William, Willy, Will, Billy, or Bill Campbell may refer to:

Government officials

Lord William Campbell Lord William Campbell (11 July 1730 – 4 September 1778) was from a Scottish family loyal to the House of Hanover. His father was John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll. From 1752 to 1760, he served in the Royal Navy in India. In 1762, becaus ...

(c. 1731 – 1778), Scottish-born royal governor of Nova Scotia and South Carolina * William Campbell (British Army officer, died 1796) (died 1796), governor of Bermuda in 1796 *

William Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and Campbell William Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden, 2nd Baron Campbell (15 October 1824 – 21 January 1893), was a British peer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. His father was the Lord Chancellor. Background Stratheden and Campbell was ...

(1824–1893), British peer and Liberal politician * William John Campbell, Creole mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone *

William Robert Campbell Sir George William Robert Campbell (1835–1905) was the first British colonial Inspector General of Police of British Ceylon. Campbell was born in 1835 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, the son of John Campbell and Eliza née Elder. ...

(''fl.'' 1860s), British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) *

William Campbell, Lord Skerrington The Rt Hon William Campbell, Lord Skerrington (1855–1927) was a Scottish judge. He was the first Catholic Church in Scotland, Catholic judge in the country since the Scottish Reformation, Reformation. Life The son of Robert Campbell, a magistr ...

(1855–1927), Scottish judge * William Campbell (MP), British Army officer and politician, MP for Glasgow * William Telfer Campbell, British colonial administrator

Canada

William Campbell (judge) Sir William Campbell (2 August 1758 – 18 January 1834) was Chief Justice of the Supreme court, Supreme Court of Upper Canada and a resident of York, Upper Canada. He also held political appointments in both Nova Scotia and Upper Canada. He ...

(1758–1834), Scottish-born Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Upper Canada * William Campbell (Canadian politician) (born 1929), Canadian House of Commons, 1979–1980 *

William Campbell (Prince Edward Island politician) William Campbell (January 12, 1836 – December 15, 1909) was a farmer and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented 1st Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1886 and from 1898 to 1900 and 4th ...

(1836–1909), farmer and political figure * William A. Campbell (politician) (1873–1934), Alberta provincial politician * William

Bennett Campbell William Bennett Campbell, (August 27, 1943 – September 11, 2008) was a politician and the 24th premier of Prince Edward Island. Born in Montague, Prince Edward Island, Campbell was a teacher by profession before entering politics in 1970 ...

(1943–2008), premier of Prince Edward Island * Bill Campbell (Nova Scotia politician) (1919–2003), Canadian politician in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly *

William Neil Campbell William Neil Campbell (June 14, 1885 – July 28, 1979) was a Canadian politician. He is the son of the Daniel and Eliza Lydie (Mann) Campbell. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as member of the Liberal party from 1950 to 195 ...

(1885–1979), Canadian politician

United States

William Campbell (California politician) William Paul Campbell (July 24, 1935 – March 22, 2015) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, Campbell served in the United States Army. He went to Westminster College and Columbia University. In 1 ...

(1935–2015), state legislator in California * William Campbell (surveyor) (c. 1767 – 1844), American physician and politician from New York, of Cherry Valley, Otsego County * William B. Campbell (1807–1867), governor of Tennessee * William J. Campbell (Illinois politician) (1850–1896), American politician (23rd Lieutenant Governor of Illinois) * William Joseph Campbell (1905–1988), U.S. federal judge * William Joseph Campbell (meteorologist) (1930–1992), American meteorologist * William L. Campbell Jr. (born 1969), U.S. federal judge *

William W. Campbell (New York congressman) William Wallace Campbell (June 10, 1806 – September 7, 1881) was an American author, historian, lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born in Cherry Valley, New York, Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, the son of Judge James S ...

(1806–1881), U.S. congressman from New York * William W. Campbell (New York state senator) (1870–1934), American lawyer and politician from New York *

William Wildman Campbell William Wildman Campbell (April 2, 1853 – August 13, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Rochester, Vermont, Campbell attended the public schools, Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vermont, and Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts ...

(1853–1927), U.S. Representative from Ohio * Bill Campbell (California politician) (born 1942), Republican politician from California * Bill Campbell (mayor) (born 1953), former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia *

William Douglas Campbell Uranium One is an international group of companies, part of the management circuit of the TENEX Group of Rosatom State Corporation. Since 2013, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Moscow-based Uranium One Group, a part of the Russian state-owned nu ...

, lobbyist and FBI informant in 2017

Australia

William Campbell (Victorian politician) William Campbell (17 July 1810 – 20 August 1896) was one of Australia's richest pastoralists, one of the first people to discover gold in Australia, and a conservative Victorian politician, an inaugural member of the Victorian Legislative Co ...

(1810–1896), pastoralist and member of the Victorian Legislative Council * William Campbell (New South Wales politician) (1838–1906), New South Wales politician * William Henry Campbell (Queensland politician) (1846–1919), Queensland politician and newspaper editor/proprietor *

Bill Campbell (Victorian politician) William Montgomery Campbell (10 June 1920 – 9 June 1996) was an Australian politician. He was educated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and worked as a mechanical engineer and business manager. From 1945 to 1948 he was chief ...

(1920–1996), Victorian politician

Sports

Association football

* William Campbell (footballer) (1865–?), Scottish forward with various clubs including Preston North End, Darwen and Newton Heath * Willie Campbell (footballer) (c. 1900–?), Scottish footballer * Billy Campbell (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1994), Scotland international footballer (Greenock Morton FC) * Billy Campbell (Northern Irish footballer) (born 1944), Northern Ireland international footballer (Sunderland AFC, Dundee FC, Motherwell FC) * William Cole Campbell (born 2006), Icelandic footballer (FH, Breiðablik, Borussia Dortmund)

Australian rules football

* Bill Campbell (footballer, born 1883) (1883–1954), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy * Bill Campbell (footballer, born 1904) (1904–2007), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne

Baseball

* Bill Campbell (baseball) (1948–2023), right-handed pitcher in MLB from 1973 to 1987 *

Billy Campbell (baseball) William James Campbell (November 5, 1873 – October 6, 1957) was an American professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons (1905, 1907–09) with the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. For his c ...

(1873–1957), left-handed pitcher in MLB from 1905 to 1909 * Bullet Campbell (William Henry Campbell, 1896–1968), American Negro leagues pitcher

Golf

* William C. Campbell (golfer) (1923–2013), president of the United States Golf Association * Willie Campbell (golfer) (1862–1900), Scottish golfer

Gridiron football

* William Campbell (American football) (born 1991), American football offensive guard * Bill Campbell (gridiron football) (1920–1974), American football player in the United States and Canada

Other sports

* William Campbell (sport shooter) (1919–?), Irish Olympic sport shooter * William Campbell (rugby union) (born 1961), Australian vascular surgeon and former Wallabies rugby player * Willie Campbell (hurler) (1918–1978), Irish hurler *

Bill Campbell (sportscaster) Bill Campbell (September 7, 1923 – October 6, 2014) was a sportscaster in the Philadelphia area. He was born in the Logan section of North Philadelphia. Campbell began his broadcasting career in high school at multi-ethnic WTEL, a Philadelphia ...

(1923–2014), sportscaster in the Philadelphia area * William Campbell (bowls) (1878–?), Scottish lawn bowler

Military figures

William Campbell (general) William Campbell (born 1745 and died on August 22, 1781) was a Virginia farmer, pioneer, and soldier. One of the thirteen signers of the earliest statement of armed resistance to the British Crown in the Thirteen Colonies, the Fincastle Resolutio ...

(1745–1781), Virginia militia general in the American Revolution *

William Campbell (Medal of Honor, 1838) William Campbell (c. 1838 – unknown) was a sailor in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. Military service Campbell voluntee ...

(1838–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * William Campbell (Medal of Honor, 1840) (1840–1919), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * William A. Campbell (Tuskegee Airman) (1917–2012), African American pilot * William Charles Campbell (1889–1958), World War I fighter pilot * William Hunter Campbell (1839–1862), Ohio civilian who worked for the Union Army during the American Civil War * William Pitcairn Campbell (1856–1933), British Army general during World War I * William J. Campbell (general) (1931–2017), American Air Force general * William Edward Campbell, better known as

William March William March (September 18, 1893 – May 15, 1954) was an American writer of psychological fiction and a highly decorated United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine. The author of six novels and four short-story collections, March was praised by ...

(1893–1954), American soldier and novelist

Arts and entertainment

* William L. Campbell (1946–2005), film editor of ''Storm'' 1987 * William M. Campbell, president of Discovery Networks U.S. * Bill Campbell (illustrator) (1920–2017), American illustrator for the Hawk Model Company * Big Bill Campbell (1891–1952), Canadian entertainer and broadcaster *

William Wilfred Campbell William Wilfred Campbell (1 June ca. 1860 – 1 January 1918) was a Canadian poet. He is often classed as one of the country's Confederation Poets, a group that included fellow Canadians Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman, a ...

(1858–1918), Canadian poet

Actors

* William Campbell (actor) (1923–2011), American film and television actor *

Billy Gilbert (silent film actor) Billy Gilbert (born William V. Campbell in Hollywood, California; September 15, 1891—April 29, 1961) was involved in more 150 American films between 1913 and 1936, working as either an actor, extra, or director. This Billy Gilbert should not ...

(William V. Campbell, 1891–1961), American silent film actor * Billy Campbell (born 1959), American actor sometimes referred to as William Oliver Campbell or Bill Campbell

Musicians

Junior Campbell Junior Campbell (born William Campbell Jnr, 31 May 1947) is a Scottish composer, songwriter and musician. He was a founding member, lead guitarist, piano player, and singer with the Scottish band Marmalade and co-wrote and produced some of t ...

(William Campbell, born 1947), musician and composer * William Campbell (Scottish musician) (''fl'' 1990s), Scottish musician

Producers and directors

Billy Campbell (TV executive) :''This is about the American entertainment executive born in 1959. For similarly named people, see'' William Campbell (disambiguation) Billy Campbell (born November 23, 1959, in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American television executive pro ...

(born 1959), American TV producer * William Campbell (filmmaker), producer, documentary filmmaker, and photojournalist * William S. Campbell (director) (1884–1972)

Religious figures

William Howard Campbell William Howard Campbell (20 September 1859 - 18 February 1910) was an Irish Presbyterian missionary who worked with the London Missionary Society in southern India. He worked in Jammalamadugu in Cudappah District. He was also a naturalist with a k ...

(1859–1910), Irish missionary in southern India *

William Campbell (missionary) William Campbell () (1841–1921) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Formosa ( Qing Taiwan). He wrote extensively on topics related to Taiwan and was also responsible for founding the island's first school for the blind. Interested in the ...

(1841–1921), Presbyterian missionary to Taiwan * William Rickarby Campbell (1840–1918), New Zealand Presbyterian minister *

Will Campbell (Baptist minister) Will Davis Campbell (Amite County, Mississippi, July 18, 1924 – Nashville, Tennessee June 3, 2013) was a Baptist minister, lecturer, and activist. He was a Southern white supporter of African-American civil rights. Campbell was also a lectur ...

(1924–2013), American Baptist minister

Scientists and engineers

* William Campbell (metallographer) (1876–1936), English metallurgist * William C. Campbell (scientist) (born 1930), Irish biochemist and a Nobel laureate *

William Wallace Campbell William Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 – June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to 1930. He specialized in spectroscopy. He was the tenth president of the University of California from 1923 to 1 ...

(1862–1938), American astronomer

Business and economics

* William Campbell of Tullichewan (1793–1864), Glasgow businessman and councillor * William Campbell (business executive) (1940–2016), CEO of Intuit * William Middleton Campbell (1849–1919), Governor of the Bank of England

Other people

* Bill Ransom Campbell (1920–1996), academic architect from North Carolina * William D. Campbell (Scouting) (1907–1995), world Scouting leader * William Henry Campbell (college president) (1808–1890), President of Rutgers College, 1862–1882 * William Campbell, alleged Paul McCartney look-alike; according to urban legend and conspiracy theory "

Paul is dead "Paul is dead" is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging that English musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles died on 9 November 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike. The rumour began circulating in 1967, gaining broad popul ...

", he took McCartney's place in the Beatles {{hndis, Campbell, William