William Moore Explained

William Moore, and variations of William such as Will, Willie, Bill or Billy Moore, may refer to:

Artists and entertainers

• Billy Moore (musician, born 1917) (1917–1989), American jazz musician
• Billy Moore (musician, born 1931) (1931–2002), Guyana Caribbean musician
• Wild Bill Moore (1918–1983), tenor saxophone player Expos
• William Moore (critic) (1868–1937), Australian art critic and author
• William Moore (musician) (1893–1951), U.S. blues singer and guitarist
• William Moore (actor) (1916–2000), British TV actor
• William Moore (dancer) (1933–1992), African American dance critic, manager Eleo Pomare Dance Company
• William Henry Moore (politician) (1872–1960), Canadian author and member of the Canadian House of Commons
• William R. Moore (journalist) (1909/10–1950), war correspondent killed in the Korean War
• Willie "Pdub" Moore Jr., actor and comedian
• William Perry Moore, American actor and musician

Businesspeople

• William Moore (banker) (1914–2009), chairman of the board, Bankers Trust
• William Dalgety Moore (1835–1910), Western Australian businessman
• William H. Moore, soldier, businessman and founder of the Mystic Copper Mine and Elizabethtown, New Mexico
• William H. H. Moore (1824–1910), American lawyer and insurance executive

Military people

• William Moore (Medal of Honor) (1837–1918), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Moore (British Army officer) (born 1958), British general
• William Moore (loyalist) (1949–2009), Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and Shankill Butcher
• William G. Moore Jr. (1920–2012), U.S. Air Force general
• Sir William George Moore (British Army officer) (1795–1862)

Politicians and judges

• Bill Moore (Queensland politician) (1897–1976), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Merthyr from 1940–1957
• William Moore (Ardee MP) (c. 1685–1732), Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Ardee 1715–27
• William Moore (Clogher MP) (1743–1810), Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Clogher, Clonmel and St Johnstown
• Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet (1864–1944), Irish politician and judge
• Sir William Moore, 2nd Baronet, Anglo-Irish politician
• William Robert Moore (1830–1909), American politician, U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• William S. Moore (1822–1877), American lawyer and politician, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• William J. Moore (1923–2015), American politician, Pennsylvania State Senator 1973–1988
• Henson Moore (William Henson Moore III, born 1939), American lawyer and politician, U.S. Representative from Louisiana
• William Moore (Banbury MP) (1699–1746), British politician, Member of Parliament for Banbury
• William Moore (1699–1783), United States landowner, politician and jurist; builder of Moore Hall
• William Moore (Pennsylvania politician, died 1793) (1735–1793), jurist and politician, President (i.e. Governor) of Pennsylvania
• William Moore (New Jersey politician) (1810–1878), American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey
• William Campbell Moore (1923–1982), politician in British Columbia, Canada
• William Henry Moore (financier) (1848–1923), among founders, U.S. Steel, corporate director
• William A. Moore (1831–1884), American lawyer, judge, confederate officer and politician
• William L. Moore (Virginia politician) (1851–1926), American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• William O. Moore (1841–1913), American politician in the Virginia House of Delegates
• William Theodore Moore Jr. (born 1940), American lawyer, U.S. federal judge
• William T. Moore (Texas politician) (1918–1999), American politician, President pro tempore of the 55th Texas legislature
• William Moore (Wisconsin politician) (1886–1961), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• William Henry Moore (Australian solicitor) (1788–1854), English-Australian solicitor
• William Moore (Australian politician) (1823–1914), of both Tasmanian houses of parliament
• William Moore (Queensland politician) (1866–1933), of Queensland Legislative Assembly
• William Sturge Moore (died 1809), political figure in Lower Canada
• William Vail Moore (1818–?), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• William W. Moore (c. 1832–?), Florida Representative
• William Hickman Moore (1861–1946), American politician in Seattle, Washington
• W. F. Moore (William Folsom Moore, 1868–1956), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas

Sportspeople

Football

• Bill Moore (American football) (1912–1973), American football player
• Bill Moore (Australian footballer) (1917–2009), Australian rules footballer
• Bill Moore (footballer, born 1913) (1913–1982), English football player and manager
• Bill Moore (rugby union) (1921–2002), English rugby union player
• Billy Moore (footballer, born 1894) (1894–1968), English footballer
• Billy Moore (footballer, born 1912) (1912–2002), Welsh footballer
• Billy Moore (rugby, born 1910) (1910–1976), Welsh dual-code rugby player
• Billy Moore (rugby league, born 1971) (born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer
• Will Moore (gridiron football) (born 1970), American and Canadian football wide receiver
• William Moore (American football) (born 1985), American football safety
• William Moore (footballer) (1895–1932), Ireland international footballer
• William M. Moore (1926–2013), American football and basketball coach
• William R. Moore (American football) (1922–2011), American football coach

Other sports

• Bill Moore (catcher) (1901–1972), MLB catcher for the 1926–27 Boston Red Sox
• Bill Moore (first baseman) (born 1960), MLB first baseman for the 1986 Montreal
• Bill Moore (pitcher) (1902–1984), MLB pitcher for the 1925 Detroit Tigers
• Bill Moore (cricketer) (1863–1956), Australian cricketer
• Bill Moore (pole vaulter), winner of the 1946 and 1947 NCAA DI outdoor pole vault championship
• Billy Moore (boxer), English retired Muay Thai boxer
• Wilcy Moore (1897–1963), American baseball player
• William Moore (athlete) (1890–1956), British track and field athlete
• William Moore (cyclist) (born 1947), British Olympic cyclist
• William Moore (cricketer, born 1846) (1846–1919), English cricketer
• William Moore (bowls), Scottish lawn bowler
• William T. Moore (yachtsman), American yachtsman and president of Moore-McCormack, son of founder Albert V. Moore
• Willie Moore (Collegians hurler), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
• Willie Moore (Cork hurler) (1931–2003), Irish hurler for Cork
• Willie Moore (Limerick hurler) (born 1950), Irish hurler for Limerick

Other people

• Bill Moore (ufologist) (born 1943?), author and UFO researcher
• Bill Moore, founder of the audio streaming service TuneIn
• William Moore (bishop) (1858–1930), Anglican bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
• William Moore (chemist) (1941–2020), American chemist
• William Moore (mathematician) (fl. c. 1806–1823), British contributor to rocket theory
• William Moore (steamship captain) (1822–1909), British Columbia gold rush entrepreneur and settler of Skagway, Alaska
• William Moore (surveyor) (1827–1897), Los Angeles County, California
• William C. Moore (born 1929), United States Army general
• Will H. Moore (1962–2017), American political scientist
• William Harrison Moore (1867–1935), Australian lawyer and academic
• William Lewis Moore (1927–1963), American postal worker and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) member
• William Samuel Moore (1830–1901), Australian headmaster and Anglican priest
• William Underhill Moore (1879–1949), American law professor
• William Usborne Moore (1849–1918), British naval commander, psychical researcher and spiritualist
• Willie Hobbs Moore (1934–1994), first African-American woman to earn a PhD in physics
• Willie Moretti, also known as Willie Moore, underboss of the Genovese crime family

See also

• Billie Moore (1943–2022), American basketball coach
• William Moor (died 1765), British sailor and explorer with the Hudson's Bay Company
• William More (disambiguation)