William Martin may refer to:

Arts

William Martin (painter) William Martin (1753–; ) was an English history painter. Life William Martin was a pupil and assistant to G. B. Cipriani, , and appears to have resided for about twenty years or more in Cipriani's house. In 1766 he was awarded a gold pa ...

(1753–c. 1836), English history painter *

William Martin (architect) William Martin (1829–1900) was a British architect who worked in Birmingham, England, particularly in the practice Martin & Chamberlain. Born in Somerset in 1829 he joined a Birmingham architect called Thomson Plevins, and then became a partne ...

(1829–1900), British architect *

William Martin (garden designer) William Martin (Born Rutherglen Scotland 25 June 1953) is an Australian garden designer. His garden Wigandia in south west Victoria at Noorat was twice ...

(born 1953), plantsman and garden designer *

William Martin (novelist) William Martin is an American author of historical novels, a native of Boston, MA. Biography William Martin grew up in West Roxbury and Roslindale, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1972 where he majored in English. He wor ...

, American novelist *

William Martin (tenor) William Martin (born 13 April 1898 – ?) was an American classical tenor. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, he studied singing with Leveret Merrill, A Sujol, and Florence Holtzman. A graduate of Harvard University, he was for many years a member of ...

(1898–?), American opera singer *

William E. Martin William E. Martin (October 8, 1945 – January 27, 2016) was an American musician, songwriter, screenwriter, and voice actor. Life and career A friend of Monkee Michael Nesmith, Martin wrote the first song (" All of Your Toys") to be recor ...

(1945–2016), American songwriter, screenwriter and voice actor * William H. "Dad" Martin, American photographer * William Martin (director), American stage director

Military

William T. Martin William Thompson Martin (March 25, 1823 — March 16, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who became a Confederate States Army major general during the American Civil War. He later served in the Mississippi state senate, and was a delega ...

(1823–1910), American lawyer, politician and Confederate States Army general *

William Martin (Royal Navy officer) William Martin ( – 17 September 1756) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Spanish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession. He rose from obscure origins to see service during the War of the Spanis ...

(c. 1696–1756), naval officer and admiral *

Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Baronet, (5 December 180124 March 1895), was a Royal Navy officer. As a commander, he provided valuable support to British merchants at Callao in Peru in the early 1820s during the Peruvian War of Ind ...

(1801–1895), First Sea Lord of Britain, 1858–1859 * William Martin (American sailor, USS Benton) (1835–1914), New York born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

William Martin (American sailor, USS Varuna) William Martin (born c. 1839, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. B ...

(1839–?), Irish born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

William Martin (Royal Marine officer) Major William Martin was a persona invented by British Military Intelligence for Operation Mincemeat, the Second World War deception plan that lured German forces to Greece prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. Also known as "the man who neve ...

, invented by British military intelligence for a Second World War deception plan *

William Franklin Martin William Franklin Martin (July 19, 1863 – April 15, 1942) was a United States Army soldier who became a brigadier general. Early life and education William Franklin Martin was born on July 19, 1863, to Robert F. Martin and Mary E. (Lilley) Ma ...

(1863–1942), United States Army general

Politics and government

* Sir William Martin (Athelhampton), MP for Dorset in 1478 * William Martin (MP for Exeter) (died c. 1609), MP for

Exeter (UK Parliament constituency) Exeter is a constituency composed of the cathedral city and county town of Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency has had a history of representatives from 1900 of Conservative, Liberal Party, Ind ...

, 1597 * William D. Martin (1789–1833), US congressman from South Carolina * William Martin (merchant) (1806–1859), American merchant, politician in Tennessee * Sir William Martin (judge) (1807–1880), first Chief Justice of New Zealand, 1841–1857 *

William Harrison Martin William Harrison "Howdy" Martin (September 2, 1822 – February 5, 1898) was a Texas State Senator, U.S. Representative from Texas and veteran of the Confederate States Army who served under Robert E. Lee. Biography William Harrison Martin wa ...

(1822–1898), U.S. Representative from Texas *

William V. Martin William V. Martin (born ), also known by the Hispanicized version of his name Guillermo V. Martin, was a British Citizen and British Vice-Consul in Ferrol. Even though he was English by birth and nationality he spent most of his life in Ferrol w ...

(c. 1870s–?), British Vice-Consul in Ferrol, Spain *

William T. Martin (mayor) William T. Martin (April 6, 1788 – February 19, 1866) was an American politician who served as the fifth mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He was appointed by the Burough Council of Columbus in 1824 and served Columbus for three consecutive terms. H ...

(1788–1866), mayor of Columbus, Ohio *

Lee Martin (politician) William Lee Martin (7 February 1870 – 21 December 1950), known as Lee Martin, was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life Martin was born in Oamaru in 1870. He received his education at Waimate District High School ...

(William Lee Martin, 1870–1950), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party *

William Melville Martin William Melville Martin (August 23, 1876 – June 22, 1970) served as the second premier of Saskatchewan from 1916 to 1922. In 1916, although not a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Martin was elected leader of the Saskatch ...

(1876–1970), premier of Saskatchewan *

William Martin (Canadian politician) William George Martin (September 13, 1886 – December 19, 1973) was a Canadians, Canadian clergyman and politician. Martin represented Brantford (provincial electoral district), Brantford in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 193 ...

(1886–1973), Canadian clergyman and politician *

William Martin (Scottish politician) William Henry Porteous Martin (15 June 1886 – 9 January 1939) was a Scottish Labour Party politician. He was member of parliament (MP) for Dunbartonshire from 1923 to 1924. Martin was unsuccessful candidate in the Dunbartonshire constituency at ...

(1886–1939), British MP for Dunbartonshire, 1923–1924 *

William McChesney Martin William McChesney Martin Jr. (December 17, 1906 – July 27, 1998) was an American business executive who served as the 9th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1951 to 1970, the longest serving in that position. He was nominated to the post ...

(1906–1998), American business executive, former Federal Reserve Chairman * William Martin (Australian politician) (1834–1917), New South Wales politician *

William B. Martin William B. Martin (March 17, 1846 – June 11, 1916) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Rochester, Vermont, Martin went to public school in Orange County, Vermont. He tried to enlisted in the 4th Vermont Infantry during the Am ...

(1846–1916), American politician * William O'Hara Martin (1845–1901), American merchant, politician and banker from Nevada *

William E. Martin (New York politician) William E. Martin (January 31, 1886 – September 20, 1923) was an American politician from New York. Life Martin was born on January 31, 1886, in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a shipbuilder. Martin began his political career as a district c ...

(1886–1923), American politician from New York

Science, engineering and philosophy

* William Martin (naturalist) (1767–1810), English naturalist and palaeontologist * William Martin (philosopher) (1772–1851), English inventor, eccentric, and philosopher * William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864), English naturalist * William Clyde Martin Jr. (1929–2013), American physicist *

William Keble Martin The Rev. William Keble Martin (9 July 1877, Radley – 26 November 1969, Woodbury) was a Church of England priest, botanist and botanical illustrator, known for his ''Concise British Flora in Colour''. The ''Concise British Flora'' was publish ...

(1877–1969), British botanist * William A. Martin (1938–1981), American computer scientist *

William F. Martin William Martin (born February 16, 1957 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American botanist and microbiologist, currently Head of the Institut für Molekulare Evolution, Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf. Born in Bethesda, Maryland, Martin was ...

(born 1957), American botanist and molecular biologist * William Flynn Martin (born 1950), energy economist, educator, and international diplomat *

William Hamilton Martin In September 1960, two U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) cryptologists, William Hamilton Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell, defection, defected to the Soviet Union. A secret 1963 NSA study said that: "Beyond any doubt, no other event has had, or ...

(1931–1987), American cryptologist, defector to the Soviet Union

Sport

* William Martin (Australian cricketer) (1856–1938), Australian cricketer * William Martin (English cricketer) (1844–1871), English cricketer * William Martin (footballer), professional footballer for Huddersfield Town * William Martin (sport shooter) (1866–1931), American Olympic sport shooter *

William Martin (swimmer) William Michael Martin, (born 22 November 2000) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He won three gold and one silver medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, breaking two world records and a Paralympic record in the process. Personal ...

, Australian Paralympic swimmer * William Martin (water polo) (1906–1980), British Olympic water polo player * William Martin (Olympic sailor) (1828–1905), French sailor *

William C. Martin William C. Martin is an American former college athletics administrator. He was athletic director at the University of Michigan from 2000 to 2010. Martin is a first generation American who was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He holds a BA ...

, University of Michigan athletics director * William K. Martin (c. 1868–1949), American college football and baseball coach *

Trevor Martin (umpire) William Trevor Martin (19 February 1925 – 4 August 2017) was a New Zealand Test cricket umpire. Early life and family Born in Nelson on 19 February 1925, Martin was educated at Nelson College from 1939 to 1940. In 1951, he married Ngaire ...

(William Trevor Martin, 1925–2017), New Zealand Test cricket umpire

Others

* William Martin (born 1796), with Bass and Flinders in ''Tom Thumb'', see Martin Islet (New South Wales) *

William Alexander Parsons Martin William Alexander Parsons Martin (April 10, 1827 – December 18, 1916), also known as Dīng Wěiliáng Lydia H. Liu, ''The Clash of Empires: The invention of China in modern world making'', Harvard University Press, 2004, pp. 113–139 (), was an ...

, American Presbyterian missionary and translator *

William Byam Martin William Byam Martin (1746–1806) was an English merchant and official of the East India Company. Early life William was the son of Samuel Martin (1694–1776), a slave owner in Antigua. Samuel Martin (Secretary to the Treasury) (1714–1788), ...

, English merchant and official of the East India Company *

William Clyde Martin William Clyde Martin (July 28, 1893 – August 30, 1984) was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church. He distinguished himself in military service during World War I as a Methodi ...

(1893–1984), American Methodist bishop * William Joseph Martin Jr. (1868–1943), president of Davidson College *

William R. H. Martin William R. H. Martin (1842, St. Louis, Missouri - January 30, 1912, Manhattan, New York) was an American businessman and one of the largest holders of real estate in Manhattan. He became head of Rogers Peet Rogers Peet was a men's clothing company f ...

, American businessman *

William Thomas Martin William Thomas Martin (born 1883) was a South Australian educator who specialised in primary school teaching methods. History Martin was born in Brentwood, on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, son of Henry William Martin and Eliza Martin née Gil ...