William Whitworth may refer to:
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William Whitworth (Royal Navy officer) (1884–1973)
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William Whitworth (journalist)
William Alvin Whitworth (born February 13, 1937) is an American journalist and editor. He worked as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune from 1963 to 1966, columnist and associate editor for ''The New Yorker'' from 1966 to 1980, and editor ...
(born 1937), American journalist and editor
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William Whitworth (politician) (1813–1886), British cotton manufacturer and politician
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William Allen Whitworth
William Allen Whitworth (1 February 1840 – 12 March 1905) was an English mathematician and a priest in the Church of England..
Education and mathematical career
Whitworth was born in Runcorn; his father, William Whitworth, was a school headmaste ...
(1840–1905), English mathematician and Church of England priest
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William Whitworth (archdeacon) (died 1804), Anglican priest
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