William or Bill Hughes may refer to:

Politics

Billy Hughes William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia, in office from 1915 to 1923. He is best known for leading the country during World War I, but ...

(1862–1952), Prime Minister of Australia during WWI *

William Hughes (Wisconsin politician) William Hughes (August 11, 1841 – February 4, 1899) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Hughes was born in Radnorshire, Wales. In May 1869, he moved to Aurora, Waushara County, Wisconsin. By trade, Hughes was a farmer. Political ca ...

(1841–1899), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *

William Hughes (U.S. senator) William Hughes (April 3, 1872January 30, 1918) was an American politician of Irish origin. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in both houses of the United States Congress as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 6th congressional di ...

(1872–1918), U.S. Representative and Senator from New Jersey * William Hughes (Brooklyn), Assemblyman in the

117th New York State Legislature The 117th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to April 27, 1894, during the third year of Roswell P. Flower's governorship, in Albany. Background Under the ...

(1894) *

William Hughes, Baron Hughes William Hughes, Baron Hughes CBE PC (22 January 1911 – 31 December 1999), was a Labour party politician in the United Kingdom. Hughes was elected to Dundee Town Council in 1933 at the age of 22. In 1954 he became Lord Provost of Dundee, a p ...

(1911–1999), Scottish Labour party politician *

William Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben William Lewis Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben (10 November 1767 – 10 February 1852), was a Welsh copper mine owner, philanthropist and Whig politician. Hughes was the son of Reverend Edward Hughes, of Kinmel Hall, Denbighshire, and Mary, daughter o ...

(1767–1852), British industrialist, politician and benefactor *

William Bulkeley Hughes William Bulkeley Hughes J.P. (26 July 17978 March 1882) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1859 and 1865 to 1882. He was elected for Member of Parliament for Carnarvon Boroughs constituency. Hughes was the eld ...

(1797–1882), Welsh politician *

William Clark Hughes William Clark Hughes (January 31, 1868 – August 29, 1930) was an American Democrat who served from 1926 to 1928 as the Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He represented Bossier Parish in the lower house of the legislature ...

(1868–1930), Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives *

William Edgar Hughes William Edgar Hughes (March 15, 1840 – July 29, 1918) was an American politician from Texas. Hughes was a Morgan County, Illinois, native, born to parents John and Eliza on March 15, 1840. He graduated from Illinois College and started reading ...

(1840–1918), member of the Texas House of Representatives *

William H. Hughes William Henry Hughes (September 30, 1864 – November 11, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Life He was born on September 30, 1864, in Chapmanville, Venango County, Pennsylvania. He owned stone quarries in New York ...

(1864–1903), American businessman and politician from New York *

William J. Hughes William John Hughes (October 17, 1932 – October 30, 2019) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1995, representing New Jersey's Second Congressional Distri ...

(1932–2019), U.S. Representative from New Jersey and ambassador *

William M. Hughes William M. Hughes was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council between 1927 and 1929. He moved to that city in 1905 and became a "large property owner," living at 1827 South Harvard Boulevard, just north of Washington Boulevard in tod ...

, member of the Los Angeles City Council, California

Religion

* William Hughes (bishop of St Asaph) (died 1600), Welsh Anglican bishop *

William Hughes (Methodist bishop) William Alfred Carroll Hughes (1877 – 1940) was an American bishop in The Methodist Church, elected in 1940. He was the first bishop elected by the then Central Jurisdiction of the Church. He was elected at the first meeting of the Centra ...

(1877–1940), American bishop of the Central jurisdiction * William Hughes (bishop of Covington) (1921–2013), American Roman Catholic bishop

Sports

Bill Hughes (American football) Bill Hughes (1915-1978) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for five seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The ...

(1915–1978), American football player * Bill Hughes (cricketer) (1859–1934), New Zealand cricketer *

Bill Hughes (first baseman) William W. Hughes (1860 – December 2, 1928), was a first baseman/outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association and the 1885 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Associa ...

(1860–1928), baseball player * Bill Hughes (pitcher) (1896–1963), American baseball player in 1921 *

Bill Hughes (ice hockey) William John Martin Hughes (born November 7, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. During the 1972–73 season Hughes played three games in the World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association (french: Associa ...

(born 1947), Canadian ice hockey goaltender *

William L. Hughes William Leonard Hughes (born January 30, 1895) was an American college football player and coach. He was the head football coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio in 1924 and DePauw University from 1925 to 1929. References

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(1895–?), American college football player and coach * William Hughes (footballer, born 1865) (1865–?), English footballer for Liverpool * William Hughes (1910s footballer) (1889–1955), English footballer for Halifax Town and Bradford City * William Hughes (born 1998) (1998–2018), Welsh boxer and child actor * Willie Hughes (footballer) (1909–1996), Scottish footballer for Celtic and Clyde

Other

Bill Hughes (musician) William Henry Hughes (March 28, 1930 – January 14, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader. He spent most of his career with the Count Basie Orchestra and was the director of that ensemble until September 2010. Biography Earl ...

(1930–2018), American jazz musician * Bill Hughes (police officer) (born 1950), Director General of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency * William Hughes (As the World Turns), a fictional character on the American soap opera ''As the World Turns'' *

William Hughes (geographer) William Hughes FRGS (1818 – 21 May 1876) was an English geographer, cartographer, author and academic. Life In early life Hughes was in business as an engraver in Pentonville, London. In 1840 he became a lecturer at St John's College, Bat ...

(1818–1876), British mapmaker, professor of geography and author * William Hughes (professor), British professor of Gothic studies, and author/editor of several books on Bram Stoker and the Gothic *

William Hughes (writer) William Hughes (2 March 1803 – 20 August 1861), was a British writer on law and angling in the 19th century. Biography Hughes, born in Maker Vicarage, Cornwall, was the fourth son of Sir Robert Hughes, third baronet, by his second wife, Bet ...

(1803–1861), British writer on law and angling *

W. A. Hughes William Alexander Hughes (1816 – 22 June 1892) was an early settler in the British colony of South Australia. He was Town Clerk of Adelaide 1856–1868. After his resignation he was found guilty of forgery and embezzlement. History W. A. Hughes ...

(William Alexander Hughes, 1816–1892), town clerk of Adelaide, South Australia *

William C. Hughes William C. Hughes was a prominent lawyer in Oklahoma. Biography He was born October 24, 1869, in Georgetown, Missouri, later moving to Sedalia and Kansas City, Missouri. In March 1901, Hughes moved from Kansas City to Oklahoma City, and became kn ...

, lawyer in Oklahoma * Willie Hughes (16th century), possible dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets

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