William or Bill Swan may refer to: *Sir William Swan, 1st Baronet (1631–1680), of the Swan baronets *Sir William Swan, 2nd Baronet (1667–1712), of the Swan baronets * William Swan (silversmith) (1715–1774), American silversmith * William Swan (missionary) (1791–1866), translator of the Bible into Mongolian *

William Swan (physicist) Prof William Swan FRSE PRSSA LLD (13 March 1818 in Edinburgh – 1 March 1894 in Shandon, Argyll) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best known for his 1856 discovery of the Swan band. Life He was born in Edinburgh the only child of Da ...

(1818–1894), Scottish physicist *

William Graham Swan William Graham Swan (1821 – April 12, 1869) was an American attorney and politician active primarily in East Tennessee during the mid-19th century. Swan served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War, and served on ...

(1821–1869), American politician *

William Turnbull Swan William Turnbull Swan (27 August 1827 – 15 March 1875) was a 19th-century politician in Auckland, New Zealand. Swan was born in Serampore, West Bengal, India in 1827. At the time, the area was part of Danish India. His elder brother Thomas ...

(1828–1875), New Zealand politician * William Swan (British Army officer) (1914–1990), British Army officer and agriculturalist * William Swan (aviation pioneer) (1902–1933),

rocketplane A rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket engine for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines. Rocket planes can achieve much higher speeds than similarly sized jet aircraft, but typicall ...

entrepreneur * Bill Swan (writer) (born 1939), Canadian children's author * Billy Swan (born 1942), American singer-songwriter *

Bill Swan (footballer) Bill Swan (born 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who was a star of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1980s over an eighteen-year senior career with the Port Melbourne and Williamstown Football Clubs. Career Origi ...

(born 1956), Australian rules footballer *

Will Swan (musician) William Swan (born December 5, 1985) is an American songwriter and musician born in Sacramento, California. He is best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the American post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance and as the founder and owner ...

(born 1985), American guitarist with post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance *

Will Swan (footballer) William Jonathan Swan (born 26 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Mansfield Town. Swan began his career at Nottingham Forest, from where he was loaned out to Truro City, Port Vale and Mansfield ...

(born 2000), English footballer *Bill Swan, American indie rock musician with Beulah

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