William Green Explained

William Green may refer to

Arts and entertainment

• William Green (action painter) (1934–2001), British artist
• William Green (painter) (1760–1823), British artist
• William Green (piper) (1775–1860), Northumbrian piper
• William Curtis Green (1875–1960), English architect
• William Clark Green (born 1986), American country music singer
• William Ellis Green (1923–2008), Australian cartoonist

Military

• Sir William Green, 1st Baronet (1725–1811), British army officer
• William Green (British Army soldier) (1784–1881), English veteran of the Napoleonic wars
• William Green (British Army officer, born 1882) (1882–1947), British Army major-general
• William Green Jr. (chaplain), 26th and current Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army
• William Edward Green (1898–1940), British World War I flying ace
• William Henry Rodes Green (1823–1912), British Indian Army general
• Sir William Wyndham Green (1887–1979), British Army general

Politics and law

U.K.

• William Green (fl.1406), MP for Lewes
• William Green (died 1555), MP for Downton
• William Green (MP for Poole) (fl. 1563–1572), MP for Poole
• William Lowthian Green (1819–1890), English merchant and cabinet minister in the Kingdom of Hawaii

U.S.

• William Green (lawyer) (1806–1880), Virginia lawyer, son of John W. Green
• William Comstock Green (1802–1874), American politician
• William J. Green Jr. (1910–1963), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• William J. Green III (born 1938), American politician, mayor of Philadelphia and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Bill Green IV (William J. Green, IV, born 1965), American politician in Philadelphia
• William R. Green (1856–1947), U.S. Representative from Iowa
• William R. Green Jr. (c. 1889–1966), United States Tax Court judge
• William T. Green (1860–1911), African-American attorney and civil rights activist
• S. William Green (1929–2002), U.S. congressman from New York

Elsewhere

• William Green (Australian politician) (1878–1968), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Sports

Cricket

• William Green (cricketer, born 1817) (1817–1870), English batsman playing for Kent
• William Green (cricketer, born 1834) (1834–1876), English batsman playing for Kent
• William Green (cricketer, born 1852) (1852–1924), English cricketer for Marylebone Cricket Club

Other sports

• William Green (American football) (born 1979), American football player
• William Green (baseball) (1894–1925), American Negro leagues third baseman
• Will Green (rugby union) (born 1973), English rugby union footballer
• Willie Green (born 1981), American basketball player
• Willie Green (American football) (born 1966), American football player

Science and medicine

• William Green (author) (1927–2010), British aviation author
• William H. Green (born 1963), American chemical engineer
• William Spotswood Green (1847–1919), Irish naturalist

Others

• William Green (former slave) (c.1814–1895), African-American escaped slave and writer
• William Green (U.S. labor leader) (1873–1952), president of the American Federation of Labor
• William D. Green (born 1953), American businessman, chairman of Accenture
• William Henry Green (1824–1900), American Hebrew scholar
• William Mercer Green (1798–1887), American Episcopal bishop of Mississippi
• William Mercer Green (grandson) (1876–1942), American Episcopal bishop of Mississippi
• Will S. Green (1832–1905), California pioneer

See also

• William Greene (disambiguation)
• Bill Green (disambiguation) for those known as Bill or Billy
• Will Green (disambiguation)
• Willie Green (disambiguation)
• William Green Jr. (disambiguation)