William or Willie Lewis may refer to:

Politicians

William Lewis (MP for Anglesey) William Lewis (1526-1601?) was an MP for Anglesey. Early life He was the first son of Hugh Lewis of Presaddfed Hall and his mother was Agnes, daughter of Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn. Between the deaths of his father and grandfather he was the ...

(by 1526–1601 or later), MP for Anglesey in 1553 and 1555 * William Lewis (MP for Helston), MP for

Helston Helston ( kw, Hellys) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map shee ...

in 1584 *

William Lewis (MP for King's Lynn) William or Willie Lewis may refer to: Politicians * William Lewis (MP for Anglesey) (by 1526–1601 or later), MP for Anglesey in 1553 and 1555 * William Lewis (MP for Helston), MP for Helston in 1584 * William Lewis (MP for King's Lynn) (died 1 ...

(died 1593), MP for

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, no ...

in 1593 * William Lewis (MP for Cardiff), MP for

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

in 1601 *

Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet (26 March 1598 – November 1677) of Llangorse, Brecon and Bordean House, East Meon, Hampshire, supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. He sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Comm ...

(1598–1677), MP for Petersfield, Breconshire and Lymington * William Lewis (MP for Devizes) (1625–1661), MP for Devizes, 1660–1661 * William J. Lewis (1766–1828), U.S. Representative from Virginia * William Lewis (Australian politician) (1818–1895), businessman and politician of Kapunda, South Australia *

William Lewis (New York politician) William Lewis (October 31, 1827, in Scotland – December 11, 1891, in Hamden, New York) was an American merchant and politician from New York (state), New York. Life The family emigrated to the United States in 1834, and settled on a farm in Del ...

(1827–1891), New York politician *

William James Lewis William James Lewis (September 23, 1830 – June 22, 1910) was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Albert County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1879 to 1896 and Albert in the House o ...

(1830–1910), physician and politician in New Brunswick, Canada *

William Lewis (Kentucky politician) William Lewis (September 22, 1868 – August 8, 1959) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Cutshin, Kentucky, Lewis was raised on a farm and attended the common schools of Leslie County, ...

(1868–1959), U.S. Representative from Kentucky *

William Lewis, 3rd Baron Merthyr Major William Brereton Couchman Lewis, 3rd Baron Merthyr, KBE, TD, PC (7 January 1901 – 16 April 1977), styled The Honourable William Lewis between 1914 and 1932, was a British barrister and politician. Lewis was the son of Herbert Clark Lewi ...

(1901–1977), Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords * William E. Lewis (1918-1989), Missouri politician

Sportspeople

William H. Lewis William Henry Lewis (November 28, 1868 – January 1, 1949) was an African-American pioneer in athletics, law and politics. Born in Virginia to freedmen, he graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he had been one of the first Africa ...

(1868–1949), first African-American All-American football player and United States Assistant Attorney General *

William Lewis (athlete) William Fraser Lewis (March 2, 1876 – March 1, 1962) was an American track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Lewis competed in the 110 metre hurdles. He placed third in his first-round heat and sec ...

(1876–1962), American hurdler in the 1900 Olympic Games * William

Ian Lewis (cricketer) William Ian Lewis (29 September 1935 – 20 November 2004), usually known by his middle name, was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played twenty times for the Ireland cricket team between 1955 and 1973 including five first-class m ...

(1935–2004), Irish cricketer * William Lewis (cricketer) (1807–1889), English cricketer *

William Lewis (figure skater) William Lewis is a former Canadian figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 O ...

, former Canadian figure skater *

William Lewis (football) William Lewis (September 1860 – 6 May 1916) was an English football referee, director, secretary and manager, active in the early 20th century. He managed Brentford and Chelsea, the latter in the Football League. Managerial career Brentf ...

(1860–1916), association football referee, and secretary of Chelsea F.C. *

William Lewis (chess player) William Lewis (1787–1870) was an English chess player and author, nowadays best known for the Lewis Countergambit. He may have been the first player ever described as a Grandmaster of the game. Life and works Born in Birmingham, William Le ...

(1787–1870), English chess competitor and author *

William Lewis (Antigua and Barbuda footballer) William or Willie Lewis may refer to: Politicians * William Lewis (MP for Anglesey) (by 1526–1601 or later), MP for Anglesey in 1553 and 1555 * William Lewis (MP for Helston), MP for Helston in 1584 * William Lewis (MP for King's Lynn) (died 15 ...

, former Antigua and Barbuda association football player and coach *

Will Lewis (American football) Willie L. Lewis (born January 16, 1958) is an American football executive and former professional player. He is currently the Director of Player Personnel for the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL and was most recently the Assistant Director of Pro ...

(born 1958), American football executive and former cornerback *

Willie Lewis (boxer) Willie Lewis (21 May 1884 – 18 May 1949) was a professional American boxer from New York. His career spanned from 1901 to 1915. He was best known in the United States and France where In early 1910, Lewis made an unsuccessful bid at the wor ...

(1884–1949), American boxer

Arts

William Lewis (tenor) William L. Lewis (born November 23, 1931 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American operatic tenor and academic. Biography William Lewis was educated at the University of Colorado, Texas Christian University and New York University. He began his career a ...

(born 1935), American operatic tenor *

Willie Lewis William T. Lewis ''(né'' Willie Meria Tawlton Lewis; 10 June 1905 – 13 January 1971) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Career Lewis was born Cleburne, Texas, United States. He grew up in Dallas and played in variety shows as ...

(1905–1971), jazz clarinettist *

Willie Lewis (rockabilly musician) Willie Lewis (1946 – October 17, 2014) was a rockabilly recording artist and founder of The Rock-A-Billy Record Company, a record label based in Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populou ...

(born 1946), musician and founder of Rock-A-Billy Records *

William Lewis (journalist) William Lewis (born 2 April 1969) is a British media executive and was formerly chief executive of Dow Jones and Company and publisher of ''The Wall Street Journal''. Earlier in his career he was known as a journalist and then editor. While Ed ...

(born 1969), British journalist and editor *

William Thomas Lewis William Thomas Lewis (1748?–1811), known as "Gentleman" Lewis, due to his refined acting style, was an English actor. He was said to be "the most complete fop on the stage". In later life he went into theatrical management. Early days in Ir ...

(1748–1811), English actor *

Willard Louis Willard Louis (April 19, 1882 – July 22, 1926) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1911 and 1926. He was born in San Francisco, California. Louis had an art studio before he be ...

(1882–1926), American actor who was sometimes credited as William Lewis *

Spliff Star William A. Lewis (born April 18, 1971), professionally known as Spliff Star, is an American rapper and record producer from Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. He's best known for his work with Busta Rhymes. Both ''Vibe'' and ''Complex'' listed Splif ...

(William A. Lewis, born 1971), American rapper

Scientists

William Lewis (chemist) William Henry Lewis (1869 – 25 May 1963) was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Exeter for more than 30 years. Lewis was educated at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (as it was then known) and Jesus College, Oxford. After ...

(1869–1963), Professor of Chemistry at Exeter University *

William Lewis (mineralogist) William James Lewis F.R.S. (10 January 1847 – 16 April 1926) was a Welsh mineralogist. Life and career Lewis was born in Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire, the second son of clergyman John Lewis, and educated at Llanrwst grammar school and Jes ...

(1847–1926), professor of mineralogy at Cambridge University *

William Lewis (physical chemist) William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis, FRS (29 June 1885 – 11 February 1956) was a British chemist and academic. He was Brunner Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. Biography He was born in Belfast, the son of linen merch ...

(1885–1956), propounded collision theory *

William Lewis (scientist) William Lewis FRS (c. 1708 – 1781) was a British chemist and physician. He is known for his writings related to pharmacy and medicine, and for his research into metals. Life and work William Lewis, the son of John (William?) Lewis, a brew ...

(1708–1781), English scientist and physician * William M. Lewis Sr. (1921–2010), fish biologist

Businessmen

William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr William Thomas Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr (5 August 1837 – 27 August 1914), known as Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet, from 1896 to 1911, was a Welsh coal mining magnate. Early life Lewis was born in 1837 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, the s ...

(1837–1914), Welsh coal mining magnate * William D. Lewis, 19th-century banker, merchant, and railroad executive * William Turnor Lewis (1840–1915), Wisconsin businessman and state legislator

Other

William Lewis (pirate) William Lewis (fl. 1687?) was a pirate supposedly active in the Caribbean, off the American east coast, and off the west coast of Africa in the 18th century. He was known for sparing his victims and for being killed after announcing he had made a ...

(fl. 1687-?), English pirate (possibly fictional) *

William Lewis (judge) William Lewis (January 22, 1752 – August 16, 1819) was a United States Attorney for the District of Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Bor ...

(1752–1819), United States federal judge *

William B. Lewis (New York treasurer) William B. Lewis (c. 1816 – October 15, 1884) was an American businessman and politician. Life He began to work as a brick hod carrier, then learned the construction worker, builder's trade, and became a General contractor, contractor. In th ...

(c. 1816–1884), New York State treasurer, 1862–1863 *

William Berkeley Lewis William Berkeley Lewis (1784 – November 12, 1866) was an influential friend and advisor to Andrew Jackson. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, and later moved near Nashville, Tennessee, in 1809. Major Lewis served as quartermaster under Gen ...

(1784–1866), confidant of Andrew Jackson and auditor of the U.S. Treasury *

William Garrett Lewis William Garrett Lewis (1821–1885) was a Baptist preacher and pastor of Westbourne Grove Church in Bayswater, London for 33 years. He was an apologist author of two books, ''Westbourne Grove Sermons'' and ''The Trades and Industrial Occupations ...

(1821–1885), British Baptist preacher *

William Draper Lewis William Draper Lewis (1867–1949) was the first full-time dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1896–1914), and the founding director (1923–1947) of the American Law Institute. Personal life and education William Draper ...

(1867–1949), dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; founding director of the American Law Institute *

William G. Lewis William Gaston Lewis (September 3, 1835 – January 7, 1901) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Early life William G. Lewis was born September 3, 1835, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He was the son of Dr. John Wesley Lewi ...

(1835–1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War * Sir

W. Arthur Lewis Sir William Arthur Lewis (23 January 1915 – 15 June 1991) was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis was known for his contributions in the field of economic development. I ...

(William Arthur Lewis, 1915–1991), Saint Lucian economist *

William Mather Lewis William Mather Lewis (March 24, 1878 – November 11, 1945) was an American teacher, university president, local politician, and a state and national government official. He was mayor of Lake Forest, Illinois from 1915 to 1917, President of Ge ...

(1878–1945), President of George Washington and Lafayette Universities and a government official * William F. Lewis (1902–1964), Episcopal bishop

Companies

* William Lewis & Son Co., a Chicago-based orchestral string instrument company acquired in 1995 by Selmer