'''William''' or '''Willie Bell''' may refer to:

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==Arts and entertainment== * William Bell (artist) (1735–1794), English portrait painter * William Bell (architect) (1789–1865), Scottish-born architect who practiced in North Carolina * William Bell (photographer) (1830–1910), English-born American photographer * William Henry Bell (1873–1946), English composer * William John Bell (1902–1971), American tuba player and teacher * William J. Bell (producer) (1927–2005), American writer and producer of TV soap operas * William Bell (singer) (born 1939), American soul singer and songwriter * William Bell (author) (1945–2016), Canadian young adult fiction author * William Brent Bell (born 1980), American film director * William Bell (Fringe), character from the 2008–2013 TV series ''Fringe''

==Politics and law== ===United Kingdom=== * William Bell (lawyer) (c. 1538–1598), English lawyer * William Bell (apothecary) (died 1668), English apothecary and politician who sat in the House of Commons * Cory Bell (William Cory Heward Bell, 1875–1961), British MP for Devizes * Billy Bell (politician) (William Bradshaw Bell, 1935–2020), Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party politician

===United States=== * William Bell Jr. (politician) (1828–1902), American politician from Ohio * William H. Bell (Wisconsin politician) (1863–1937), American politician from Wisconsin * William A. Bell (born 1949), mayor of Birmingham, Alabama * Bill Bell (mayor) (William V. Bell), mayor of Durham, North Carolina * Bill Bell (West Virginia politician) (William Bell), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates

===Other countries=== * William R. Bell (1876–1927), Australian colonial District Officer in the Solomon Islands, assassinated * William Henry Dillon Bell (1884–1917), New Zealand politician * William Henry Bell (businessman) (fl. 1930s), British businessman and politician in Hong Kong * William F. Bell (1938–2013), Canadian politician; mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario * William Montgomerie Bell (1813–1867), merchant and politician in colonial Victoria, Australia

==Religion== * William Bell (bishop) (died 1343), Scottish Bishop of St Andrews * William Bell (priest) (1625–1683), English archdeacon of St Albans and sermon writer * William Bell (field preacher) (fl. 1670s), Scottish minister and prisoner on the Bass Rock * William Bell (theologian) (1731–1816), English theologian * William Bell (clergyman) (1780–1857), Scottish-born Presbyterian minister in Upper Canada * William Yancy Bell (1887–1962), American bishop for the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

==Sports== ===Association football (soccer)=== * William Bell (Welsh footballer) (1860–1930), Welsh footballer * William Bell (English footballer) (1905–1937), English footballer (Sheffield United, Grimsby Town, Hull City) * Willie Bell (1937–2023), Scottish football player and manager * Bill Bell (businessman) (William Thomas Bell, 1932–2013), English businessman and football club chairman * Billy Bell (footballer) (William John Bell, 1904–?), English footballer

===Other sports=== * William P. Bell (1886–1953), American golf course architect * Billy Bell (ice hockey) (William Edward Bell, 1891–1952), Canadian ice hockey player * William Bell (baseball) (1897–1969), American Negro league baseball pitcher and manager * William M. Bell (1909–1991), American college football player and coach * William Bell Jr. (baseball) (1930–2021), American Negro league baseball pitcher * Whitey Bell (William Hoyet Bell, 1932–2025), American basketball player * William Bell (American football) (born 1971), American football player * William Lawrence Bell, Jr. (1924–2006), one of the creators of the racket sport pickleball * Bill Bell (basketball) (William James Bell, 1927–2016), Canadian basketball player * Bill Bell (baseball) (William Samuel Bell, 1933–1962), American baseball pitcher * Bill Bell (cricketer) (William Bell, 1931–2002), New Zealand cricketer * Bill Bell (American football) (William Stephen Bell, 1947–2022), American football placekicker * Billy Bell (Canadian football) (William Hamilton Bell, 1923–2019), Canadian football player * Willie Bell, Scottish judoka

==Others== * William Bell (railway architect) (1844–1919), born in York who designed the extension of Hull Paragon Interchange Station around 1900 * William Bell (East India Company), East India Company factor in Iran; his grave being the oldest British grave in Iran * William Bell (Canadian businessman, born 1806) (1806–1844), Canadian businessman and militia officer * William Nathaniel Bell (1817–1887), American pioneer; settled Seattle, Washington * William Abraham Bell (1841–1921), English physician, land developer, and photographer of the American West; founder of Manitou Springs, Colorado * William Augustus Bell (1882–1961), American businessman, educator, and president of Miles College in Alabama * William Robert Bell (1845–1913), Canadian militia officer, farmer, and businessman * William H. Bell (servant) (fl. 1860s), African-American servant of William Seward * William Harrison Bell (1927–2016), American oral and maxillofacial surgeon * William Dwane Bell (born 1978), New Zealand criminal * William J. Bell (entomologist) (1943–1998), American entomologist * William Francis Bell (1918–1984), American golf course architect * William Hemphill Bell (1834–1906), US Army brigadier general

==Other uses== * ''William Bell, No. 24'', 1865 pilot boat used by the Sandy Hook pilots in New Jersey

==See also== * Billy Bell (disambiguation) * Bill Bell (disambiguation)

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