketer, born 1897) (1897–1966), English first-class cricketer and civil servant *

William Evans (footballer) William Addams Williams Evans (September 1853 – 23 April 1919) was a Welsh churchman who played for the Wales national football team, in the first two international matches in 1876 and 1877 before a long career as a Church of England minister. ...

(1853–1919), Welsh international football defender *

Will Evans (footballer, born 1991) William George Evans (born 9 October 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Scunthorpe United. Career Evans played for Fairford Town and then Cricklade before joining Swindon Town and progressing through their Centre of E ...

, English football defender *

Will Evans (footballer, born 1997) William Albert Evans (born 1 July 1997) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Newport County, as a winger. Club career Evans was born in the Welsh village of Llangedwyn and progressed through the Shrewsbury Town youth system. Aft ...

, Welsh football midfielder * William W. Evans (1908–1963), American lacrosse player *

William Evans (Australian sportsman) William Thomas "Poley" Evans (9 April 1876 – 19 July 1964) was an Australian sportsman. He captained Queensland at first-class cricket and represented Australia in rugby union. He was born in Indooroopilly, Queensland and died at Bur ...

(1876–1964), Queensland cricketer and rugby union player * William Evans (rugby union, born 1883) (1883–1946), Welsh international rugby union player * William Evans (rugby union, born 1892) (1892–1979), Welsh rugby union player *

Will Evans (rugby union) William Giles Evans (born 28 January 1997 in Norwich, England) is an English rugby union openside flanker who plays for Harlequins in Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Leicester Tigers, he made his Tigers debut against Gloucester ha ...

(born 1997), English rugby union flanker

Other

* William Davies Evans (1790–1872), Welsh chess player * William Gray Evans (1855–1911), president of the Denver Tramway Company *

William B. Evans William B. Evans (born February 23, 1958) is currently serving as the executive director of public safety and chief of police of Boston College. Previously, Evans was the commissioner of the Boston Police Department from January 2014 until August ...

(born 1959), Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, 2014–2018 *

William Evans (police officer) On April 2, 2021, Noah Green, a 25-year-old black nationalist, killed Capitol Police officer William Evans and wounded a second officer after he deliberately rammed his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D ...