William Martin may refer to:

Arts

William Martin (painter) William Martin (1753–; ) was an English History painting, history painter. Life William Martin was a pupil and assistant to Giovanni Battista Cipriani, G. B. Cipriani, , and appears to have resided for about twenty years or more in Cipri ...

(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), American novelist * William Martin (tenor) (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 (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) (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

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William Martin (Athelhampton) Sir William Martin of Athelhampton, near Dorchester, Dorset (c. 1446 – 24 March 1503/4) was MP for Dorset in 1478. He built the current Great Hall of Athelhampton in or around 1485. He also received licence to enclose 160 acres (647,000 m ...

, 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) Sir William Martin (1807 – 18 November 1880) was the first Chief Justice of New Zealand, from 1841 until he resigned in 1857. Biography Originally from the family of the Martins of Long Melford, Suffolk, Martin was born in Birmingham. He was ...

(1807–1880), first Chief Justice of New Zealand, 1841–1857 * William Harrison Martin (1822–1898), U.S. Representative from Texas * William V. Martin (c. 1870s–?), British Vice-Consul in Ferrol, Spain * William T. Martin (mayor) (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) (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) William Fraser Martin (1834 – 25 October 1917) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Inverness to farmer William Martin and Elizabeth Fraser. The family moved to New South Wales around 1837 and became farmers. Martin fo ...

(1834–1917), New South Wales politician * William B. Martin (1846–1916), American politician * William O'Hara Martin (1845–1901), American merchant, politician and banker from Nevada * William E. Martin (New York politician) (1886–1923), American politician from New York

Science, engineering and philosophy

William Martin (naturalist) William Martin (1767 – 31 May 1810) was an English naturalist and palaeontologist who proposed that science should use fossils as evidence to support the study of natural history. Martin published the first colour pictures of fossils and the ...

(1767–1810), English naturalist and palaeontologist * William Martin (philosopher) (1772–1851), English inventor, eccentric, and philosopher *

William Charles Linnaeus Martin William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864) was an English naturalist. Biography William Charles Linnaeus Martin was the son of William Martin (naturalist) and his wife, Mary. William Martin had published early colour books on the fossil ...

(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 publi ...

(1877–1969), British botanist *

William A. Martin William Arthur Martin (1938-1981) was a computer scientist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After graduating from Northwest Classen High School, where he was a state wrestling champion, he attended MIT where he received a ...

(1938–1981), American computer scientist * William F. Martin (born 1957), American botanist and molecular biologist *

William Flynn Martin William Flynn Martin (born October 4, 1950) is an American energy economist, educator, and international diplomat. Martin served as Special Assistant to Ronald Reagan for National Security Affairs, Executive Secretary of the United States Nationa ...

(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 M ...

, 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, 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) Martin Islet () is a small island lying just off Red Point, Port Kembla in New South Wales, Australia. William Martin The Five Islands, of which Martin Islet is one, were named Martins Isles by Matthew Flinders and George Bass after Bass's n ...

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), ...