William Mills may refer to:

Politics

William Mills (1750–1820) William Mills (10 November 1750 – 20 March 1820) was a British Member of Parliament and Director, East India Company. John Mills was the eldest son of the Revd. John Mills, rector of Barford and Oxhill, Warwickshire and educated at Felsted Sc ...

, MP for St Ives 1790–96 and Coventry 1805–12 * William J. Mills (1849–1915), Governor of the New Mexico Territory *

William George Mills William George James Mills (7 September 1859 – 20 September 1933), generally referred to as W. G. Mills, was a sheep breeder and politician in South Australia. History William was born at "Millbrae", Native Valley, near Nairne, South Australia, ...

(1859–1933), sheep breeder and politician in South Australia *

William Oswald Mills William Oswald Mills Sr. (August 12, 1924 – May 24, 1973), was a Republican U.S. congressman who represented the 1st Congressional district of Maryland from May 25, 1971 until his death in Easton, Maryland on May 24, 1973. Life and caree ...

(1924–1973), American politician *

William Thomas Mills William Thomas "Bill" Mills (1924 – October 9, 2011) was a business owner and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Kingston from 1959 to 1964. The son of William and Beatrice Mills, he was educated at Queen's University. Mill ...

(1924–2011), merchant and politician in Ontario, Canada *William

Stratton Mills William Stratton Mills (born 1 July 1932) is a retired solicitor and former politician in Northern Ireland. He was the first Member of Parliament (MP) for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland to sit in the British House of Commons, until Naomi L ...

(born 1932), politician in Northern Ireland * William Mills (Lord Provost) (1776–1857), Scottish cotton merchant and Lord Provost of Glasgow 1834 to 1837 * William Ellison Mills (1859–1930), American leather manufacturer and politician from New York

Sports

* William Mills (English cricketer) (1820–1877), English lawyer and cricketer * William Mills (New Zealand cricketer) (1875–1962), New Zealand cricketer *

Willie Mills (baseball) William Grant Mills (August 15, 1877 – March 14, 1933), nicknamed Wee Willie, was a professional baseball pitcher. He briefly pitched for the New York Giants in 1901. Mills earned his nickname due to his stature; he stood only 5'7" and weighed ...

(1877–1933), American professional baseball pitcher * Billy Mills (footballer) (1891–?), English footballer *

Billy Mills (racing driver) William Arthur Frank Mills (January 3, 1898 – September 16, 1937) was a South African racing driver) Billy Mills was born in South Africa in 1898. His father was a transport rider, and then a farmer in the Umlaas Road area. Mills was among the ...

(1898–1937), South African racing driver *

Willie Mills William Mills (28 January 1915 – 1991) was a professional footballer, who played for Aberdeen, Huddersfield Town, Dumbarton and Clyde. He was born in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Playing career Mills was signed by Aberdeen fr ...

(1915–1991), Scottish professional footballer *

Bill Mills (baseball) William Henry Mills Jr. (November 2, 1919 – August 9, 2019), also known as "Buster", was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball during the season. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Mills wa ...

(1919–2019), Major League Baseball player * Billy Mills (born 1938), American athlete

Others

William Mills (actor) William Mills (1701-1750) was a British stage actor. The son of veteran stage actor John Mills and his wife Margaret Mills, he was born in London and baptised at St Martin-in-the-Fields on 29 June 1701. Under his father's guidance he made his de ...

(1701–1750), British stage actor *

William Augustus Mills William Augustus Mills (1777–1844) was a major general in the War of 1812 and early settler of Livingston County, New York. Biography Mills was born in New Bedford, Connecticut and came to the Genesee Valley with his father. In 1794, he settled ...

(1777–1844), Major General in the War of 1812 * William Mills (surveyor) (1844–1916), Australian surveyor *

William Mills (bishop) The Rt Rev William Lennox Mills was Bishop of Ontario from 1901 until 1917. Born in Woodstock, Ontario and educated at Huron College, he was ordained in 1873. His first post was at ''Trinity Church, Norwich, Ontario'' after which he was Rector of ...

(1846–1917), Canadian Anglican bishop of Ontario, 1901–1917 *

William Mills (inventor) Sir William Mills (24 April 1856 – 7 January 1932) was an English engineer. He invented the Mills bomb, which was developed and manufactured at his factory in Birmingham, England. The Mills bomb was the hand grenade most widely used by Brit ...

(1856–1932), inventor of the Mills bomb *

William Corless Mills William Corless Mills (January 2, 1860 - January 17, 1928) was a US museum curator. Mills was born in Pyrmont, Ohio. Mills specialized in Native American remains, leading excavations in Adena Mound, Ohio (1901) Mills was the fourth curator and ...

(1860–1928), US museum curator *

William Mills (businessman) William Mills (22 June 1866 – 8 October 1916) was a Western Australian businessman, co-founder of the biscuit manufacturer Mills and Ware. Early life Mills was born in Liverpool, England, on 22 June 1866. He was the son of Joseph Mills, and a ...

(1866–1916), Western Australian businessman *

William Hobson Mills William Hobson Mills FRS (6 July 1873 – 22 February 1959) was a British organic chemist. Biography William Hobson Mills was born in Hammersmith on 6 July 1873, the eldest of five children of William Henry Mills, an architect, and Emily Wil ...

(1873–1959), British organic chemist *

William Harold Mills In number theory, Mills' constant is defined as the smallest positive real number ''A'' such that the floor function of the double exponential function : \lfloor A^ \rfloor is a prime number for all natural numbers ''n''. This constant is named ...

(1921-2007), American mathematician who proved existence of Mills' constant * Billy G. Mills (born 1929), Los Angeles Superior Court judge and City Council member *

Billy Mills (poet) Billy Mills (born 1954) is an Irish experimental poet. He was born in Dublin, and lived in Barcelona from 1986 to 1989, after which he taught English in Eastbourne. He lives in Limerick. Mills is the founder and co-editor (with poet Catherin ...

(born 1954), Irish poet {{human name disambiguation, Mills, William