William Bennett (disambiguation)

William Bennett (born 1943) is an American conservative pundit, political theorist and former Secretary of Education.

William, Bill, or Billy Bennett may also refer to:

Politicians[]

W. A. C. Bennett (1900–1979), premier of British Columbia
William Bennett (English politician) (1873–1937), Member of Parliament for Battersea South, 1929–1931
Bill Bennett (1932–2015), premier of British Columbia and son of W. A. C Bennett
Bill Bennett (Liberal MLA) (born 1950), British Columbia politician
William Bennett, Mayor of Rockford, Illinois, 1911–1917
William Gordon Bennett (1900–1982), Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Glasgow Woodside, 1950–1955
William Humphrey Bennett (1859–1925), Canadian senator
William M. Bennett (1869–1930), New York politician
William Weaver Bennett (1841–1912), mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, 1895–1907
William Bennett (Australian politician) (1843–1929), member of the Tasmanian Parliament

William Bennett (oboist) (1956–2013), San Francisco Symphony oboist
William Bennett (flautist) (born 1936), British flute player
William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), British composer
Willie P. Bennett (1951–2008), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter
William Bennett, British experimental musician and founding member of Whitehouse and Cut Hands
William Bennet (musician) (c. 1767–c. 1833), English musician

W. E. Bennett (William E. Bennett), American academic
William G. Bennett (architect) (1896–1977), Australian architect
Sir William H. Bennett (surgeon) (1852–1931), British surgeon
William R. Bennett Jr. (1930–2008), American physicist
William W. Bennett (educator) (1821–1887), American president of Randolph–Macon College from 1877 to 1887
William Bennett (headmaster), teacher and teachers' representative in South Australia

William Bennet (bishop) (1746–1820), spelled Bennett on his memorial in Cloyne Cathedral
William Bennett (clergyman) (c. 1770–1857), British-born Methodist minister
W. J. E. Bennett (1804–1886), Anglican priest
William H. Bennett (Mormon) (1910–1980), Canadian agronomist and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

William Bennett (cricketer) (1807–1886), cricketer
William Bennett (footballer) (1896–?), English footballer with Nelson
Bill Bennett (footballer) (born 1948), former Australian rules footballer
Bill Bennett (ice hockey) (born 1953), retired American ice hockey left winger
Billy Bennett (footballer, born 1872) (1872–?), English footballer who played for Crewe Alexandra and Small Heath
Billy Bennett (footballer, born 1955), Scottish footballer who made over 400 league appearances
William Bennett (football manager), Cuban football manager

William Mineard Bennett (1778–1858), English miniature-painter
William James Bennett (1787–1844), English watercolour painter
William Bennett (painter) (1811–1871), English watercolour painter
William Cox Bennett (1820–1895), English poet
William Bennett (Australian engineer) (1824–1889), (William Christopher Bennett) Irish-Australian surveyor and engineer
William H. Bennett (newspaperman) (1879–1939), newspaper editor and proprietor in Peterborough, South Australia
Billy Bennett (comedian) (1887–1942), British comedian
William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917–1994), American diplomat
Bill Bennett (director) (born 1953), Australian film director
William G. Bennett (gaming executive) (1924–2002), American gaming executive and real estate developer