William or Bill Parry may refer to:

Sports

William Parry Crake William Parry Crake (11 February 1852 – 1 December 1921), sometimes known as William Parry, was an English amateur footballer who won the inaugural FA Cup with the Wanderers in 1872 and played for the English XI against Scotland in the repres ...

(1852–1921), or William Parry, Wanderers footballer *

Bill Parry (footballer, born 1873) Bill Parry (1873–1923) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 1 match on 16 March 1895 against Ireland. At club level, he played for Newtown Excelsior. See also * List of Wales internati ...

(1873–1923), Welsh international footballer *

Bill Parry (footballer, born 1914) William Parry (20 October 1914 – 22 December 1964) was an English Association football, footballer who played as a left half, left half-back. He played in the English Football League, Football League for Leeds United, and spent many years in ...

(1914–1964), English footballer for Leeds United *

Bill Parry (footballer, born 1933) William Parry (18 February 1933 in Blaenau Ffestiniog – 20 May 2009) was a Welsh footballer, who played most of his professional career with Gillingham. He was spotted by scouts for Tottenham Hotspur while on trial for a Welsh amateur internat ...

(1933–2009), Welsh footballer for Gillingham *

Bill Parry (umpire) William Robert Parry (28 June 1890 – 9 July 1955) was a test match umpire. Born in Bangor in 1890 he began umpiring Minor County matches in the 1920s after losing a leg in the Great War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918 ...

(1890–1955), English cricket umpire

Politicians

Bill Parry (politician) William Edward Parry (1878 – 27 November 1952) was a New Zealand Minister (government), Minister and trade unionist. Biography Early life and career Parry was born at Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He had 12 siblings and the family face ...

(1878–1952), from New Zealand *

William John Parry William John Parry (28 March 1842 – 1927) was a Welsh businessman, politician and author. Parry was a leading voice in a range of activities and causes, and was the first general secretary of the North Wales Quarrymen's Union. Born in Bethesd ...

(1842–1927), Welsh businessman, politician and author *William Parry (c. 1517–c. 1569), MP for Carmarthen Boroughs *

William Thomas Parry William Thomas Parry (May 17, 1837September 10, 1896) was a Welsh American immigrant, businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Columbia County. Biography ...

(1837–1896), Welsh American politician in Wisconsin

Others

William Parry (spy) William Parry (or Parrie) (died 2 March 1585) was a Welsh courtier and spy. He planned to assassinate Elizabeth I of England, and was executed. Early life He was the son of Harry ap David, a gentleman of Northop, Flintshire, and his wife Margar ...

(died 1585), Welsh conspirator *

William Parry (priest) William Parry ( bap. 2 May 1687 – 14 September 1756) was a Church of England priest and antiquarian. Life Parry was baptised at St. John's Church, Hereford, England. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating on 19 February 17 ...

(1687–1756), English priest and antiquarian *

William Parry (Royal Navy officer, born 1705) Admiral William Parry (1705 – 29 April 1779) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station. Naval career Promoted to post captain on 1 October 1744, Parry was given command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Kingston ...

(1705–1779), Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station *

William Parry (artist) William Parry (2 May 1743 – 12 February 1791) was a Welsh artist. Primarily a portrait painter, he attracted extensive patronage in Wales due to his connections with Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet. He was the son of John Parry, a bl ...

(1743–1791), Welsh artist *

William Parry (tutor) William Parry (1754–1819) was a Welsh Congregational minister and tutor. Life Parry was born on 25 November 1754 at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, where his father was a deacon of the Baptist congregation. Around 1760 the family moved to London; ...

(1754–1819), Welsh Congregational minister and academy head *Sir William Parry (explorer) (1790–1855), British Arctic explorer *

William Parry-Okeden William Edward Parry-Okeden (13 May 1841 – 30 August 1926) was a public servant, Police Commissioner and Protector of Aborigines (1895-1903), as well as a horseman, in Queensland, Australia. He stood tall. Early life William Edward Par ...

(1840–1926), Australian official *

William P. Murphy William Parry Murphy (Stoughton, Wisconsin, February 6, 1892 – October 9, 1987) was an American physician who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and George Hoyt Whipple for their combined work ...

(1892–1987), William Parry Murphy, American physician *

Bill Parry (mathematician) William Parry FRS (3 July 1934 – 20 August 2006) was an English mathematician who worked in dynamical systems, and, in particular, ergodic theory. In particular, he studied subshifts of finite type nilflows. Life Bill Parry was bor ...

(1934–2006), British mathematician *

William Parry (photojournalist) William Parry (born 1969) is a British photojournalist. Parry is based in London and has lived and worked in the Middle East for many years. He has written for the ''Washington Review'' of Middle East Affairs, The Guardian, The Independent, The ...

(born 1970), who has written on the Israeli West Bank barrier * Will Parry (His Dark Materials), a protagonist from the ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy by Philip Pullman