William Campbell

William Campbell or Bill Campbell may refer to:

Canada

• William Campbell (judge) (1758–1834), Scottish-born Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Upper Canada
• Lord William Campbell (c. 1731–1778), Scottish-born Royal Governor of Nova Scotia and South Carolina
• William A. Campbell (1873–1934), Alberta provincial politician
• William Wilfred Campbell (1858–1918), poet
• William Campbell (Canadian politician) (born 1929), Canadian House of Commons, 1979–1980
• William Bennett Campbell (1943–2008), former premier of Prince Edward Island
• William Campbell (Prince Edward Island politician) (1836–1909), farmer and political figure in Prince Edward Island
• William L. Campbell (1946–2005), film editor of Storm 1987

United States

• William Campbell (American football) (born 1991), American football offensive guard
• William Campbell (California politician) (1935-2015), American politician
• William Campbell (business executive) (1940–2016), former CEO of Intuit
• William Campbell (film actor) (1923–2011), American film and television actor
• William Campbell (filmmaker), television and film producer, documentary filmmaker, and photojournalist
• William Campbell (general) (1745–1781), Virginia militia general in the American Revolution
• William Campbell (Medal of Honor, 1838) (1838–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Campbell (Medal of Honor, 1840) (1840–1919), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Campbell (NY surveyor) (c. 1767–1844), American physician and politician from New York, of Cherry Valley, Otsego County
• William A. Campbell (Tuskegee Airman) (1917–2012), African American pilot
• William B. Campbell (1807–1867), governor of Tennessee
• William C. Campbell (golfer) (1923–2013), former president of the United States Golf Association
• William D. Campbell (1907–1995), world leader of the Boy Scouts
• William Edward Campbell, better known as William March (1893–1954), American soldier and novelist
• William Henry Campbell (college president) (1808–1890), President of Rutgers College, 1862–1882
• William Hunter Campbell (1839–1862), Ohio civilian who worked for the Union Army during the American Civil War
• William J. Campbell (Illinois politician) (1850–1896), American politician (23rd Lieutenant Governor of Illinois)
• William Joseph Campbell (1905–1988), U.S. federal judge
• William M. Campbell, president of Discovery Networks U.S.
• William S. Campbell (1884–1972), American film director
• Billy Gilbert (silent film actor) (William V. Campbell, 1891–1961), American silent film actor
• William W. Campbell (New York) (1806–1881), U.S. congressman from New York
• William W. Campbell (New York state senator) (1870–1934), American lawyer and politician from New York
• William Wallace Campbell (1862–1938), American astronomer
• William Wildman Campbell (1853–1927), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Bill Campbell (baseball) (born 1948), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Bill Campbell (California politician) (born 1942), Republican politician from California
• Bill Campbell (gridiron football) (1920–1974), American player of gridiron football
• Bill Campbell (illustrator), illustrator for the Hawk Model Company
• Bill Campbell (mayor) (born 1953), former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
• Bill Campbell (sportscaster) (1923–2014), sportscaster in the Philadelphia area
• Billy Campbell (born 1959), American actor sometimes referred to as William O. Campbell or Bill Campbell
• Billy Campbell (baseball) (1873–1957), baseball player
• Billy Campbell (TV executive) (born 1959), American TV executive producer
• Will D. Campbell (1924–2013), American Baptist minister

United Kingdom

• William Campbell (d. July 5, 1779) killed in battle at West Haven, Connecticut
• William Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and Campbell (1824–1893), British peer and Liberal politician
• William Robert Campbell (fl. 1860s), first British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
• William Campbell (missionary) (1841–1921), Presbyterian missionary to Taiwan
• William Pitcairn Campbell (1856–1933), British Army general during World War I
• Willie Campbell (golfer) (1862–1900), Scottish golfer
• William Campbell (footballer) (1865–?), Scottish forward with various clubs including Preston North End, Darwen and Newton Heath
• William Campbell (Everton footballer) (1865?–?), Scottish centre half in Everton F.C.'s 1890–91 English League Championship winning team
• William Campbell (metallographer) (1876–1936), English metallurgist
• William Charles Campbell (1889–1958), World War I fighter pilot
• Willie Campbell (footballer) (c. 1900–?), Scottish footballer
• Billy Campbell (footballer, born 1920), Scottish footballer (Greenock Morton FC, Scotland national team)
• Billy Campbell (footballer, born 1944), Northern Irish footballer (Sunderland AFC, Dundee FC, Motherwell FC, Northern Ireland national team)
• Junior Campbell (William Campbell, born 1947), musician & composer
• William Campbell (Scottish musician) (fl1990s), Scottish musician

Australia

• William Campbell (Australian politician) (1810–1896), Victorian pastoralist and politician
• William Campbell (New South Wales politician) (1838–1906), New South Wales politician
• William Henry Campbell (Queensland politician) (1846–1919), Queensland politician and newspaper editor/proprietor
• Bill Campbell (footballer, born 1883) (1883–1954), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
• Bill Campbell (footballer, born 1904) (1904–2007), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
• Bill Campbell (Australian politician) (1920–1996), Victorian politician
• William Alexander Campbell (born 1961), Australian vascular surgeon and former Wallabies rugby player

Others

• Willie Campbell (hurler) (born 1918), Irish hurler
• William Campbell (sport shooter) (born 1919), Irish Olympic sport shooter
• William C. Campbell (scientist) (born 1930), Irish biochemist and a Nobel laureate
• William John Campbell, Creole mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
• William Rickarby Campbell (1840–1918), New Zealand Presbyterian minister
• William Stuart Campbell, Paul McCartney lookalike who according to urban legend took McCartney's place in the Beatles after the latter's alleged death, see Paul is dead