William Gray

William Gray or Bill Gray may refer to:

Religious figures and public officials

• William Gray (Massachusetts) (1750–1825), American politician and merchant who became one of the wealthiest men of his era
• William H. Gray (Oregon politician) (1810–1889), American pioneer of Oregon Country and organizer of its government
• William Gray (Canadian politician) (1862–1916), politician in Ontario, Canada
• William Gray (Conservative politician) (1814–1895), British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton 1857–1874
• William Gray (Bishop of Southern Florida) (1835–1919), American religious figure; first bishop of the Episcopal Church's Missionary Jurisdiction
• William Bain Gray (1886–1949), British Foreign Office official; served as Administrator of Saint Vincent and Governor of Saint Helena
• Sir William Gray, Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1972–1975
• Wilfred James "Bill" Gray, Australian government official; specialist in Aboriginal matters
• William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician) (born 1941), American Democrat from Pennsylvania
• William Percival Gray (1912–1992), U.S. federal judge

Writers and academics

• William S. Gray (1885–1960), American academic; authority on the teaching of reading
• William G. Gray (1913–1992), English occultist, author and mystic
• George William Gray (born 1926), Scottish organic chemist
• William M. Gray (born 1929), American professor of atmospheric science

Sports personalities

• Bill Gray (baseball) (1871–1932), American Major League Baseball, 1890–1898
• Bill Gray (American football) (1922–1978), American offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins
• Bill Gray (footballer) (born 1881), Scottish footballer with Partick Thistle and Southampton in the 1900s
• Bill Gray (rugby player) (1932–1993), New Zealand Rugby Union footballer
• William Gray (cricketer) (1864–1898), cricketer
• Billy Gray (born 1927), English footballer
• Dolly Gray, born William Denton Gray (1878–1956), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1909–1911

Others

• Billy Gray (actor) (born 1938), American actor who portrayed teenager Bud Anderson on TV's Father Knows Best
• William J. Gray, (born 1965), Author of Guide star charting software; asteroid Billgray named after him
• William Gray (aviator) (born 1898), World War I flying ace
• William Gray (screenwriter), known for The Changeling, Philadelphia Experiment
• William Gray (guitarist) in The Trip (band)

See also

• Gray (surname)
• William Gray Purcell (1880–1965), American architect
• William Francis Gray Swann (1884–1962), Anglo-American physicist
• William Gray Espy (born 1948), American actor
• Bill Gray's, American chain of fast-food restaurants based in New York State; founded in 1938 by Bill and Alberta Gray
• William Grey (disambiguation)