William Wells may refer to:
Military
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William Wells (general)
William W. Wells, Jr. (December 14, 1837 – April 29, 1892) was a businessman, politician, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War who received a Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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(1837–1892), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient for the Battle of Gettysburg
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William Wells (Medal of Honor) (1832–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
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William Wells (soldier)
William Wells (c. 1770 – 15 August 1812), also known as Apekonit ("Carrot top"), was the son-in-law of Chief Little Turtle of the Miami. He fought for the Miami in the Northwest Indian War. During the course of that war, he became a Uni ...
(1770–1812), American army officer and adopted member of the Miami tribe
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William Lewis Wells (1895–1918), World War I flying ace
Sports
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Billy Wells (American football) (William Prescott Wells, 1931–2001), American professional football player
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Bombardier Billy Wells (William Thomas Wells, 1889–1967), English heavyweight boxer
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William Wells (boxer) (born 1936), British Olympic boxer
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Willie Wells
Willie James Wells (August 10, 1906 – January 22, 1989), nicknamed "The Devil," was an American baseball player. He was a shortstop who played from 1924 to 1948 for various teams in the Negro leagues and in Latin America.
Wells was a fast ...
(1906–1989), American professional baseball player
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Willie Wells Jr. (1922–1994), American professional baseball player
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Bill Wells (footballer) (1920–2013), Australian rules footballer
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Billy Wells (footballer) (1916–1984), Australian rules footballer
Music
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Bill Wells
Bill Wells (born c. 1963)Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Bill Wells", in ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, is a Scottish bassist, pianist, guitarist and composer.
Biography
Wells is completely self-taught, and began performing in clubs in ...
(born c. 1963), Scottish musician
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Dicky Wells
William Wells (June 10, 1907 – November 12, 1985), known professionally as Dicky Wells (sometimes Dickie Wells), was an American jazz trombonist.
Career
Dickie Wells is believed to have been born on June 10, 1907 in Centerville, Tennessee, Un ...
(William Wells, 1907–1985), American jazz trombonist
Politics
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William Benjamin Wells (1809–1881), Canadian lawyer, judge, journalist and politician
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William H. Wells (1769–1829), American lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
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William S. Wells (1848–1916), member of the Maine House of Representatives
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William Wells (1908–1990), barrister, MP for Walsall North from 1945–74
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William Wells (New Zealand politician)
William Wells (1810 – 21 January 1893) was a New Zealand politician.
Early life
Wells came to Nelson in the early 1840s and purchased land in Wakapuaka, north of Nelson, from the New Zealand Company, which he kept all his life. He farmed a pro ...
(1810–1893), member of New Zealand Parliament
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William Wells (1818–1889)
William Wells (15 March 1818 – 1 May 1889) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1857 and from 1868 to 1874.
Wells was the son of Captain William Wells, R.N. and his wife Lady Elizabeth Proby, dau ...
, British Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Beverley, 1852–1857, and Peterborough, 1874–1874
Other fields
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William Wells (bishop) (died 1444), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Rochester
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William Wells (priest) (died 1675), English Church of England Archdeacon of Colchester
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William Wells (minister) (1744–1827), minister & farmer of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (UK); and Brattleboro, VT
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William Charles Wells
Dr William Charles Wells FRS FRSE FRCP (24 May 1757 – 18 September 1817) was a Scottish-American physician and printer. He lived a life of extraordinary variety, did some notable medical research, and made the first clear statement about n ...
(1757–1817), Scottish-American physician and printer
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William F. Wells (1886-1963), American scientist and sanitary engineer
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William Frederick Wells (1762–1836), English watercolour painter and etcher
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William H. Wells (educator) (1812–1865), educator who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools
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William Wells (whaling master)
William Wells (1815–1880) was an English whaling master (1844 to 1867), harbour master of Port of Hull, Hull, and advisor to explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith.
Career as a mariner
William started his career as an apprentice at the age of 12 ...
(1815–1880), English captain of whaling ships
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William George Wells, Chief Scout Commissioner of Scouts Australia
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William Wells (cricketer) (1881–1939), English cricketer
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William Storrs Wells (1849–1926), American businessman, prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age
See also
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Welles (name)
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Wells (name)
Wells is an English surname of Norman origin, but is possibly a Welsh surname, from an old English word for Wales. It normally derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name (i.e. "Wellman") derives from the person resp ...
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