William West may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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William West (artist) (1801–1861), English artist (of Bristol)
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William West (director) of ''
Flying Wild
''Flying Wild'' (aka ''The East Side Kids in Flying Wild'' and ''Air Devils'') is a 1941 film directed by William Beaudine under the pseudonym "William West" as the fifth installment of the East Side Kids series which eventually totaled 22 fi ...
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William H. West (entertainer)
William H. West (June 18, 1853 – February 15, 1902) was an American blackface performer, known as the "Progressive Minstrel show, Minstrel". He was one of the first white owners of a minstrel troupe composed of black performers in the Uni ...
(1853–1902), American minstrel show producer
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William Edward West (1788–1859), American painter
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William E. West Sr. (1922–2014), American painter
*William West Anderson (1928–2017), birth name of American actor
Adam West
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William West (actor) (1856–1915), American actor
Law and politics
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William West (Rhode Island politician)
William is a male given name of Germanic 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 conquest of Engl ...
(c. 1733–1816), American militia general in the American Revolutionary War and later political leader
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William West, 1st Baron De La Warr
William West, 1st Baron De La Warr ( ) of the second creation (c. 1530 – 30 December 1595) was the elder son of Sir George West (d.1538), second son of Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr, by his third wife, Eleanor Copley, and Elizabeth Morto ...
(c. 1520–1595), British political figure
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William H. West (judge)
William Henry West (February 9, 1824 – March 14, 1911) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician in the U.S. state of Ohio who served as Ohio Attorney General from 1866 to 1868, and a member of the Supreme Court of ...
(1824–1911), politician and member of the Ohio Supreme Court, 1872–1873
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William H. West (policeman) (1842–1915), soldier and police officer
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William H. West (Louisiana politician) (1928-2016), American politician and educator
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William West (legal writer) (c. 1548–1598), English lawyer, known as the author of ''Symbolæographia''
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William Stanley West (1849–1914), U.S. Senator from Georgia
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William West (1612–1670), English politician
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William J. West (Canadian politician) (1892–1985), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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William J. West (UK politician) (1868–?), British politician and trade unionist
Science
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William West (chemist)
William is a male given name of Germanic 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 conquest of Engl ...
(1792–1851), English chemist of the
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society is a Learned society in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1819, and its museum collection forms the basis of Leeds City Museum, which reopened in September 2008. The printed works and ...
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William West (botanist)
William West, FLS (22 February 1848 – 14 May 1914) was an English pharmacist, botanist, microscopist and writer, particularly noted for his studies of freshwater algae. His sons, both botanists, were William West Jr with whom he did field ...
(1848–1914), English botanist
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William West Jr
William West Jr, Royal College of Science, ARCS, (11 February 1875 – 14 September 1901) was an English botany, botanist. He was the elder son of the botanist William West (botanist), William West, and the brother of George Stephen West. West ...
(1875–1901), English botanist
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William James West (died 1848), English surgeon and apothecary
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William Dixon West (1901–1994), English geologist
Sport
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William West (sailor) (born 1931), Canadian Olympic sailor
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William West (umpire)
William Arthur John West (17 November 1863 – 22 February 1938) was a boxer, a first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.
Cricket
West played in five first-class matches for Marylebone Cricket Club, scoring 182 runs at 26 with a highest s ...
(1863–1938), cricketer and test match umpire
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William West (equestrian) (1887–1953), American equestrian
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William West (wrestler), British Olympic wrestler
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Willie West (born 1938), American football defensive back
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Wild Bill West (1875–?), American baseball player
Other
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William Marcus West
William Marcus "Mark" West was a Scottish American pioneer who settled in what is now eastern Sonoma County, California, United States.
Life
West came to the area in 1832, soon after marrying Guadalupe Vasquez, a sister of General Vallejo. At ...
(fl. 1830s), Scottish-American pioneer
See also
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Billy West (disambiguation)
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West (name) West is a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
* Absolom M. West (1818–1894), American politician, and Confederate militia general
* Adam West (1928–2017), American actor
* Adam West (soccer) (born 1986), American soccer player
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William (name)
William is a male given name of Germanic 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 conquest of Engl ...
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William Cornwallis-West
William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West VD JP (20 March 1835 – 4 July 1917), was a British landowner, politician for seven years from 1885 and raised the 6th (Ruthin) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps followed by further ceremonial duties in th ...
(1835–1917), British politician
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