William Paxton may refer to:

Politicians

* William F. Paxton (born 1946), American politician from Kentucky *

William A. Paxton William A. Paxton (January 26, 1837 – July 18, 1907) was an American pioneer businessman and politician in Omaha, Nebraska. His life as a rancher and cattleman early in his life, as well as early work with the Union Pacific Railroad was highly ...

(1837–1907), American politician and businessman from Nebraska * Sir William Paxton (British businessman) (1744–1824), British MP and businessman * William T. Paxton (1869–1942), American politician in the Virginia Senate

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William Paxton (Australian businessman) William Paxton (1818 – 1 September 1893) was a South Australian colonist who arrived in the Province of South Australia in 1840, became one of the investors in the Burra copper mines and returned to England in July 1855, as a wealthy man. E ...

(1818–1893), pharmacist and investor in South Australia *

William Paxton (musician) William Paxton (1737–1781) was an English composer and cellist. He composed several sets of duets and solos for the cello, including six duos for two cellos (Op. 1), eight duos for violin and cello (Op. 2), six solos for violin (Op. 3), f ...

(1737–1781), English cellist *

William McGregor Paxton William McGregor Paxton (June 22, 1869 – 1941) was an American painter and instructor who embraced the Boston School paradigm and was a co-founder of The Guild of Boston Artists. He taught briefly while a student at Cowles Art School, wher ...

(1869–1941), American painter * Bill Paxton (1955–2017), American actor and director *

Bill Paxton (computer scientist) William Paxton is a computer scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is one of the founders of Adobe Systems and became one of the original designers and implementors of the PostScript page description language. In 2021, Pa ...

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