William Harper

William Harper may refer to:

• William Harper (South Carolina politician) (1790–1847), US Senator from South Carolina
• William Rainey Harper (1856–1906), first president of the University of Chicago
• William Harper (Louisiana politician), state senator (African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era)
• William Edmund Harper (1878–1940), Canadian astronomer
• Bill Harper (baseball) (1889–1951), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Bill Harper (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1989), Scottish football goalkeeper (Hibernian, Arsenal, national team)
• Billy Harper (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1982), English footballer
• Billy Harper (footballer, born 1877) (1877–1947), English footballer
• Bill Harper (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), Scottish football goalkeeper (Sunderland, Crystal Palace)
• William Harper (Rhodesian politician) (1916–2006), Royal Air Force pilot and Rhodesian politician
• Billy Harper (born 1943), American jazz saxophonist
• William Claude Harper (born 1944), American jewelry artist
• William Harper (composer) (born 1949), American composer and photographer
• Bill Harper (soccer) (fl. 1968), Canadian soccer player (national team)
• Willie Harper (born 1950), former American football linebacker
• William Jackson Harper (born 1980), American actor
• William Harper Jr., pioneer aviator with the Wright brothers
• William Allen Harper, JFK assassination witness
• William A. Harper (1873–1910), Canadian-born artist
• Will Harper, a character on Eastenders
• Bill Harper, a character in Ambassador Bill

See also

• William Harpur (died 1574), merchant and Lord Mayor of London