William, Bill or Billy Woods may refer to:
Politicians
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William Woods (congressman)
William Woods (November 1790 Washington County, New York – August 7, 1837 Bath (town), New York, Bath, Steuben County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York (state), New York.
Life
He received limited schooling, and re ...
(1790–1837), American lawyer from New York, served 1823–1825
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William Burnham Woods
William Burnham Woods (August 3, 1824 – May 14, 1887) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States circuit judge and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court as well as an Ohio politician and soldier i ...
(1824–1887), American jurist and Civil War general from Ohio
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William Cleaver Woods
William Cleaver Woods, M.B., Ch.M. Edinburgh, M.D. (25 April 1852 – 9 April 1943) was a physician, politician and pioneer in Australian medical science specialising in X-rays for diagnostic applications and perhaps the first in the world to ut ...
(1852–1943), Australian pioneering physician
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William Carlton Woods
William Carlton Woods (February 24, 1891 – December 11, 1965) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kinistino from 1948 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal.
He was born in Tamwor ...
(1891–1965), Canadian farmer from Saskatchewan
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William Woods (Irish politician) (before 1935—1966), independent member of Seanad Éireann
Sportsmen
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Bill Woods (Australian footballer) (1890–1972), player with Geelong in VFL
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Willie Woods
William J. Woods (January 26, 1898 – May 20, 1927) was an American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Lati ...
(1898–1927), American baseball outfielder in 1920s Negro leagues
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Billy Woods (New Zealand footballer), international level player in 1947
*Billy Woods (1926–1980), English footballer who played in
1949–50 Rochdale A.F.C. season
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Billy Woods (Irish footballer)
William Woods (born 24 October 1973 in Cork) is an Irish former professional footballer. He is now the Under 15s Coach with Cork City.
Woods played all his schoolboy football with Midleton before spending two and a half years at Coventry City. ...
(born 1973), winger, later coach with Cork City
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William Woods (baseball)
William Woods (born December 29, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Atlanta Braves.
Amateur career
Woods attended Peabody High School in Tr ...
(born 1998), American pitcher for Mets
Others
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William Woods (officer of arms)
Sir William Woods KH FSA (17 August 1785 - 25 July 1842) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Woods was a bastard of unknown paternity. He used the name and arms of George Woods, a London tailor, but was said to be the son ...
(1785–1842), British Clarenceux King of Arms in 1831, promoted to Garter in 1838
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William Allen Woods
William Allen Woods (May 16, 1837 – June 29, 1901) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit.
Education and career
Born on M ...
(1837–1901), American federal judge
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William Maitland Woods
William Maitland Woods (4 January 1864 – 6 February 1927) was an Anglican clergyman and a military chaplain in Queensland, Australia.
Early life
William Maitland Woods was born on 4 January 1864 in Mayfair, London, England, the son of Alfred ...
(1864–1927), English Anglican minister and military chaplain in Australia
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William Aaron Woods William Aaron Woods (born June 17, 1942), generally known as Bill Woods, is a researcher in natural language processing, continuous speech understanding, knowledge representation, and knowledge-based search technology. He is currently a Software E ...
(born 1942), American researcher in natural language processing and semantics
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William E. Woods
William Everett Woods (October 9, 1949 – September 28, 2008) was an American Gay rights activism, gay rights activist. He advocated for better treatment of gay people through his political organizing and public commentary. In 1990, he took thr ...
(1949–2008), American gay rights activist in Hawaii
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Bill Woods
William Woods (born 1962 in Moruya, New South Wales) is an Australian television journalist, radio and television broadcaster, and author. He is best known as the presenter, alongside Sandra Sully, of Network Ten's '' Ten News at Five'' in Sydn ...
(born 1962), Australian television broadcaster
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Billy Woods
Billy Woods (stylized as billy woods) is an American rapper based in New York. He is also the founder of the record label Backwoodz Studioz. Woods has been a member of Armand Hammer, Super Chron Flight Brothers, and The Reavers.
Early life
Billy ...
, American hip-hop artist, active since 1990s
See also
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William Woods Holden
William Woods Holden (November 24, 1818 – March 1, 1892) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of North Carolina, 38th and 40th governor of North Carolina. He was appointed by President of the United States, President ...
(1818–1892), governor of North Carolina, 1865 and 1868–1871
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William Woods University
William Woods University is a private university in Fulton, Missouri. Founded in 1870, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Expanding its mission to address the need for graduate and adult-oriented programs, the instit ...
, American university in Fulton, Missouri, established 1870
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William Wood (disambiguation)
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