William Hunt Explained

William Hunt or Bill Hunt may refer to:

Australia

• Bill Hunt (cricketer) (1908–1983), Australian Test cricketer of the 1930s
• William Hunt (sprinter) (1898–1977), Australian Olympic sprinter

New Zealand

• Sir William Hunt (businessman) (1867–1939), New Zealand business leader, stock and station agent
• Bill Hunt (alpine skier) (1929–2009), New Zealand Olympic skier

United Kingdom

• William Hunt (banker), Governor of the Bank of England from 1749 to 1752
• William Henry Hunt (painter) (1790–1864), English water-colour painter
• William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), British painter
• William Hunt (priest) (1842–1931), English clergyman and historian
• William Warren Hunt (1909–1994), inaugural Bishop of Repton from 1965 to 1977
• Billy Hunt (footballer) (born 1934), English footballer who played in the 1950s
• William Hunt (officer of arms) (born 1946), English Officer of Arms
• William D. G. Hunt (born 1955), British army NCO and landmine campaigner

United States

• Wilson Price Hunt (1783–1842), or William, pioneer of the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest of North America
• William H. Hunt (1823–1884), United States Secretary of the Navy
• William Morris Hunt (1824–1879), American painter
• William Leonard Hunt (1838–1929), American/Canadian acrobat and explorer
• William Henry Hunt (judge) (1857–1949), United States judge
• William Henry Hunt (diplomat) (1863–1951), United States diplomat
• Bill Hunt (racing driver) (1890–1950), American racing driver of the 1920s
• William E. Hunt (1923–2016), Montana Supreme Court associate justice
• William Herbert Hunt (born 1929), American oil billionaire
• W. M. Hunt, American photography collector and dealer
• William Dennis Hunt (1944–2020), American actor
• Bill Hunt (musician) (born 1947), American musician
• Will Hunt (born 1971), American drummer

Other

• "Billy Hunt", a song on The Jam's 1978 album All Mod Cons

See also

• Hunt (surname)
• William Henry Hunt (disambiguation)