William Armstrong and its variations may refer to:

Politicians

* William Armstrong (corn merchant) (1778–1857), local politician and corn merchant * Bill Armstrong (Australian politician) (1909–1982), member of the Parliament of Australia * Billy Armstrong (born 1941), politician in Northern Ireland *

William Armstrong (Virginia politician) William Armstrong (December 23, 1782 – May 10, 1865) was an American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson. He represented Hampshire County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1818 to 1820, and Virginia's 16th congressio ...

(1782–1865), U.S. Representative from Virginia * William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980), British civil servant *

William Boardman Armstrong William Boardman Armstrong (July 19, 1883 – January 16, 1954) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Colchester County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as an Independent Conservative me ...

(1883–1954), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada *

William Drayton Armstrong William Drayton Armstrong (28 March 1862 – 2 June 1936) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1893 to 1904 and from 1907 to 1918, representing the electorate of Lockyer. He was Speaker of t ...

(1862–1936), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * William H. Armstrong (Wisconsin politician) (died 1916), Wisconsin legislator *

William Hepburn Armstrong William Hepburn Armstrong (September 7, 1824 – May 14, 1919) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district from 1869 to 18 ...

(1824–1919), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *

William James Armstrong William James Armstrong (October 31, 1826 – December 8, 1915 ) was a merchant, miller and politician in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster District from 1871 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1881 to 1884 in the Legislativ ...

(1826–1915), merchant, miller and politician in British Columbia *

William L. Armstrong William Lester Armstrong Jr. (March 16, 1937 – July 5, 2016) was an American businessman, administrator, and politician. He was a member of the Republican Party and served as a United States representative and Senator from Colorado. Early li ...

(1937–2016), U.S. Senator from Colorado * William Armstrong (Tennessee politician) (1795–1847), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee * William W. Armstrong (journalist) (1833–1905), American journalist and politician from Ohio *

William W. Armstrong (politician) William W. Armstrong (1864 – July 20, 1944) was an American lawyer and politician from Rochester, Monroe County, New York. In addition to his long legal career in Rochester, he represented his city in both houses of the state legislature. While ...

(1864–1944), American lawyer and politician in New York state

Artists

* William Armstrong (Canadian artist) (1822–1914), Canadian artist * Bill Armstrong (photographer), American fine art photographer

Sports

Bill Armstrong (announcer) William Armstrong (born January 19, 1932, Gloucester, Massachusetts – January 2, 2000, Frazier Park, California) was an American television game show announcer and producer. He produced ''The Hollywood Squares'' for several years, and later was ...

(1932–2000), game show announcer * Bill Armstrong (Australian footballer) (born 1936), former Australian rules footballer * Bill Armstrong (coach) (1873–1938), American college football coach * Bill Armstrong (English footballer) (1913–1995), English footballer *

Bill Armstrong (guard) William Wright Armstrong (October 27, 1920 – October 3, 1976) was an American football guard who played one season with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of California, Los Angele ...

(1920–1976), American football player * Bill Armstrong (defensive back) (born 1955), American football player *

Bill Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1966) William Harold Armstrong (born June 25, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Early life Armstrong was born in London, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor i ...

, ice hockey player *

Bill Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1970) William C. Armstrong (born May 18, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman currently serving as general manager of the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Armstrong played nine seasons in the American Hocke ...

, ice hockey player, coach, and executive *

William Armstrong (cricketer) William Armstrong (2 May 1886 – 29 May 1955) was an Australian cricketer. He played in five first-class matches for Queensland between 1907 and 1912. See also * List of Queensland first-class cricketers This is a complete list in alph ...

(1885–1955), Australian cricketer *

William Armstrong (footballer) William Louther Armstrong (19 April 1892 – 12 March 1968) was a qualified medical practitioner and an Australian rules footballer. Family The son of William Louther Armstrong (1860-1936), and Catherine Armstrong (1868-1941), née Anstey, Wi ...

(1892–1968), Australian rules footballer *

William Armstrong (rugby league) William A. Armstrong was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage № 255), as a , or , i.e. number 9, or, 11 or 12. Notable tour matches William Armstrong played i ...

, rugby league footballer of the 1920s

Music

William Armstrong (music critic) William Armstrong (1858 – May 18, 1942) was an American music critic, lecturer, and writer. Life Armstrong was born in 1858 in Frederick County, Maryland. As a child, he received piano lessons in Stuttgart, Germany. Later he began playing ...

(1858–1942), American music critic * Billie Joe Armstrong (born 1972), American rock musician with Green Day *

Willie Armstrong William Armstrong (1804 – ) was an English concert hall songwriter and performer from Newcastle upon Tyne. His most famous song is probably '' The Newcassel Worthies''. Biography William Armstrong was born around 1804 in Painter Heugh in Ne ...

(1804–?), Newcastle upon Tyne-born singer-songwriter

Others

William Armstrong (Christie's Will) William Armstrong (1565–1649), known as Christie's Will, was a Scottish Borders freebooter of the 17th century, celebrated in a ballad by Sir Walter Scott. Biography William Armstrong was the son of the Christie Armstrong referred to in the ball ...

(c. 1602–c. 1658), Scottish border freebooter, known as "Christie's Will" * William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810–1900), British industrialist *

William "Duff" Armstrong William "Duff" Armstrong (1833–1899) was an American Union soldier and the defendant in an 1858 murder prosecution in which he was defended by Abraham Lincoln, two years before he was elected President of the United States. The case would late ...

(William Armstrong, 1833–1899), 1858 defendant for the murder of James Preston Metzker in Mason County, Illinois *

William H. Armstrong (author) William Howard Armstrong (September 14, 1911 – April 11, 1999) was an American writer of children's literature and educator, best known for his 1969 novel '' Sounder'', which won the Newbery Medal. Biography William Howard Armstrong was ...

(1911–1999), author of the children's book ''Sounder'' *

William Nevins Armstrong William Nevins Armstrong (March 10, 1835 – October 16, 1905), aka Nevins Armstrong and aka W. N. Armstrong, was the Attorney General of Hawaii during the reign of King David Kalākaua. He is most widely known outside of Hawaii for the book ''A ...

(1835–1905), Attorney General of Hawaii * William Armstrong (pilot) (1924–1945), member of the Tuskegee Airmen * William T. Armstrong (1929–2005), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation executive *

William Ward Armstrong William Ward Armstrong is a Canadian mathematician and computer scientist. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1966 and is most known as the originator Armstrong's axioms of dependency in a Relational database A relation ...

, Canadian mathematician and computer scientist *

William Park Armstrong William Park Armstrong (January 10, 1874 – March 25, 1944) was a theologian and New Testament scholar who is best known for his work at Princeton Theological Seminary. Biography William Park Armstrong was born in Selma, Alabama, the son of Wil ...

(1874–1944), theologian and New Testament scholar *

William Armstrong (theatre director) William Armstrong, Order of the British Empire, CBE (30 November 1882 – 5 October 1952) was a British actor, theatre manager and director, associated for many years with the Liverpool Playhouse, where as director he was an important influence on ...

(1882–1952), British actor, theatre manager and director * Billy Armstrong (actor) (1891–1924), British actor *

William Goodfellow Armstrong 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 ...

(1792–1879), English-born Upper Canadian farmer, soldier, hotelier and settler of Markham Village, Ontario {{human name disambiguation, Armstrong, William