William Scott

William Scott may refer to:

Academics[]

• William Henry Scott (university president) (1840–1937), American academic administrator
• William Earl Dodge Scott (1852–1910), American ornithologist
• William Berryman Scott (1858–1947), American paleontologist
• William Amasa Scott (1862–1944), American economist
• William Alphonsus Scott (1871–1921), Irish Roman Catholic architectural historian
• William Henry Scott (historian) (1921–1993), anthropologist and historian
• William Richard Scott (born 1932), American sociologist
• W. R. Scott (economist) (William Robert Scott, 1868–1940), political economist
• William A. Scott (psychologist), American social psychologist

Arts and entertainment[]

• Sir William Scott of Thirlestane (1645–1725), Scottish poet
• William Bell Scott (1811–1890), British poet and artist
• William Scott (artist) (1913–1989), British artist
• William Edouard Scott (1884–1964), African-American artist
• William Winfield Scott (1855–1935), American writer
• William Matthew Scott (1893–1964), pen name Will Scott, English author
• William Scott (actor) (1893–1967), American silent film actor
• Bill Scott (voice actor) (1920–1985), American voice actor and producer
• William Lee Scott (born 1973), American actor
• William Rufus Scott, employer of Margaret Wise Brown, publisher of W. R. Scott
• William B. Scott (magazine editor), American magazine editor

Law[]

• Sir William Scott (justice) (died 1350s), English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench
• Sir William Scott, Lord Balwearie (died 1532), Scottish judge
• William Scott (Irish lawyer) (1705–1776), Irish lawyer
• William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell (1745–1836), English judge and jurist
• William Scott (Missouri judge) (1804–1862), judge on the Missouri Supreme Court
• Will T. Scott (born 1947), judge on the Kentucky Supreme Court

Politics[]

Canada[]

• William Henry Scott (politician) (1799–1851), Canadian politician
• William James Scott (1812–1882), farmer and politician in Canada West
• William Hepburn Scott (1837–1881), Canadian lawyer and politician from Ontario
• William C. Scott (1921–1998), Canadian politician

United Kingdom[]

• , MP for Kent
• Sir William Scott (Lord Warden) (1459–1524), English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
• (c. 1579–aft. 1611), MP for New Woodstock
• Sir William Scott, Lord Clerkington (died 1656), Scottish politician and judge
• Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet (1803–1871), Scottish Liberal politician
• William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish member of parliament and peer

United States[]

• William A. Scott, pilot of the Boeing 727 in the unsolved DB Cooper case of commercial air piracy
• William Lawrence Scott (1828–1891), US Representative from Pennsylvania and mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania
• W. Kerr Scott (1896–1958), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, US Senator
• William L. Scott (1915–1997), US Senator and Representative from Virginia
• William J. Scott (Illinois politician) (1926–1986), American politician
• William R. Scott, candidate in the United States Senate election in New York, 1980

Other countries[]

• William Scott (South Australian politician) (1795–1866), vigneron, businessman and politician in South Australia
• Jack Scott (New Zealand politician) (William John Scott, 1915–2001), New Zealand politician
• Alex Scott (politician) (William Alexander Scott, born 1940), Bermudian politician, Premier of Bermuda

Religion[]

• Maurus Scott (William Scott, died 1612), English Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr
• William Scott (Anglican priest, born 1813) (1813–1872), English clergyman
• William Scott (astronomer and priest) (1825–1917), Church of England clergyman; colonial astronomer for New South Wales
• William Scott (archdeacon of Bombay) (died 1918), British priest
• Bill Scott (priest) (William Sievwright Scott, born 1946), British Anglican priest and Chaplain to the Queen of the United Kingdom
• Gene Scott (William Eugene Scott, 1929–2005), American pastor and television evangelist

Sports[]

• William Scott (jockey) (1797–1848), British jockey
• (died 1885), jockey, rode in 1840s Grand Nationals
• William Martin Scott (1870–1944), English international rugby union half back
• William Patrick Scott (1880–1948), Scottish international rugby union player
• Will Scott (1893–1972), English footballer and football manager
• William Scott (Australian cricketer) (1882–1965), Australian cricketer
• William Scott (cricketer, born 1845) (1845–1899), English cricketer
• William Scott (English cricketer, born 1864) (1864–1920), English cricketer
• William Scott (English cricketer, born 1903) (1903–1989), English cricketer
• William Scott (Scottish cricketer) (1908–1971), Scottish cricketer
• William Scott (athlete) (1886–?), English long-distance runner who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Other[]

• (1784–1837), American settler in Baytown, Texas
• William Henry Scott (British Army officer) (1789–1868), British Army general
• William Scott (The Sleeping Sentinel) (1839–1862/40–1862), Union Army soldier during the American Civil War
• William R. Scott, Chief of Staff of the 1st Infantry Division in 1919
• (1856–1941), US Army general in World War I
• William Scott Shipbuilders, British shipyard based in Bristol during the mid-18th century
• William Gillbee Scott (1857–1930), English architect who designed the Gower Street Memorial Chapel (now the Chinese Church in London)
• William Bennett Scott Sr., American newspaper founder and publisher, mayor, and civil rights campaigner

See also[]

• Willie Scott (disambiguation)
• Bill Scott (disambiguation)
• William Scot, medieval bishop elect
• All pages with titles containing William Scott

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