# William Pitt

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**William Pitt** most commonly refers to:

- [William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](/source/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham) (1708–1778), William Pitt the Elder, British prime minister (1766–1768)
- [William Pitt the Younger](/source/William_Pitt_the_Younger) (1759–1806), son of the above and British prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–1806)

**William**, **Will**, or **Bill Pitt** may also refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

- [William Pitt (Mormon)](/source/William_Pitt_(Mormon)) (1813–1873), English bandleader and religious musician
- [Brad Pitt](/source/Brad_Pitt) (William Bradley Pitt, born 1963), American actor
- [William Pitt (singer)](/source/William_Pitt_(singer)), American singer

## Law and politics

- [William Pitt (courtier)](/source/William_Pitt_(courtier)) (1559–1636), English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons
- [William Morton Pitt](/source/William_Morton_Pitt) (1764–1836), British politician and MP for Poole and Dorset
- [Bill Pitt (politician)](/source/Bill_Pitt_(politician)) (1937–2017), British politician and MP for Croydon North West

## Nobility

- William Pitt [Kalanimoku](/source/Kalanimoku) (1768–1827), Hawaiian noble, high chief to King Kamehameha I
- William Pitt [Leleiohoku I](/source/Leleiohoku_I) (1821–1848), Hawaiian noble, son of Kalanimoku
- William Pitt [Leleiohoku II](/source/Leleiohoku_II) (1854–1877), Crown Prince of Hawaii

## Sports

- [William Pitt (cricketer)](/source/William_Pitt_(cricketer)) (1800–1871), English cricketer
- [Bill Pitt (racing driver)](/source/Bill_Pitt_(racing_driver)) (born 1926), Australian racing driver and motor racing official

## Other people

- [William Augustus Pitt](/source/William_Augustus_Pitt) (c. 1728–1809), British army general
- [William Pitt (ship-builder)](/source/William_Pitt_(ship-builder)) (died 1840), English ship-builder
- [William Pitt (engineer)](/source/William_Pitt_(engineer)) (1840–1909), Canadian inventor of the underwater cable ferry
- [William Pitt (architect)](/source/William_Pitt_(architect)) (1855–1918), Australian architect
- [William Baker Pitt](/source/William_Baker_Pitt) (1856–1936), English clergyman
- [William Rivers Pitt](/source/William_Rivers_Pitt) (born 1971), American essayist and activist

## Other uses

- [*William Pitt* (ship)](/source/William_Pitt_(ship)), a list of ships with the name
- [*William Pitt* (1785 EIC ship)](/source/William_Pitt_(1785_EIC_ship)), an East Indiaman
- [*William Pitt* (1803 ship)](/source/William_Pitt_(1803_ship)), a three-decker sailing ship
- [*William Pitt* (1805 EIC ship)](/source/William_Pitt_(1805_EIC_ship)), an East Indiaman

## See also

- [Pitt (disambiguation)](/source/Pitt_(disambiguation))
- [Pitt family](/source/Pitt_family)
- [Pitt ministry (disambiguation)](/source/Pitt_ministry_(disambiguation))
- [Premiership of William Pitt (disambiguation)](/source/Premiership_of_William_Pitt_(disambiguation))

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