'''William''' or '''Bill Ross''' may refer to: {{tocright}} ==Nobility== *William Ross, 8th Lord Ross (died 1640), Scottish nobleman *William Ross, 10th Lord Ross (died 1656), Scottish nobleman *William Ross, 12th Lord Ross (c. 1656–1738), Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician *William Ross, 14th Lord Ross (c. 1720–1754), Scottish nobleman
==Politics== *William Ross (New York politician) (died 1830), New York politician, speaker of the State Assembly 1814 *William H. H. Ross (1814–1887), American politician and governor of Delaware *William Ross (Canadian politician) (1824–1912), merchant, ship builder and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada *William Ross (Ontario politician) (1854–1937), merchant and politician in Ontario, Canada *William Benjamin Ross (1855–1929), Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman *William Roderick Ross (1869–1928), lawyer and politician in British Columbia, Canada *William Donald Ross (1869–1947), financier, banker and lieutenant governor of Ontario *William B. Ross (1873–1924), governor of Wyoming *William Henry Ross (1886–1943), provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada *Bill Ross (Australian politician) (1888–1966), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *William Gladstone Ross (1889–1948), lawyer, judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada *Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock (1911–1988), secretary of state for Scotland in the 1960s *William Cecil Ross (1911–1998), leader of the (communist) Labour Progressive Party of Manitoba in 1945 *William Ross (Unionist politician) (born 1936), Ulster Unionist Party member of parliament until 2001
==Sports== *William Ross (cricketer) (fl. 1860), Australian cricketer *William Ross (footballer, born 1874) (1874–?), English professional footballer active in the 1890s *William Ross (baseball) (1893–1964), American Negro leagues baseball player *William Ross (rower) (1900–1992), Canadian Olympic rower *William Alexander Ross (1913–1942), Scottish rugby player *William Ross (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1995), Scottish footballer *William Ross (water polo) (1928–2021), American water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics *Bill Ross (footballer) (1944-2020), Australian rules footballer *Bill Ross (rugby union) (born 1956), Australian rugby union player *Eric Ross (William Eric Ross, born 1944), Northern Irish footballer *Billy Ross (William McClintock Ross, 1909–1969), Irish rugby union player *Willie Ross (American football) (William James Ross, born 1941), American football player
==Other fields== *William Ross (poet) (1762–1790/91), Scottish Gaelic poet *William Charles Ross (1794–1860), British artist *William P. Ross (1820–1891), principal chief of the Cherokee Nation *William Murray Ross (1825–1904), entrepreneur in Melbourne *William Stewart Ross (1844–1906), Scottish writer and publisher *W. D. Ross (William David Ross, 1877–1971), British philosopher *W. E. D. Ross (William Edward Daniel, 1912–1995), Canadian actor, playwright and bestselling writer *William Ross (theatrical producer) (1915–1994), American producer and stage manager *William Ross (actor) (1923–2014), Tokyo-based American actor, voice actor, voice director and editor, and the founder of Frontier Enterprises *William Ross (composer) (born 1948), American composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and music director *William "Jock" Ross (born 1943), Scottish-born Australian outlaw biker *Bill Ross (art director) (1915–1995), American art director and production designer *Willie Ross (piper) (William Collie Ross, 1878–1966), Scottish bagpipe player
==Fictional== *William Ross (''Star Trek''), a character in ''Star Trek''
==See also== *Willie Ross (disambiguation)
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