William Hawkins may refer to:
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William Hawkins (died c. 1554), MP for Plymouth
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William Hawkins (died 1589)
William Hawkins or Hawkyns (died 7 October 1589) was an English sea-captain and merchant.
Life
William Hawkins was son of William Hawkins (died c. 1554), William Hawkins (died 1553), and elder brother of John Hawkins (naval commander), S ...
, English sea-captain and merchant
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William Hawkins (fl. c. 1600), 16th century representative of the English East India Company
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William Hawkins (serjeant-at-law)
William Hawkins (1682–1750) was a barrister and serjeant-at-law, best known for his work on the English criminal law, ''Hawkins' Treatise of Pleas of the Crown, Treatise of Pleas of the Crown''.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Oriel Co ...
(1673–1746), English serjeant-at-law and legal writer
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William Hawkins (priest) (1722–1801), English poet and dramatist, son of the serjeant-at-law
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William Hawkins (governor) (1777–1819), governor of North Carolina
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William Hawkins (mass murderer) (1809–1838), convicted perpetrator of the Myall Creek massacre
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William L. Hawkins (1895–1990), African-American folk artist
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Bill Hawkins (cricketer)
William Henry Hawkins (1861 – 10 August 1930) was a New Zealand cricketer and Liberal Party Member of Parliament.
Work
Hawkins was born in New South Wales and moved to the Wairarapa at the age of 20 to take up journalism. He eventually became ...
(1861–1930), New Zealand cricketer and Member of Parliament
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William Ashbie Hawkins (1862–1941), African American lawyer in Baltimore
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William D. Hawkins (1914–1943), American Marine awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II
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William E. Hawkins (1863–1937), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
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William Hawkins (songwriter and poet) (1940–2016), Canadian songwriter, musician and poet
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Trip Hawkins
William Murray "Trip" Hawkins III (born December 28, 1953) is an American entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company, and Digital Chocolate.
Career
A fan of the Strat-O-Matic Football pen and paper games, Hawkins started his f ...
(born 1953), founder of Electronic Arts
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Bill Hawkins (American football) (born 1966), player for the Los Angeles Rams
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Yisrayl Hawkins (born Buffalo Bill Hawkins), 20th century religious leader
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William A. Hawkins (born 1954), CEO of Medtronic, a medical company in Minnesota
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William Warwick Hawkins
William Warwick Hawkins (1816 – 8 February 1868) was a British Conservative politician.
Hawkins was elected Conservative MP for Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 201 ...
, British Member of Parliament for Colchester
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