William Kerr is the name of:

Politics and nobility

* William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian (c. 1605–1675), Scottish nobleman * William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian (1661–1722), Scottish peer and soldier *

William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian, ( – 28 July 1767) was a Scottish nobleman, styled Master of Jedburgh from 1692 to 1703 and Lord Jedburgh from 1703 to 1722. Early life He was the son of William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian and Lady Jean ...

(c. 1690–1767), Scottish nobleman * William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian (1710–1775), also a Member of Parliament *

William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian General William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (13 March 1737 – 4 January 1815) was a British soldier and peer, styled Lord Newbattle until 1767 and Earl of Ancrum from 1767 to 1775. He was buried at St Andrew's parish Church, Farnham, S ...

(1737–1815), British soldier and peer * William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian (1763–1824), son of William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian * Sir William Kerr, 3rd Baronet (died 1716), one of the

Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain The Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain, serving from 1 May 1707 to 26 May 1708, were not elected like their colleagues from England and Wales, but rather hand-picked. The forty five men sent to London in 1707, to t ...

Sir William Kerr, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(died 1741), of the

Kerr baronets There have been two Kerr baronetcies. The Kerr Baronetcy of Greenhead, Roxburgh, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1637 for Andrew Kerr. The first three baronets represented Roxburghshire in the Scottish parliament, and the third w ...

Sir William Kerr, 6th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(died 1755), of the

William Johnson Kerr William Johnson Kerr (1787 – April 23, 1845) was a political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in 1787, the son of Robert Kerr and grandson of Sir William Johnson. He was a captain in the Indian Department and with John Brant and John ...

(1787–1845), political figure in Upper Canada *

William G. Kerr William G. Kerr grocer, politician; born in 1814 or 1815 in the United States; married Martha - died between 1858 and 1862. He was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a populati ...

(''c.'' 1814–1861), mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada *

William Kerr (Canadian politician) William Kerr (February 27, 1836 – November 22, 1906) was a lawyer and political figurein Ontario, Canada. He represented Northumberland West in the House of Commons of Canada from 1874 to 1878 as a Liberal member and served in the Senate of ...

(1836–1906), Canadian politician * William Franklin Kerr (1876–1968), journalist and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada *

William Kerr (mayor) William Kerr (1809 – August 11, 1853) was a physician and politician from Pennsylvania. He served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1846 to 1847. Early life William Kerr was born on September 15, 1809 or November 15, 1809, sources differ, to Agnes ...

(1809–1853), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Military

William Kerr (Royal Navy officer) Commodore The Hon. William Kerr was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station. Naval career Born a younger son of the Earl of Lothian, Kerr was promoted to post captain on 14 May 1690 on appointment to the com ...

(born c. 1670), British admiral * William Munro Kerr (1876–1959), British admiral * William Kerr (British Army officer, died 1741), British Army officer, MP for Aberdeen Burghs and Dysart Burghs *

William Alexander Kerr William Alexander Kerr, VC (18 July 1831 – 21 May 1919) was a Scottish soldier, writer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. De ...

(1831–1919), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross

Sports

William Kerr (American football) William Kerr (March 14, 1915 – June 21, 2005) was an American football and wrestling coach. He served as the head football coach at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, West Virginia from 1972 to 1977, compiling a record of 29–29–1. Head ...

(1914–2005), American football and wrestling coach *

Bill Kerr (footballer) Bill Kerr (1 September 1882 – 16 February 1911) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He died from typhoid fever Typhoid fever, also known as typhoid, is a d ...

(1882–1911), Australian rules footballer *

Willie Kerr William Kerr is a Scottish retired amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as a wing half. He was capped by Scotland at amateur An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independe ...

, Scottish footballer *

Billy Kerr Billy Kerr (26 February 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Irish cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Biography Kerr was born in February 1945 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. At the age of 16, Ke ...

(1945–2012), Irish cyclist *

William Kerr (baseball) William Warden Kerr (September 9, 1847 – February 18, 1917) was an American business executive in wholesale grocery, best remembered as controlling owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates professional baseball team of the National League (NL) from thr ...

, co-owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team *

Will Kerr Will Kerr (born October 21, 1982) is a retired American mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 2005 until 2010, he competed for World Extreme Cagefighting. Mixed martial arts career World Extreme Cagefighting Kerr made his WEC debu ...

(born 1982), American mixed martial artist *

Bud Kerr William Howard "Bud" Kerr (November 10, 1915 – April 9, 1964) was an American football player and coach. He was an All-American football player at Notre Dame in 1939. He later served as the head football coach at the University of Dayton, from ...

(1916–1964), American football player and coach

Other

William Kerr (gardener) William Kerr (died 1814) was a Scottish gardener and plant hunter, the first Western professional full-time plant collector active in China. He also collected in Java and Luzon in the Philippines. Among the plants he sent back to Kew Gardens was t ...

(died 1814), collector of plants in East Asia *

William Kerr (journalist) William Kerr is the name of: Politics and nobility *William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian (c. 1605–1675), Scottish nobleman *William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian (1661–1722), Scottish peer and soldier *William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian (c. 16 ...

(1812–1859), Scottish-Australian journalist, founder of '' The Argus'' *

William Kerr (architect) William Kerr (1836-1911) was an Irish-American architect. Born in Ireland and educated in Natick and Boston, Massachusetts, he moved to Key West, Florida Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. ...

(1836–1911), Irish-American architect *

William Kerr (bishop) William Shaw Kerr (1873 - 2 February 1960) was an Irish Anglican bishop, the first Bishop of Down and Dromore in the Church of Ireland. Kerr was born in 1873 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1897, his first post was a cur ...

(1873–1960), Irish Anglican bishop *

William Jasper Kerr William Jasper Kerr (November 17, 1863 – April 15, 1947) was an American academic in the states of Oregon and Utah. A native of Utah, he served as president of Oregon State University), known then as Oregon Agricultural College, Brigham Young Co ...

(1863–1947), president of Oregon State University, 1907–1932 *

William Alexander Robb Kerr William Alexander Robb Kerr, (September 29, 1875 – January 19, 1945) was a Canadian academic and the third president of the University of Alberta. Born in Toronto, Ontario, to Thomas and Maria Jane Kerr, Kerr received a Bachelor of Arts deg ...

(1875–1945), Canadian academic and president of the University of Alberta *

William R. Kerr William R. Kerr is the Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff – MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration professor at Harvard Business School, where he is a co-director of Harvard's ''Managing the Future of Work'' project and faculty chair of the ...

, professor at Harvard Business School * Bill Kerr (1922–2014), South African-born Australian actor

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