William Green may refer to

Arts and entertainment

William Green (painter) William Green (1760–1823) was an English artist, poet, writer, and landscape painter, who made images mainly of the Lake District, determined to make them "adhere as faithfully as possible to nature." His biographer, Charles Roeder, stated: ...

(1760–1823), British artist *

William Green (piper) William Green (1775–1860) was a player of the Northumbrian smallpipes, and the Piper to the Duchess of Northumberland from 1806 until 1849. He was assisted in this role by his nephew Robert Nicholson (1798–1842), and his son William Thomas ( ...

(1775–1860), Northumbrian piper *

William Curtis Green William Curtis Green (16 July 1875 – 26 March 1960) was an English architect, designer and barrister"Quite ceremony in Archbishop's Palace", ''The Nottingham Evening Post'', 3 August 1935, p. 8. who was based in London for much of his career. ...

(1875–1960), English architect *

William Ellis Green William Ellis Green (12 August 1923 – 29 December 2008), who signed his cartoons "WEG", was an Australian editorial cartoonist and illustrator who drew the Australian Football League premiership posters from 1954 until his death. Life and ca ...

(1923–2008), Australian cartoonist *

William Green (action painter) William Green (1934 – 28 January 2001), was an artist who achieved attention in the late 1950s as a practitioner of Action painting. His work became known following a documentary film featuring his creation paintings by riding a bicycle o ...

(1934–2001), British artist * William Clark Green (born 1986), American country music singer

Military

Sir William Green, 1st Baronet General Sir William Green, 1st Baronet, of Marass, Kent (4 April 1725 – 10 January 1811) was an officer in the British Army. After receiving a private education in Aberdeen, Scotland and a military education at the Royal Military Academy in W ...

(1725–1811), British army officer *

William Green (British Army soldier) William Green (7 June 1784 – 27 January 1881) was an English rifleman of the 95th Regiment who served in the Napoleonic Wars. He was the author of a memoir entitled "''A brief outline of the Travels and Adventures of William Green (late Rifle B ...

(1784–1881), English veteran of the Napoleonic wars * William Henry Rodes Green (1823–1912), British Indian Army general * William Green (British Army officer, born 1882) (1882–1947), British Army major-general *Sir William Wyndham Green (1887–1979), British Army general * William Edward Green (1898–1940), British World War I flying ace

Politics and law

U.K.

* William Green (fl.1406), MP for

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of ...

* William Green (died 1555), MP for Downton * William Green (MP for Poole) (fl. 1563–1572), MP for

Poole Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...

William Lowthian Green William Lowthian Green (13 September 1819 – 7 December 1890) was an English adventurer and merchant who later became cabinet minister in the Kingdom of Hawaii. As an amateur geologist, he published a theory of the formation of the earth calle ...

(1819–1890), English merchant and cabinet minister in the Kingdom of Hawaii

U.S.

* William Comstock Green (1802–1874), American politician * William Green (lawyer) (1806–1880), Virginia lawyer, son of

John W. Green John Williams Green (November 9, 1781 – February 4, 1834) was a Virginia lawyer, soldier, plantation owner, politician and judge. He fought in the War of 1812, was elected to the Virginia State Senate, and served for more than ten years as a j ...

William R. Green William Raymond Green (November 7, 1856 – June 11, 1947) was a United States representative from Iowa, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and later was a judge of the Court of Claims. His son, William R. Green Jr., served on the ...

(1856–1947), U.S. Representative from Iowa *

William T. Green William T. Green (1860 – December 3, 1911) was an African-American attorney and civil rights activist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born near Niagara Falls, Canada West in May 1860, Green immigrated to the United States in 1884, and within a couple ...

(1860–1911), African-American attorney and civil rights activist * William R. Green Jr. (c. 1889–1966), United States Tax Court judge *

William J. Green Jr. William Joseph Green Jr. (March 5, 1910 – December 21, 1963) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography William J. Green was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrants. ...

(1910–1963), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *

S. William Green Sedgwick William Green (October 16, 1929 – October 14, 2002) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He represented a district covering most or all of Manhattan's Ea ...

(1929–2002), U.S. congressman from New York *

William J. Green III William Joseph Green III (born June 24, 1938) is an American politician from Pennsylvania. A Democrat, Green served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1964 to 1977 and as the 94th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1980 to 1984. Youth Green gre ...

(born 1938), American politician, mayor of Philadelphia and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *

Bill Green IV William Joseph Green IV (born March 29, 1965) is the former chair of the School Reform Commission of the School District of Philadelphia and a former Democratic Councilman-at-Large on the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While in offic ...

(William J. Green, IV, born 1965), American politician in Philadelphia

Elsewhere

William Green (Australian politician) William Herbert Green (11 October 1878 – 18 March 1968) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia. Biography Green was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Charles Green, ironfounder, and his wife Eliza (née Vaugh ...

(1878–1968), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Sports

Cricket

William Green (cricketer, born 1817) This is a list of cricketers who played for Kent county cricket teams in first-class cricket matches before the formation of the first Kent County Cricket Club in August 1842. Cricket is generally believed to have originated out of children's bat ...

(1817–1870), English batsman playing for Kent *

William Green (cricketer, born 1834) William James Green (1834 – 11 January 1876) was an English cricketer who played in three first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1856 and 1861. He was born at Gravesend in Kent in 1834, the son of William and Rebecca ...

(1834–1876), English batsman playing for Kent *

William Green (cricketer, born 1852) William Barham Green (August 1852 — 18 January 1924) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of E. B. Green, he was born in Australia at St Kilda in August 1852. After moving to England, he was educated at Eton College. He played first ...

(1852–1924), English cricketer for Marylebone Cricket Club

Other sports

* William Green (footballer) (1881–1966), Welsh footballer *

William Green (baseball) William Green (1894 – June 4, 1925) was a Negro leagues third baseman for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons. He played most of his career for the Chicago Giants The Chicago G ...

(1894–1925), American Negro leagues third baseman *

Willie Green (American football) Willie Aaron Green (born April 2, 1966) is a former professional American football wide receiver who played for the Detroit Lions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Carolina Panthers, and the Denver Broncos in the National Football League. He played ...

(born 1966), American football player *

Will Green (rugby union) William Robert Green (born 25 October 1973 in Littlehampton) was a rugby union footballer who played at prop for Wasps and Leinster. Club career Green began his career at Wasps, making his debut in 1995 and remained there until 2005. Whilst ...

(born 1973), English rugby union footballer *

William Green (American football) William Green (born December 17, 1979) is a former American football running back. He played college football for Boston College, and received consensus All-American honors. The Cleveland Browns chose him in the first round of the 2002 NFL Dra ...

(born 1979), American football player *

Willie Green Willie Julius Green (born July 28, 1981) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played professionally in the NBA with the ...

(born 1981), American basketball player

Science and medicine

William Spotswood Green William Spotswood Green (10 September 1847 – 22 April 1919) was an Irish naturalist, who specialised in marine biology. Born at Youghal and educated at Trinity College Dublin,Fallon, N.: ''The Armada in Ireland'', Wesleyan University Pr ...

(1847–1919), Irish naturalist *

William Green (author) William Green (1927 – 2 January 2010) was an aviation and military author. During service with the Royal Air Force, he wrote for the '' Air Training Corps Gazette'', later to become ''Air Pictorial''. Green was technical director to the ''R ...

(1927–2010), British aviation author *

William H. Green William H. Green Jr. (born April 11, 1963), is a Hoyt C. Hottel Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working in the field of chemical reaction engineering. His research largely focuses on using comput ...

(born 1963), American chemical engineer

Others

William Mercer Green William Mercer Green (May 2, 1798 – February 13, 1887) was the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi. Early life Green was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1798.Batterson, 159 He was the son of William Green, a North Carolina rice plan ...

(1798–1887), American Episcopal bishop of Mississippi * William Green (former slave) (c.1814–1895), African-American escaped slave and writer *

William Henry Green William Henry Green (January 27, 1824February 10, 1900), was an American scholar of the Hebrew language. He was born in Groveville, New Jersey, Groveville, near Bordentown, New Jersey. Green was descended in the sixth generation from Jonathan D ...

(1824–1900), American Hebrew scholar * Will S. Green (1832–1905), California pioneer *

William Green (U.S. labor leader) William B. Green (March 3, 1873 – November 21, 1952) was an American trade union leader. Green is best remembered as the president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1924 to 1952. He was a strong supporter for labor-management co ...

(1873–1952), president of the American Federation of Labor *

William Mercer Green (grandson) William Mercer Green (July 12, 1876 – November 12, 1942), was the 4th Bishop of Mississippi from 1938 till 1942. He was the grandson of William Mercer Green, the 1st Bishop of Mississippi. Education Green attended the public schools of Greenvil ...

(1876–1942), American Episcopal bishop of Mississippi *

William D. Green William "Bill" D. Green (born August 1953) is an American business executive. He was the executive chairman of the global Accenture management consulting firm. Early life Green was raised in Hampden, Massachusetts and did odd jobs managing ...

(born 1953), American businessman, chairman of Accenture