William Harvey (1578–1657) was an English physician who made the first exact description of blood circulation. William, Will, Willie, Billie or Bill Harvey may also refer to:

Academics

* William Harvey (priest) (1810–1883), English cleric and academic, amateur cricketer *

William R. Harvey William Robert Harvey (born January 29, 1941, Brewton, Alabama) is an American educator, academic administrator, and businessman who served as president of Hampton University from 1978 to 2022. He is the longest serving president in the school's ...

(born 1941), African American educator, academic administrator, and businessman *

William F. Harvey William F. Harvey was an American law professor who was the Carl M. Gray Professor Emeritus of Advocacy at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, IN. Harvey earned a bachelor's degree in 1954 from the University ...

(), American law professor

Arts and entertainment

* William Harvey (artist) (1796–1866), English wood-engraver * William Alexander Harvey (1874–1951), English architect *

Bill Harvey (bandleader) William G. Harvey (October 1918 – October 6, 1964) was an American rhythm and blues saxophonist and bandleader. Born in Winona, Mississippi, he moved with his mother to Memphis, Tennessee, as a child. He became the leader of one of the most s ...

(1918–1964), American bandleader *

William S. Harvey William Stanley Harvey (November 10, 1920 – July 15, 1993) was an American graphic designer and art director, responsible for the design of Elektra Records' logos and many of its album covers between the 1950s and 1970s including those by ...

(1920–1993), American graphic designer and art director with Elektra Records

Military and intelligence

* William Edwin Harvey (general) (1871–1922), lawyer and U.S. Army officer * William Frederick James Harvey (1897–1972), World War I flying ace * William King Harvey (1915–1976), CIA officer

Politicians

British Members of Parliament

William Harvey (1663–1731) William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made influential contributions in anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, the systemic circulation and propert ...

, MP for Appleby, Essex, Old Sarum, and Weymouth and Melcombe Regis * William Harvey (1689–1742), MP for Old Sarum *

William Harvey (1714–1763) William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made influential contributions in anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, the systemic circulation and propert ...

, MP for Essex *

William Harvey (1754–1779) William Harvey (1754–1779) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1775 to 1779. Harvey was the eldest son of William Harvey of Rolls Park, Essex, and his wife Emma Skynner, daughter of Stephen Skynner of Walthamstow, E ...

, MP for Essex *

W. E. Harvey William Edwin Harvey (5 September 1852 – 28 April 1914), known as W. E. Harvey, was a British Lib-Lab Member of Parliament. Born in Hasland, Derbyshire, Harvey worked in a coal mine from the age of ten. He joined the South Yorkshire M ...

(William Edwin Harvey, 1852–1914), MP for North East Derbyshire 1907–1914

Other politicians

* William Harvey (Canadian politician) (1821–1874), Canadian politician * William Humphrey Harvey (1869–1935), South Australian politician * William West Harvey (1869–1958), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court *

William Smith Harvey William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

(1882–1954), South Australian politician *

William Bruce Harvey William Bruce Harvey (June 2, 1907 – March 1, 1954) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Nipissing in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1948 to 1954. He was a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservativ ...

(1906–1954), Canadian politician

Sports

Association football

* Bill Harvey (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1972), English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham, Southend), manager (Birmingham, Chesterfield, Gillingham) and cricketer * Bill Harvey (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1978), English footballer for Barnsley, Chesterfield and Darlington * Bill Harvey (footballer, born 1920) (1920–2002), English footballer and manager of Luton Town and Grimsby Town * Willie Harvey (footballer) (1929–2014), Scottish footballer

Other sports

Bill Harvey (baseball) David William Harvey (March 23, 1908 – March 3, 1989) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Harvey made his Negro leagues debut with the Memphis Red Sox in 1931. He went on to pla ...

(1908–1989), American Negro leagues baseball player * Bill Harvey (Australian footballer) (1926–1957), Australian footballer with North Melbourne * Billie Harvey (1950–2007), racing driver * Willie Harvey Jr. (born 1996), American football linebacker

Others

William Harvey (officer of arms) William Harvey (1510 – 1567) was an English officer of arms. Born June 1510 to Turner and Mary Harvey in Ashill, Somerset. He had a brother Thomas Harvey of London, whose daughter Audrey Harvey married William Jefferay.See the diary of their so ...

(1510–1567), English herald and Norroy King of Arms * William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), Irish botanist * William Hope Harvey (1851–1936), "free silver" activist * Will Harvey (born 1967), entrepreneur * William Frederick Harvey (1873–1948), director of the Central Research Institute in India, vice president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh *

W. F. Harvey William Fryer Harvey AM (14 April 1885 – 4 June 1937), known as W. F. Harvey, was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the macabre and horror genres. Among his best-known stories are " August Heat" and "The Beast with Five F ...

(William Fryer Harvey, 1885–1937), English writer

Other uses

William Harvey (department store) William Harvey was a department store located in Guildford, Surrey, England. History The William Harvey department store had its origins in a tailor's shop established in Guildford in 1725. By 1886, it was located at 126-127 High Street and John ...

, a department store located in Guildford