William Morgan may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

William De Morgan William Frend De Morgan (16 November 1839 – 15 January 1917) was an English potter, tile designer and novelist. A lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co. from 1863 to 1872. His tiles ...

(1839–1917), pottery and tile designer in Britain *

William Morgan (director) William Morgan (1899–1964) was a London-born film editor and director. Selected filmography *''Storm Over Bengal'' (1938) (editor) *'' Bowery Boy'' (1940) *''Mr. District Attorney'' (1941) *''Secrets of the Underground'' (1942) *''Guest Wife ...

(1899–1964), English film director and editor *

William Michael Morgan William Michael Morgan (born May 13, 1993) is an American country music singer from Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was signed to Warner Bros. Nashville. His debut single " I Met a Girl", reached number two on the Country Airplay chart and number e ...

(born 1993), American country music singer * William Evan Charles Morgan, artist, etcher and engraver

Military

* William H. Morgan (1831–?), American general *

William Duthie Morgan General Sir William Duthie Morgan, (15 December 1891 – 13 May 1977) was a British Army officer. During the Second World War, he commanded the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations during the late stage of the war. Early life and military career ...

(1891–1977), general in the British Army after whom the Morgan Line was named * William J. Morgan (historian) (1917–2003), Senior Historian at the U.S. Naval Historical Center and editor of Naval Documents of the American Revolution *

William Alexander Morgan William Alexander Morgan (April 19, 1928 – March 11, 1961) was a United States citizen who fought in the Cuban Revolution, leading a band of rebels that drove the Cuban army from key positions in the central mountains as part of Second Nation ...

(1928–1961), American who fought in the Cuban Revolution * William B. Morgan, American naval architect *

William D. Morgan William David Morgan (September 17, 1947 – February 25, 1969) was a United States Marine Corporal who Posthumous recognition, posthumously received the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration — for heroic actions durin ...

(1947–1969), Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Marine killed in action in Vietnam

Politics

United Kingdom

* William Morgan (died 1602), MP for Haslemere *

William Morgan (died 1569) William Morgan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William De Morgan (1839–1917), pottery and tile designer in Britain * William Morgan (director) (1899–1964), English film director and editor * William Michael Morgan (born 1993), America ...

, MP for

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...

William Morgan (died 1582) William Morgan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William De Morgan (1839–1917), pottery and tile designer in Britain * William Morgan (director) (1899–1964), English film director and editor * William Michael Morgan (born 1993), American ...

, MP for

* William Morgan (died 1583) (1542–1583), MP for Monmouth Boroughs *

William Morgan (of Tredegar) Sir William Morgan (1560–1655) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1624 and 1625. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Biography Morgan was the eldest son of Thomas Morgan (died 1603). H ...

(1560–1653), Welsh politician * William Morgan (of Rhymny), Welsh politician * William Morgan (of Dderw) (died 1649), Welsh lawyer and politician *

William Morgan (of Machen and Tredegar) Sir William Morgan (c. 1640 – 28 April 1680) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1659 and 1680. Life William Morgan was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Morgan (died 1664), and his ...

(c. 1640–1680), Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire 1659–1680 * Sir

William Morgan (of Tredegar, elder) Sir William Morgan, KB (8 March 1700 – 24 April 1731) was a Welsh Whig politician of the early 18th century. Morgan was the eldest son of Sir John Morgan, a Whig of great political influence in Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire. He inhe ...

(1700–1731), Member of Parliament for Brecon, 1722–1723, and Monmouthshire, 1722–1731 *

William Morgan (of Tredegar, younger) William Morgan (28 March 1725 – 16 July 1763) was a Welsh politician of the mid-18th century. He was the eldest son of Sir William Morgan and his wife Lady Rachel Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire. He inherited t ...

(1725–1763), Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire, 1747–1763 *

William Pritchard Morgan William Pritchard-Morgan (1844 – 5 July 1924) was a Welsh solicitor, mine owner, and company promoter. He acquired the gold mine at Gwynfynydd in 1887, earning the name "Welsh gold king". He was also actively publicised as an investor in Sichu ...

(1844–1924), British Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil, 1888–1900 *

William James Morgan William James Morgan (PC(NI)) (17 July 1914 – 12 May 1999) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Biography A businessman by profession, he owned James Morgan & Sons, a transport contractors' business. He was president of the Irish ...

(1914–1999), Irish politician

United States

William S. Morgan William Stephen Morgan (September 7, 1801 – September 3, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Early and family life Born in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Morgan received a private education suitable for his cla ...

(1801–1878), U.S. Representative from Virginia *

William Duane Morgan William Duane Morgan (1817–1887) was a newspaper editor and Democratic politician. He owned papers in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and later Ohio. He was also Ohio State Auditor 1852-1856. William Duane Morgan was born to a prominent fami ...

(1817–1887), American newspaper editor and politician *

William Augustine Morgan William Augustine Morgan (March 30, 1831 – February 14, 1899) was a Virginia planter from Shepherdstown who became a Confederate States Army cavalry officer throughout the American Civil War, then represented Jefferson County at the West Vir ...

(1831-1899), Virginia planter, Confederate cavalry officer, early West Virginia politician *

William Albert Morgan William Albert Morgan (born Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, March 6, 1841; died Hutchinson, Kansas, March 24, 1917) was an Irish-American newspaper publisher, politician and prominent citizen of the state of Kansas. Early years Morgan's father Ja ...

(1841–1917), Irish-American newspaper publisher and politician *

William Yoast Morgan William Yoast Morgan (April 6, 1866 – February 17, 1932) was an American newspaperman, author and politician who served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 under Governor Arthur Capper. He was a member of the Republican ...

(1866–1932), lieutenant governor of Kansas *

William McKendree Morgan William McKendree Morgan (December 2, 1869 – October 16, 1942) was a lawyer and politician in Idaho and served for two separate periods on the Idaho Supreme Court. Born in Adams County, Illinois to John Milton Morgan and Mary (Gooding) Morgan, M ...

(1869–1942), Idaho lawyer and politician *

William M. Morgan (congressman) William Mitchell Morgan (August 1, 1870 – September 17, 1935) was an American politician who served five terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1921 to 1931. Early life and career Born in Brownsv ...

(1870–1935), U.S. Representative from Ohio *

Will Morgan Will Morgan (born November 1966) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 56B, which includes portions of Dak ...

(born 1966), member of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Other politicians

William Morgan (South Australian politician) Sir William Morgan (12 September 1828 – 2 November 1883) was the Premier of South Australia between 1878 and 1881. Early life William Morgan was born in Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire, England, the son of George Morgan, a farmer, and his wife S ...

(1828–1883), Premier of South Australia, 1878–1881 *

William Morgan (New South Wales politician) William Morgan (17 March 1842 – 31 July 1907) was an Australian politician. He was born at Kelso to brickmaker William Morgan and Jeanette Williamson. He was a solicitor, practising in Bathurst (1867–82) and Sydney (1882–1907 ...

(1842–1907), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1894–1901 *

William Morgan (Canadian politician) William Morgan (December 8, 1848 – ?) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Norfolk South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1890 as a Conservative member. He was born in Stirling Stirling (; sco ...

(1848–after 1890), politician in Ontario, Canada *

William Morgan (New Zealand politician) William Morgan (1851 – 18 February 1918) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council The New Zealand Legislative Council was the upper house of the General Assembly of New Zealand between 1853 and 1951. An earlier arrangement of ...

(1851–1918), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council

Science and medicine

William Morgan (cartographer) William Morgan (died 1690) was a cartographer in England during the 17th century. He was the step-grandson of John Ogilby and, following Ogilby's death in 1676, carried on the cartographic publications that Ogilby had started, including "Britann ...

(died 1690), English cartographer *

William Morgan (actuary) William Morgan, FRS (26 May OS? 1750 – 4 May 1833) was a British physician, physicist and statistician, who is considered the father of modern actuarial science. He is also credited with being the first to record the "invisible light" p ...

(1750–1833), Welsh scientist and actuary who won the Copley Medal in 1789 * William Fellowes Morgan Sr. (1861–1943), president of the National Association for the Prevention of Blindness *

William Wilson Morgan William Wilson Morgan (January 3, 1906 – June 21, 1994) was an American astronomer and astrophysicist. The principal theme in Morgan's work was stellar and galaxy classification. He is also known for helping prove the existence of spiral arms i ...

(1906–1994), American astronomer *

W. Jason Morgan William Jason Morgan (born October 10, 1935) is an American geophysicist who has made seminal contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and geodynamics. He retired as the Knox Taylor Professor emeritus of geology and professor of geoscienc ...

(born 1935), American geophysicist * G. William Morgan (died 1984), American health physicist

Sports

* William Morgan (cricketer, born 1862) (1862–1914), Welsh cricketer * William Morgan (cricketer, born 1864) (1864–1934), English cricketer *

William G. Morgan William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. H ...

(1870–1942), American inventor of the game of volleyball * William Llewellyn Morgan (1884–1960), Welsh international rugby union player * William A. Morgan (footballer) (born 1914), English footballer who played as goalkeeper for Coventry City F.C. * William Morgan (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Wales, and Wigan * Sack Morgan (William Lee Morgan), American baseball player * William James Morgan aka

Jimmy Morgan William James Morgan (19 June 1922 – 11 October 1976) was a professional footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers immediately after the Second World War. Jimmy was a member of the Barton Hill Morgan footballing family ...

(1922–1975), English footballer and Royal Marines Commando *

Willie Morgan William Morgan (born 2 October 1944) is a Scottish former professional association football, footballer. Club career A winger, Morgan started his career with Burnley F.C., Burnley, making his first-team debut against Sheffield Wednesday F.C., She ...

(born 1944), Scottish footballer * William Morgan (judoka) (born 1975), Canadian Paralympic judo competitor

Others

William Morgan (Bible translator) William Morgan (1545 – 10 September 1604) was a Welsh Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh from Greek and Hebrew. Life Morgan was born in 1545 at Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant, in t ...

(1545–1604), Welsh translator of the Bible *

William Morgan (anti-Mason) William Morgan (born 1774 – disappeared 1826) was a resident of Batavia, New York, whose disappearance and presumed murder in 1826 ignited a powerful movement against the Freemasons, a fraternal society that had become influential in the Uni ...

(1774–1826?), New York businessman whose book on Freemasonry and subsequent disappearance sparked the U.S. anti-Masonic movement *

William Morgan (1782–1858) William Morgan (1782–1858) was a Welsh evangelical cleric, known for his support of factory reform. He was also a close friend of the Brontë family. Life Morgan was from Brecknockshire, and wrote of himself that he was "born and educated" in the ...

, Welsh evangelical cleric in Bradford * William Morgan (abolitionist) (1815–c. 1890), town clerk in Birmingham, England *

William J. Morgan (New York politician) William James Morgan (October 16, 1840 – September 5, 1900) was an American newspaper editor and politician. Early life Morgan was born on October 16, 1840 in Peterborough, Ontario, Upper Canada. He came to the United States when 10 years old ...

(1840–1900), NYS comptroller, 1899–1900 *

W. E. Morgan William Evan Morgan (1858 – 19 February 1916) was a Welsh people, Welsh trade union leader. Born in Rhos, Neath Port Talbot, Rhos, Morgan began working at the Main Colliery in Bryncoch when he was only nine years old. Despite his limited f ...

(William Evan Morgan, 1858–1916), Welsh trade union leader * William J. Morgan (Wisconsin politician) (1883–1983), Wisconsin Attorney General * William Fellowes Morgan Jr. (1889–1977), president of the Middle Atlantic Oyster Fisheries, and later Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City *

William Morgan (architect) . William Newton Morgan, Sr. (December 14, 1930 – January 18, 2016) was an American architect and author, based in Jacksonville, Florida. One of William Morgan's famous creations is the neo modern house in Ormond Beach, Florida. Built for ...

(1930–2016), American architect and author