William, Will, Bill, or Billy Jordan may refer to:
Politicians
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William Jordan (MP for Sandwich) (fl. 1381–1391), Member of Parliament for
Sandwich
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William Jordan (died 1720) William, Will, Bill, or Billy Jordan may refer to:
Politicians
*William Jordan (MP for Sandwich) (fl. 1381–1391), Member of Parliament for Sandwich
*William Jordan (died 1720), Member of Parliament for Reigate
*Hamilton Jordan (William Hamilton ...
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Reigate
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Hamilton Jordan (William Hamilton Jordan, 1944–2008), American politician, chief of staff to President Carter
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William E. Jordan
William E. Jordan (September 10, 1883 – August 13, 1953) was a stenographer and bricklayer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who served three terms as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 11th Milwaukee County district ...
(1883–?), American politician, socialist state legislator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Bill Jordan (politician) (1879–1959), New Zealand diplomat and politician, MP and high commissioner
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William Worthington Jordan William Worthington Jordan (1849–1886) was a hunter, trader, and writer in Southern Africa.
Born at Wynberg in the Cape Colony, Jordan was of mixed race. He became a trader and hunter in what is now Botswana and Namibia. In 1880 he established ...
(1849–1886), South African trader, founder of the Boer republic of Upingtonia
Sports
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Hen Jordan
William Henry Jordan (March 5, 1894 – April 19, 1948) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1920s.
A native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the c ...
(William Henry Jordan, 1894–1948), American baseball player
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William Jordan (rower) (1898–1968), American Olympic gold medalist rower
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Billy Jordan (1908/09–2000), Irish professional footballer
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Bill Jordan (Australian footballer) (1906–1995), Australian rules footballer
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Bill Jordan (American football)
William Jordan was a college football player and coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. A prominent end, he was selected All-SEC in 1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
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, college football player and coach
Writers
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Bill Jordan (environmental critic) (born 1944), American journalist
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William B. Jordan
William Bryan Jordan Jr. (May 8, 1940January 22, 2018) was an American art historian who facilitated acquisitions, curated exhibitions, and authored publications on Spanish artists and still life paintings, particularly from the Golde ...
(1940–2018), American art historian
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William Chester Jordan (born 1948), American medieval historian
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William George Jordan
William George Jordan (March 6, 1864 - April 20, 1928) was an American editor, lecturer and essayist.
Life
Jordan was born in New York City on March 6, 1864. He graduated from the City College of New York and began his literary career as editor o ...
(1864–1928), American editor and essayist
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William Jordan (writer)
William Jordan (fl. 1611), Cornish dramatist, lived at Helston in Cornwall, and is supposed to have been the author of the Cornish language mystery or sacred drama ''Gwreans an Bys: the Creacon of the World''. The oldest manuscript is in small f ...
(fl. 1611), Cornish writer and dramatist
Actors
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Will Jordan (born 1927), American actor and impressionist
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William Jordan (actor) (born 1937), American television and film actor, star of 1978 television series ''Project UFO''
Others
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Bill Jordan (American lawman) (1911–1997), U.S. Marine, Border Patrol officer, gun writer
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William-Jordan (died 1109), Crusader baron
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William Jordan, Baron Jordan (born 1936), British economist and trade unionist
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Bill Jordan (outdoorsman), American camouflage designer
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William H. Jordan
William H. Jordan (born 1845 or 1846; died July 2, 1923) was an American herring merchant from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Early life
Jordan was born in Rockport, Massachusetts. When he was about three years old his family moved to Gloucester. He ...
(died 1923), American herring merchant from Gloucester, Massachusetts
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William Lancelot Jordan (1896–1931), South African WWI flying ace
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William Jorden
William John Jorden (May 3, 1923 – February 20, 2009) was a diplomatic correspondent for '' The New York Times'', United States Ambassador to Panama, and author.
Jorden studied at Yale University, receiving a bachelor's degree in interna ...
(1923–2009), William John Jorden, American reporter and diplomat
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William Jordyn (disambiguation) William Jordyn may refer to:
*William Jordyn (died 1602), MP for Shaftesbury
*William Jordyn (died 1623), MP for Westbury
See also
* William Jordan (disambiguation)
*William Jorden
William John Jorden (May 3, 1923 – February 20, 2009) was ...
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William II Jordan (d. 1109), Count of Berga (from 1094), Count of Cerdanya (from 1095), and Regent of the County of Tripoli from 1105.
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