William Bell

William or Willie Bell may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • William Bell (artist) (1735–1794), English portrait painter
  • William Bell (architect) (1789–1865), Scottish-born architect who practiced in North Carolina
  • William Bell (photographer) (1830–1910), English-born American photographer
  • William Henry Bell (1873–1946), English composer
  • William Bell (tuba player) (1902–1971), American tuba player and teacher
  • William J. Bell (1927–2005), American writer and producer of TV soap operas
  • William Bell (singer) (born 1939), American soul singer and songwriter
  • William Bell (author) (1945–2016), Canadian young adult fiction author
  • William Brent Bell (born 1980), American film director
  • William Bell (Fringe), character from the 2008–2013 TV series Fringe

Politics and law

United Kingdom

  • William Bell (lawyer) (c. 1538–1598), English lawyer
  • William Bell (apothecary) (died 1668), English apothecary and politician who sat in the House of Commons
  • Cory Bell (William Cory Heward Bell, 1875–1961), British MP for Devizes

United States

  • William Bell Jr. (politician) (1828–1902), American politician from Ohio
  • William H. Bell (Wisconsin politician) (1863–1937), American politician from Wisconsin
  • William A. Bell (born 1949), mayor of Birmingham, Alabama

Other countries

  • William R. Bell (1876–1927), Australian colonial District Officer in the Solomon Islands, assassinated
  • William Henry Dillon Bell (1884–1917), New Zealand politician
  • William Henry Bell (businessman) (fl. 1930s), British businessman and politician in Hong Kong
  • William F. Bell (1938–2013), Canadian politician; mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario
  • William Montgomerie Bell (1813–1867), merchant and politician in colonial Victoria, Australia

Religion

  • William Bell (bishop) (died 1343), Scottish Bishop of St Andrews
  • William Bell (priest) (1625–1683), English archdeacon of St Albans and sermon writer
  • William Bell (field preacher) (fl. 1670s), Scottish minister and prisoner on the Bass Rock
  • William Bell (theologian) (1731–1816), English theologian
  • William Bell (clergyman) (1780–1857), Scottish-born Presbyterian minister in Upper Canada
  • William Yancy Bell (1887–1962), American bishop for the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Sports

Association football (soccer)

  • William Bell (Welsh footballer) (1860–1930), Welsh footballer
  • William Bell (English footballer) (1905–1937), English footballer (Sheffield United, Grimsby Town, Hull City)
  • Willie Bell (1937–2023), Scottish football player and manager

Other sports

  • William P. Bell (1886–1953), American golf course architect
  • Billy Bell (ice hockey) (1891–1952), Canadian ice hockey player
  • William Bell (baseball) (1897–1969), American Negro league baseball pitcher and manager
  • William M. Bell (1909–1991), American football player and coach
  • William Bell Jr. (baseball) (1930–2021), American Negro league baseball pitcher
  • William Bell (American football) (born 1971), American football player
  • William Lawrence Bell, Jr (pickleball) (1924–2006), one of the creators of the racket sport pickleball

Others

  • William Bell (East India Company), East India Company factor in Iran; his grave being the oldest British grave in Iran
  • William Bell (Canadian businessman, born 1806) (1806–1844), Canadian businessman and militia officer
  • William Nathaniel Bell (1817–1887), American pioneer; settled Seattle, Washington
  • William Abraham Bell (1841–1921), English physician and photographer of the American west; founder of Manitou Springs, Colorado
  • William Augustus Bell (1882–1961), American businessman, educator, and president of Miles College in Alabama
  • William Robert Bell (1845–1913), Canadian militia officer, farmer, and businessman
  • William H. Bell (fl. 1860s), African-American servant of William Seward
  • William Harrison Bell (1927–2016), American oral and maxillofacial surgeon
  • William Dwane Bell (born 1978), New Zealand criminal
  • William J. Bell (entomologist) (1943–1998), American entomologist
  • William Francis Bell (1918–1984), American golf course architect

Other uses

See also

  • Billy Bell (disambiguation)
  • Bill Bell (disambiguation)
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