William Miller Explained

William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Miller may refer to:

Architecture and engineering

• William Dawes Miller (1918–1993), American engineer
• William Henry Miller (architect) (1848–1922), American architect
• William R. Miller (architect) (1866–1929), American architect in Maine

Artists

• Bill Miller (artist) (born 1962), American artist
• Billy the Artist (1964–2022), East Village-based artist born William Miller
• Christian William Miller (1921–1995), American artist and model
• William Miller (engraver) (1796–1882), Scottish line engraver
• William Rickarby Miller (1818–1893), American painter

Business and industry

• Bill Miller (British businessman) (1928–2020), former Vice-Chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb and philanthropist
• Bill Miller (investor) (born 1950), chairman and former chief investment officer of Legg Mason Capital Management
• William Starr Miller II (1856–1935), New York industrialist in the early 20th century
• William White Miller (1846–1912), Irish Canadian businessman

Film, stage, and television

• Bill Miller (impresario) (1904–2002), Russian-born American impresario
• Bill Miller (film producer) (born 1960), Australian film producer
• Billy Miller (actor) (1979–2023), American actor, best known for roles on The Young and the Restless and General Hospital
• Ranger Bill Miller (1878–1939), American actor
• Will Miller (therapist) (born 1949), American ordained minister, Nick at Nite's resident television therapist
• William Miller (actor, born 1978), actor based primarily in Spain
• William Miller (actor, born 1996), English child actor and footballer
• William Miller (sound engineer), British re-recording mixer
• William Miller (Almost Famous character), fictional character in the 2000 film Almost Famous

Government

United States

• Bill Miller (diplomat), director of the Diplomatic Security Service
• G. William Miller (1925–2006), secretary of the treasury and Federal Reserve Board chairman
• William Miller (North Carolina politician) (c. 1783–1825), North Carolina governor, 1814–1817
• Bill Miller (North Carolina politician) (1929–2022), member of the North Carolina Senate
• William Miller (Indiana politician) (1809–1879), member of the Indiana House of Representatives
• William Miller (mayor) (1821–1901), mayor of South Bend, Indiana
• William Miller (Texas politician), member of the Twenty-first Texas Legislature
• William E. Miller (1914–1983), Republican vice presidential nominee in 1964, US congressman
• William E. Miller (Iowa judge), Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
• William Ernest Miller (1908–1976), U.S. federal judge
• William F. Miller (Wisconsin politician) (1869–?), Wisconsin state assemblyman
• William Green Miller (1931–2019), United States Ambassador to Ukraine
• William H. H. Miller (1840–1917), US Attorney General, 1889–1893
• William Henry Miller (legislator) (1829–1870), US congressman from Pennsylvania
• William J. Miller (1899–1950), US congressman from Connecticut
• William Read Miller (1823–1887), governor of Arkansas
• William S. Miller (1793–1854), US congressman from New York

United Kingdom

• William Miller, Lord Glenlee (1755–1846), MP for Edinburgh 1790–81, judge in Scotland from 1795 as Lord Glenlee
• William Henry Miller (book collector) (1789–1848), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Sir William Miller, 1st Baronet (1809–1887), British Vice-Consul at St. Petersburg, 1842–1854, Member of Parliament for Leith
• William Thomas Miller (1865–1930), MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone and North Tyrone
• Bill Miller (Scottish politician) (born 1954), former Labour MEP

Canada

• William Miller (Canadian politician) (1835–1912)
• William Willoughby Miller (1880–1959), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

Australia

• William Miller (South Australian politician) (1850–1922), Australian politician who represented the electoral district of Burra Burra

Military

• William E. Miller (Medal of Honor), Union soldier and Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War
• William Miller (Peruvian general) (1795–1861), British general known in Latin American as Guillermo Miller, fought beside Simón Bolívar
• William Miller (Confederate Army officer) (1820–1909), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
• William Miller (RAF officer) (1892–1962), World War I flying ace

Music

• Bill Miller (musician) (born 1955), Grammy Award-winning Native American singer and songwriter
• Bill Miller (pianist) (1915–2006), close collaborator with Frank Sinatra
• Billy Miller (archivist) (1954–2016), rock 'n' roll collector and archivist
• Billy Miller (Australian musician), former member of Australian band The Ferrets
• William Miller (American publisher), 19th century music publisher

Religion

• William Miller (Australian Presbyterian minister) (1815–1874), served the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria in Australia
• William Miller (missionary) (1838–1923), Free Church of Scotland missionary to Madras and educationalist
• William Miller (preacher) (1782–1849), founder of the Millerite Movement
• William McElwee Miller (1892–1993), author, Presbyterian minister, missionary to Persia (Iran)

Science and education

• William Allen Miller (1817–1870), British chemist after whom the Miller crater is named
• William F. Miller (1925–2017), American professor of management and of computer science
• William Hallowes Miller (1801–1880), British mineralogist and crystallographer
• William Hughes Miller (born 1941), American chemistry professor
• William Ian Miller (born 1946), American law professor at University of Michigan
• William Lash Miller (1866–1940), Canadian chemistry professor
• William P. Miller (college president), president of Weber State University, 1962–1972
• William Richard Miller (born 1947), American professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico
• William T. Miller (1911–1998), American chemistry professor

Sports

American football

• Bill Miller (American football coach, born 1931) (1931–2006), head football coach at Southwest Texas State University
• Bill Miller (American football coach, born 1956), college football coach
• Bill Miller (wide receiver) (born 1940), wide receiver in the American Football League
• Billy Miller (American football) (born 1977), American professional football player
• Willie Miller (American football) (born 1947), American football player

Association football

• Bill Miller (footballer, born 1890) (1890–?), English footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Bill Miller (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1974), English footballer (Luton Town, Southport)
• William Miller (1870s footballer) (died 1894), Scottish footballer (Third Lanark, Scotland national team)
• William Miller (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1915), Scottish footballer
• William Miller (footballer, born 1996), English footballer and former child actor
• Willie Miller (born 1955), Scottish football player, manager and director (Aberdeen, Scotland national team)
• Willie Miller (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1970), Scottish football player (Hibernian)
• Willie Miller (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1978), Scottish football player (Partick Thistle, Burnley)
• Willie Miller (footballer, born 1924) (1924–2005), Scottish goalkeeper (Celtic, Scotland national team)
• Willie Miller (footballer, born 1969), Scottish football player (Hibernian)

Athletics

• Bill Miller (athlete) (1930–2016), Olympian athlete in the javelin throw
• Bill Miller (pole vault) (1912–2008), American Olympic pole vaulter

Australian rules football

• Bill Miller (Australian footballer) (1936–1986), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
• Billy Miller (Australian footballer) (1884–1970), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
• William Miller (Australian footballer) (1881–1912), South Australian footballer for Norwood

Baseball

• Bill Miller (outfielder) (1879–1957), Major League Baseball player
• Bill Miller (right-handed pitcher) (1910–1982), Major League Baseball player
• Bill Miller (left-handed pitcher) (1927–2003), Major League Baseball player
• Bill Miller (umpire) (born 1967), Major League Baseball umpire

Basketball

• Bill Miller (basketball) (1924–1991), American NBA player and college head coach (Elon University)
• Willie Miller (basketball) (born 1977), professional basketball player of the Alaska Aces

Rowing

• Will Miller (rower) (born 1984), American Olympic rower
• William Miller (rower, born 1905) (1905–1985), American Olympic rower
• William Miller (rower, born 1947), American Olympic rower

Other sports

• Bill Miller (bowls) (1910–2004), American lawn bowler
• Bill Miller (ice hockey) (1908–1986), Canadian professional hockey player
• Bill Miller (lacrosse) (born c. 1967), American lacrosse player
• Bill Miller (wrestler) (1927–1997), American professional wrestler
• Billy Miller (water polo) (born 1988), Australian water polo player
• Will Miller (rugby union) (born 1993), Australian rugby union player
• William Miller (Australian athlete) (1846–1939), champion in boxing, fencing, wrestling and weight-lifting
• William Miller (Canadian football) (1957–2019), running back in the Canadian Football League
• William Miller (cricketer, born 1817), English cricketer
• William Miller (cricketer, born 1905) (1905–1974), Australian cricketer
• William Miller (golfer) (1839–?), Scottish amateur golfer

Writing and publishing

• H. Bill Miller (1920–1961), mystery co-author with Bob Wade
• William Miller (British publisher) (1769–1844)
• William Miller (historian) (1864–1945), British expatriate journalist and medieval historian
• William Miller (poet) (1810–1872), Scottish poet, writer of Wee Willie Winkie
  • William Miller (typographer) Scottish type-founder, working in Edinburgh from c.1808 and associated with Scotch Roman William Burke Miller (1904–1983), newspaper and radio journalist
• William H. Miller (writer) (born 1948), maritime historian
• William Henry Miller (book collector) (1789–1848), book collector and UK parliamentarian
• William Lee Miller (1926–2012), American journalist and historian

Other fields

• William Miller (cashier), Chief Cashier of the Bank of England, 1864–1866
• William Miller (criminal) (1906–1931), American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw
• William Miller, Lord Glenlee (1755–1846), Scottish advocate, judge, and landowner
• William Christopher Miller (1898–c. 1976), British veterinarian
• William Herbert Miller Jr. (1932–1988), philatelist of New York City
• Willie Miller (urbanist) (1950–2021), British urban planner

See also

• William Millar (disambiguation)
• William Mueller (disambiguation)