William Baker Explained

William Baker may refer to:

Artists and designers

• William Baker (fashion designer) (born 1973), English fashion designer
• William Baker of Audlem (1705–1771), English architect
• William A. Baker (1911–1981), American naval architect
• William Bliss Baker (1859–1886), American landscape artist
• William T. Baker (born 1956), American residential designer and author

Engineer

• William Baker (engineer) (1817–1878), English railway engineer

Business leaders and owners

• William Baker (printer) (1742–1785), English printer
• William F. Baker (engineer) (born 1953), American partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• William F. Baker (television) (born 1942), retired American television executive
• William Meath Baker (1857–1935), English pottery owner and benefactor
• William O. Baker (1915–2005), former Bell Labs president

Military personnel

• William Baker (Indian Army officer) (1888–1964), British officer who served in the Indian Army
• William Baker (colonist) (1761–1836), British soldier and early Australian settler
• William Erskine Baker (1808–1881), British Indian Army officer

Politicians

American politicians

• William Baker (Kansas politician) (1831–1910), U.S. Representative from Kansas
• William Baker (New York politician) (1795–1871), Speaker of the New York Assembly in 1834
• William Benjamin Baker (1840–1911), U.S. Representative from Maryland
• William C. Baker (1858–1931), mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• William H. Baker (Pennsylvania and Indiana politician) (1813–1872), Pennsylvania state legislator and mayor of Evansville, Indiana
• William H. Baker (1827–1911), U.S. Representative from New York
• William Leonard Baker (1831–1893), Australian politician, member of the WA Legislative Assembly
• William P. Baker (born 1940), U.S. Representative from California
• William R. Baker (1820–1890), mayor of Houston, Texas
• William Washington Baker (1844–1927), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• William Y. Baker (1829–?), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• Will Baker (born 1965), American perennial candidate

Commonwealth politicians

• Sir William Baker (British politician) (1705–1770), British businessman and politician; Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle
• William Baker (1743–1824), British Member of Parliament for Aldborough, Hertford, Hertfordshire and Plympton Erle
• William Baker (Lower Canada politician) (1789–1866), politician in Lower Canada
• William George Baker (1885–1960), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

Religious figures

• William Baker (bishop of Norwich) (1668–1732), Bishop of Bangor and of Norwich in the Church of England
• William Baker (bishop of Zanzibar) (1902–1990), English Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar
• William Baker (headmaster) (1841–1910), English headmaster and Church of England prebendary
• William Baker (priest) (1870–1950), Anglican Archdeacon of Sheffield

Sports

• William Baker (baseball) (1866–1930), owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, 1913–1930
• William Baker (Surrey cricketer) (1807–1885), English cricketer
• William de Chair Baker (1823–1888), English cricketer
• William Baker (Kent cricketer) (1832–1912), English cricketer
• William Baker (footballer) (1882–1916), British footballer for Plymouth Argyle

Others

• William Baker, real name of the fictional character Sandman
• William Morrant Baker (1839–1896), English surgeon and describer of Baker's cyst
• William E. Baker (1873–1954), United States federal judge
• William Baker was lynched on March 8, 1922

See also

• Bill Baker (disambiguation)