# William Bell

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

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

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

===United States===
* [William Bell Jr. (politician)](/source/William_Bell_Jr._(politician)) (1828–1902), American politician from Ohio
* [William H. Bell (Wisconsin politician)](/source/William_H._Bell_(Wisconsin_politician)) (1863–1937), American politician from Wisconsin
* [William A. Bell](/source/William_A._Bell) (born 1949), mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
* [Bill Bell (mayor)](/source/Bill_Bell_(mayor)) (William V. Bell), mayor of Durham, North Carolina
* [Bill Bell (West Virginia politician)](/source/Bill_Bell_(West_Virginia_politician)) (William Bell), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates

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

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

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

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

==Others==
* [William Bell (railway architect)](/source/William_Bell_(railway_architect)) (1844–1919), born in York who designed the extension of [Hull Paragon Interchange](/source/Hull_Paragon_Interchange) Station around 1900
* [William Bell (East India Company)](/source/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)](/source/William_Bell_(Canadian_businessman%2C_born_1806)) (1806–1844), Canadian businessman and militia officer
* [William Nathaniel Bell](/source/William_Nathaniel_Bell) (1817–1887), American pioneer; settled Seattle, Washington
* [William Abraham Bell](/source/William_Abraham_Bell) (1841–1921), English physician, land developer, and photographer of the American West; founder of Manitou Springs, Colorado
* [William Augustus Bell](/source/William_Augustus_Bell)  (1882–1961), American businessman, educator, and president of Miles College in Alabama
* [William Robert Bell](/source/William_Robert_Bell) (1845–1913), Canadian militia officer, farmer, and businessman
* [William H. Bell (servant)](/source/William_H._Bell_(servant)) (fl. 1860s), African-American servant of William Seward
* [William Harrison Bell](/source/William_Harrison_Bell) (1927–2016), American oral and maxillofacial surgeon
* [William Dwane Bell](/source/William_Dwane_Bell) (born 1978), New Zealand criminal
* [William J. Bell (entomologist)](/source/William_J._Bell_(entomologist)) (1943–1998), American entomologist
* [William Francis Bell](/source/William_Francis_Bell) (1918–1984), American golf course architect
* [William Hemphill Bell](/source/William_Hemphill_Bell) (1834–1906), US Army brigadier general

==Other uses==
* ''[William Bell, No. 24](/source/William_Bell%2C_No._24)'', 1865 pilot boat used by the Sandy Hook pilots in New Jersey

==See also==
* [Billy Bell (disambiguation)](/source/Billy_Bell_(disambiguation))
* [Bill Bell (disambiguation)](/source/Bill_Bell_(disambiguation))

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