William White

William White may refer to:

Politics

• William White (MP), MP for Clitheroe in 1660
• William White (Secretary of State) (1762–1811), North Carolina Secretary of State, 1798–1811
• William White (Canadian politician), elected member of the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories, 1883–1885
• William Arthur White (1824–1891), British diplomat
• William J. White (1850–1923), United States Representative from Ohio
• Sir William Thomas White (1866–1955), Canadian politician and Cabinet minister
• Bill White (Canadian politician) (1915–1981), first Black Canadian to run for provincial or federal political office in Canada
• Bill White (politician) (born 1954), former mayor of the city of Houston (Texas, USA) and a candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election in 2010
• William Henry White (politician) (1865–1930), Canadian Member of Parliament from Alberta
• William White (New Zealand politician) (1849–1900), New Zealand Member of Parliament
• William White (jurist) (1822–1883), Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio and Ohio Supreme Court judge

Religion

• William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania) (1748–1836), Episcopal bishop in America, Presiding Bishop and Chaplain of Congress
• William C. White (1854–1937), son of Seventh-day Adventist Church founder Ellen G. White
• William White (Bishop of Newfoundland) (1865–1943), Anglican bishop in Canada
• William White (Bishop of Honan) (1873–1960), Anglican bishop in China
• William A. White (1874–1936), American-Canadian Baptist minister, and only Black military chaplain in the British Empire during World War I

Sports

• Will White (1854–1911), American baseball player
• William Edward White (1860–?), American baseball player, possibly the first African-American to play major league baseball
• William White (boxer), British boxer and Olympic competitor, see Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight
• William White (field hockey) (1920–1990), competitor in the 1948 Summer Olympics
• William White (American football) (born 1966), American football player
• William White (cricketer, born 1879) (1879–1951), English cricketer
• William White (cricketer, born 1920) (1920–1990), Scottish cricketer

Music, media, and writers

• William White (composer) (born 1571), English composer
• William Allen White (1868–1944), American newspaper editor
• William Lindsay White (1900–1973), American journalist
• William S. White, American journalist and author of Citadel, a seminal text about the United States Senate
• William H. White (maritime writer), American naval historical novelist
• William Chapman White (1903–1955), American journalist

Civil servants

• Sir William Arthur White (1824–1891), British diplomat
• William Hale White (1831–1913), English writer and civil servant

Military

• William Allison White (1894–1974), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Sir William Henry White (1845–1913), British warship designer
• William White (administrator), President of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
• William White (conscientious objector), Australian conscientious objector during the Vietnam War

Architecture

• William White (architect) (1825–1900), English architect
• William H. White, British architect

Science and medicine

• William Alanson White (1870–1937), American neurologist and alienist
• William Comings White, engineer (1890–1965), General Electric, Schenectady, NY
• William E. White, American neurologist and author
• J. William White (1868–1939), US surgeon

Others

• William White (gangster) (1900–1934), Prohibition gangster and Chicago Outfit gunman
• William White, president of the Delaware and Hudson Railway, 1954–1967
• William White (economist), Canadian economist
• Larry Grayson (1923–1995), English stand-up comedy and gameshow host, born William White

See also

• Bill White (disambiguation)
• Willie White (disambiguation)
• William Whyte (disambiguation)