William White
William White may refer to:
Politics
- William White (MP for Lymington) (died 1594), MP for Lymington
- William White (MP) (1606–1661), 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
- Sir 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 (Texas 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
- 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), Scottish sportsman who played cricket and field hockey
- William White (British Army officer) (1879–1951), English cricketer
- William White (American football) (born 1966), American football player
- William White (sport shooter) (born 1912), British Olympic shooter
- William White (athlete) (born 1994), Australian javelin thrower
- Will White (1854–1911), American baseball player
Music, media, and writers
- William White (composer) (1571–c. 1634), English composer
- William White (journalist) (1807-1882), British pamphleteer and parliamentary sketch writer
- William White (Sheffield, England), publisher of White's Directories in the 19th century
- William Allen White (1868–1944), American newspaper editor
- William Chapman White (1903–1955), American journalist
- William H. White (maritime writer), American naval historical novelist
- William Lindsay White (1900–1973), American journalist
- William S. White, American journalist and author of Citadel, a seminal text about the United States Senate
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 (conscientious objector), Australian conscientious objector during the Vietnam War
- William J. White (general) (born 1925), American general
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 (1890–1965), engineer, General Electric, Schenectady, NY
- William E. White, American neurologist and author
- J. William White (1850–1916), US surgeon
- William L. White (born 1947), writer on addiction recovery and policy
Others
- William White (economist), Canadian economist
- William White (gangster) (1900–1934), Prohibition gangster and Chicago Outfit gunman
- William White (Mayflower passenger), passenger on the Mayflower
- William R. White, President of Hardin-Simmons University, 1940–1943, and of Baylor University, 1948–1961
- Larry Grayson (1923–1995), English stand-up comedy and gameshow host, born William White
See also
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