William Wells
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William Wells may refer to:
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[edit] Military
- William Wells (general) (1837–1902), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient for the Battle of Gettysburg
- William Wells (Medal of Honor) (born 1832), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Wells (soldier) (1770–1812), American army officer and adopted member of the Miami tribe
- William Lewis Wells (1895–1918), World War I flying ace
[edit] Sports
- Billy Wells (American football) (William Prescott Wells, 1931–2001), American professional football player
- Bombardier Billy Wells (William Thomas Wells, 1889–1967), English heavyweight boxer
- William Wells (boxer) (born 1936), British boxer, represented Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Willie Wells (1905–1989), American professional baseball player
[edit] Music
- Bill Wells, Scottish musician
- Dicky Wells (William Wells, 1907–1985), American jazz trombonist
[edit] Politics
- William Benjamin Wells (1809–1881), Canadian lawyer, judge, journalist and politician
- William H. Wells (1769–1829), American lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
- William Wells (British politician) (1908–1990), Barrister, MP for Walsall North from 1945-74
- William Wells (New Zealand politician) (1810–1893), member of New Zealand Parliament
- William Wells (1818–1889), British Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Beverley, 1852–1857, and Peterborough, 1874–1874
[edit] Other fields
- William Charles Wells (1757–1817), Scottish-American physician and printer
- William Frederick Wells (1762–1836), English watercolour painter and etcher
- William Wells (bishop) (died 1444), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Rochester
[edit] See also
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