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) William John White (October 7, 1850 – February 16, 1923) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1895. Early life and career Born at Rice Lake, Ontario, Canada, White mo ...

(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) (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 William Clarence "Willie" White (29 August 1854 – 1 October 1937 ) (often referred to as W. C. White) was a son of Ellen G. White and James Springer White, two of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He became a well known Sevent ...

(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) William Kyree Marcus White (born 10 January 1995) is a Bermudan footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks ...

(born 1995), Bermudan footballer * William Edward White (1860–1937), American baseball first baseman, possibly the first African-American to play major league baseball * Will White (1854–1911), American baseball pitcher and manager *

William White (field hockey) William Neil White (2 May 1920 – 19 February 1990) was a Scottish sportsman who played first-class cricket and field hockey. White was born at Troon, Ayrshire and died at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Cricket White was a right-handed batsma ...

(1920–1990), Scottish sportsman who played cricket and field hockey *

William White (British Army officer) Brigadier William Nicholas White CB, DSO (10 September 1879 – 27 December 1951) was an English first-class cricketer. White was a right-handed batsman. Pre-World War I career White made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the Ge ...

(1879–1951), English cricketer * William White (American football) (1966–2022), American football player *

William White (Guyanese cricketer) William White (born 30 October 1953) is a Guyanese cricketer. He played in twelve first-class and eight List A matches for Guyana from 1976 to 1985. White began playing cricket in the late 1960s at the YMCA. He was scouted for the Demerara cric ...

(born 1953), Guyanese cricketer *

William White (sport shooter) William White (1 October 1912 – 21 May 2011) was a British sports shooter. He competed in the 50 m pistol event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officia ...

(1912–2011), British Olympic shooter * William C. White (American football) (1896–1986), American football coach * William Deacon White (1878–1939), American educator and sports promoter in Edmonton, Alberta

Music, media, and writers

William White (composer) William White (1571 c. 1634?) was a composer of classical music of the Tudor period, who worked in England. According to Ernst Hermann Meyer, "White is chiefly known from three fantasias a 5, and seven a 6; chiefly in Oxford, Christ Church M ...

(1571–c. 1634), English composer * William White (printer) (before 1577–1618), based in London, printed the first quarto of Shakespeare's ''Love's Labors Lost'' (1598) for publisher Cuthbert Burby *

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) William White (1807 – 11 February 1882), was a prominent 19th-century British pamphleteer and parliamentary sketch writer. Biography The character of Zachariah Coleman in Hale White’s ''The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane'', published in 1 ...

(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 William Anthony Parker White (August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher (), was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dr ...

(1911–1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher, American author, critic, and editor * William White (actor) (1921–1985), film producer and actor *

William H. White (publisher) William Henry White (c. 1925–1989) was the owner and publisher of the Scarsdale Inquirer and the Hastings Enterprise from 1980 and 1984 respectively, until his death in 1989. Early life White was a 1949 graduate of the Graduate School of Journ ...

(c. 1925–1989), American author, editor and publisher *

William H. White (maritime writer) William H. White is an American writer specializing in historical novels relating to the age of sail. Career White served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He serves on the board of trustees of the USS Constitution Museum in Bo ...

, 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) Brigadier General William Robert White (January 14, 1887 – March 5, 1975) was a United States Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II. Following a combat command in the first conflict, he transferred to the quartermaste ...

, 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, 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) William Jack "Three Fingers" White (1900-January 23, 1934) was a Prohibition gangster and member of the Chicago Outfit. Nickname His nickname was related to a childhood accident after a falling brick from a construction site had crushed his ri ...

(1900–1934), Prohibition gangster and Chicago Outfit gunman * William White (''Mayflower'' passenger) (c. 1580–1621) *

William White (master) William White, D.D. was an English academic during the 16th-century: White graduated MA from Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colle ...

, English academic, master of Balliol College, Oxford *

William R. White (academic administrator) William Richardson White (December 2, 1892 – March 24, 1977) was the President of Hardin-Simmons University from 1940 to 1943, and of Baylor University from 1948 to 1961. Biography In 1913, he attended Baylor University, but he transferred t ...

(1892–1977), president of Hardin-Simmons University, and of Baylor University *William Hale White (1831–1913), English writer and civil servant * Larry Grayson (1923–1995), English stand-up comedy and gameshow host, born William White