William White may refer to:

Politics

William White (MP for Lymington) William White (1549-94), of Christchurch and Moyles Court, Hampshire, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Lymington (UK Parliament constituency), Lymington in 1589. References

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(died 1594), MP for Lymington * William White (MP for Clitheroe) (1606–1661), MP for Clitheroe in 1660 * William White (Secretary of State) (1762–1811), North Carolina Secretary of State, 1798–1811 * William White (Canadian politician) (1856–1953), elected member of the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories, 1883–1885 *Sir

William Arthur White Sir William Arthur White (13 February 182428 December 1891) was a British diplomat. White entered the diplomatic service in 1857 at the age of 33, and between 1857 and 1886 had postings in Warsaw, Gdańsk, Danzig, Belgrade, and Bucharest. In 1 ...

(1824–1891), British diplomat * William J. White (politician) (1850–1923), United States Representative from Ohio *

William Pūnohu White William Pūnohuʻāweoweoʻulaokalani White (; August 6, 1851 – November 2, 1925) was a Hawaiian lawyer, sheriff, politician, and newspaper editor. He became a political statesman and orator during the final years of the Kingdom of Hawaii an ...

(1851–1925), Hawaiian politician *Sir William Thomas White (1866–1955), Canadian politician and Cabinet minister *

William Henry White (politician) William Henry White (August 21, 1865 – June 11, 1930) was a farmer and a federal politician from northern Alberta, Canada. White was born in City View, Canada West (present-day Ontario) in 1865 and was educated in local schools (in the Ottaw ...

(1865–1930), Canadian Member of Parliament from Alberta *

William White (New Zealand politician) William White (1848 – 19 July 1900) was a 19th-century New Zealand Member of Parliament in the Sydenham electorate, and Mayor of Sydenham. Early life White was born in Macclesfield, England, in 1848. His parents were William White Snr. and El ...

(1849–1900), New Zealand Member of Parliament * William White (judge) (1822–1883), Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio and Ohio Supreme Court judge * William Duckett White (1807–1893), member of the Queensland Legislative Council * William P. White (mayor), mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts

Religion

* William White (bishop of Pennsylvania) (1748–1836), Episcopal bishop in America, Presiding Bishop and Chaplain of Congress * William C. White (1854–1937), son of Seventh-day Adventist Church founder Ellen G. White * William White (bishop of Newfoundland) (1865–1943), Anglican bishop in Canada *

William White (bishop of Honan) William Charles White (22 August 1873 – 24 January 1960) was an Anglican missionary bishop to China and later an academic specializing in Chinese study. He was the first bishop of Henan ( then romanized as Honan). In addition to his missiona ...

(1873–1960), Anglican bishop in China * William White (bishop of the Southeast) (born 1947), Reformed Episcopal Church bishop in South Carolina *

William A. White William Andrew White II (June 16, 1874 – September 9, 1936) was a Canadian chaplain and military officer from Nova Scotia who was commissioned as the first black officer in the Canadian Army. He served in World War I as a military chaplain, the ...

(1874–1936), American-Canadian Baptist minister, and only Black military chaplain in the British Empire during World War I *

William J. White (journalist) William Jefferson White (December 25, 1831 – April 17, 1913) was a civil rights leader, minister, educator, and journalist in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. He was the founder of Harmony Baptist Church in Augusta, Geor ...

(1831–1913), African-American civil rights leader, journalist (editor of the ''Georgia Baptist''), educator, and minister in Augusta, Georgia * William White (priest), Anglican priest in Ireland in the late 18th and early 19th centuries * William White (missionary), missionary for the Wesleyan Church in New Zealand

Sports

* William White (footballer) (born 1995), Bermudan footballer *

William Edward White William Edward White (October 1860 – March 29, 1937) was a 19th-century American baseball player. He played as a substitute in one professional baseball game for the Providence Grays of the National League, on June 21, 1879. Work by the Society ...

(1860–1937), American baseball first baseman, possibly the first African-American to play major league baseball *

Will White William Henry "Whoop-La" White (October 11, 1854 – August 31, 1911) was an American baseball pitcher and manager from 1875 to 1889. He played all or parts of 10 seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Cincinnati Reds in the National ...

(1854–1911), American baseball pitcher and manager * William White (field hockey) (1920–1990), Scottish sportsman who played cricket and field hockey * William White (British Army officer) (1879–1951), English cricketer *

William White (American football) William Eugene White (February 19, 1966 – July 28, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a safety for eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, and Atlant ...

(1966–2022), American football player * William White (Guyanese cricketer) (born 1953), Guyanese cricketer * William White (sport shooter) (1912–2011), British Olympic shooter * William C. White (American football) (1896–1986), American football coach *

William Deacon White William Freeman "Deacon" White (December 6, 1878 – November 1, 1939) was an American educator and an athlete, coach, manager, owner and promoter of multiple sports, known as the "King of Sports" in Edmonton, Alberta, during the 1920s. His is rem ...

(1878–1939), American educator and sports promoter in Edmonton, Alberta

Music, media, and writers

* William White (composer) (1571–c. 1634), English composer *

William White (printer) William White may refer to: Politics *William White (MP for Lymington) (died 1594), MP for Lymington * William White (MP for Clitheroe) (1606–1661), MP for Clitheroe in 1660 *William White (Secretary of State) (1762–1811), North Carolina Secre ...

(before 1577–1618), based in London, printed the first quarto of Shakespeare's ''Love's Labors Lost'' (1598) for publisher

Cuthbert Burby Cuthbert Burby (died 1607) was a London bookseller and publisher of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras. He is known for publishing a series of significant volumes of English Renaissance drama, including works by William Shakespeare, Robert ...

William White (publisher) William White (3 January 1799 – 3 September 1868) of Sheffield was a British publisher of White's Directories. He began his career in publishing at the age of 18 when he joined Edward Baines (1774–1848), Edward Baines of Leeds in the preparatio ...

(1799–1868), publisher of ''White's Directories'' in the 19th century * William White (journalist) (1807–1882), British pamphleteer and parliamentary sketch writer * William Allen White (1868–1944), American newspaper editor * William Lindsay White (1900–1973), American journalist *

William Chapman White William Chapman White (February 20, 1903 – November 28, 1955) was a foreign correspondent in the 1930s who became a columnist for the ''New York Times'' and the '' New York Herald Tribune''. He is known especially for his 1954 book, ''Adirondack ...

(1903–1955), American journalist *

William S. White William Smith White (May 20, 1905 – April 30, 1994) was an American journalist between the 1920s and 1970s. During his career, White worked with the ''Austin Statesman'' from 1926 to 1945 and the ''New York Times'' from 1945 to 1958. Upon leavi ...

(1905–1994), American journalist and biographer *

William White (academic) William White (September 4, 1910 – June 24, 1995) was an American journalist, writer, educator and literary historian. He was professor of Journalism and American Studies at Wayne State University from 1947 to 1980, and set up and chaired the ...

(1910–1995), American academic of journalism and bibliographer * William Anthony Parker White (1911–1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher, American author, critic, and editor *

William White (actor) William White (June 25, 1921 - July 14, 1985) was a film producer and actor. The films he has been involved with in production include '' Where's Willie?'', and '' House of the Black Death''. He also directed ''Brother, Cry for Me'', and ''Div ...

(1921–1985), film producer and actor * William H. White (publisher) (c. 1925–1989), American author, editor and publisher * William H. White (maritime writer), American naval historical novelist

Military

*Sir William Henry White (1845–1913), British warship designer *

William Allison White William Allison White VC TD (19 October 1894 – 13 September 1974) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ...

(1894–1974), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * William J. White (general) (1925–2017), American general *

William White (conscientious objector) William "Bill" White was a Sydney school teacher during the Vietnam War. In July 1966, White defied a notice to report for duty at an army induction centre. White was the first Australian to be a public conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. ...

, Australian conscientious objector during the Vietnam War * William R. White (United States Army officer), U.S. Army general

Architecture

* William White (architect) (1825–1900), English architect *

William H. White (architect) William Henry White (29 January 1838 – 20 October 1896) was a British architect, as well as 18 years secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Early career On the completion of his articles in London with George Morgan, he cro ...

, British architect

Science and medicine

* William Alanson White (1870–1937), American neurologist and alienist * William Comings White (1890–1965), engineer, General Electric, Schenectady, NY * William E. White, American neurologist and author *

J. William White James William White (November 2, 1850 – April 24, 1916) was an American surgeon from Philadelphia. After participating in the Hassler expedition to the West Indies, he became a respected surgeon, teacher and author at the University of Pennsylv ...

(1850–1916), US surgeon *

William L. White William L. White is a writer on addiction recovery and policy. Biography White was born the eldest son in an Army family, father, William "Billy" White and mother, Alice White. His father was a construction worker and his mother was a nurse. His ...

(born 1947), writer on addiction recovery and policy *

William Toby White William Toby White is an Australian ichthyologist. He studies speciation and biodiversity of shark, ray, and skate species (subclass Elasmobranchii) through morphological and molecular systematics. Education White received bachelor's (1997) ...

, Australian ichthyologist

Others

William White (economist) William R. White (born 1943) is a Canadian economist who was the chairman of the Economic and Development Review Committee at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2009 to 2018. He is famous for flagging the wild ...

(born 1943), Canadian economist * William White (gangster) (1900–1934), Prohibition gangster and Chicago Outfit gunman * William White (''Mayflower'' passenger) (c. 1580–1621) * William White (master), English academic, master of Balliol College, Oxford * William R. White (academic administrator) (1892–1977), president of Hardin-Simmons University, and of Baylor University *William

Hale White William Hale White (22 December 183114 March 1913), known by his pseudonym Mark Rutherford, was a British writer and civil servant. His obituary in ''The Times'' stated that the "employment of a pseudonym, and sometimes of two (for some of 'Ma ...

(1831–1913), English writer and civil servant * Larry Grayson (1923–1995), English stand-up comedy and gameshow host, born William White