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

Military

* Sir William Green, 1st Baronet (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 *

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 United States federal judge, judge of the United States Court of Claims, Cour ...

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

Elsewhere

* William Green (Australian politician) (1878–1968), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Sports

Cricket

* William Green (cricketer, born 1817) (1817–1870), English batsman playing for Kent * William Green (cricketer, born 1834) (1834–1876), English batsman playing for Kent * William Green (cricketer, born 1852) (1852–1924), English cricketer for Marylebone Cricket Club

Other sports

* William Green (footballer) (1881–1966), Welsh footballer * William Green (baseball) (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) (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 (1847–1919), Irish naturalist * William Green (author) (1927–2010), British aviation author * William H. Green (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 pla ...

(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, near Bordentown, New Jersey. Green was descended in the sixth generation from Jonathan Dickinson, first presid ...

(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 (born 1953), American businessman, chairman of Accenture