William Turner Explained

William Turner may refer to:

Artists

William Turner (1762–1835), one of the English Turner family of potters; see Turner (potters)
J. M. W. Turner (William Turner, 1775–1851), major English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker
William Turner (painter) (1789–1862), English watercolour painter from Oxford
William Greene Turner (1833–1917), American sculptor
William Lakin Turner (1867–1936), English landscape artist
William Ralph Turner (1920–2013), English painter

William Turner (Blackburn MP) (1777–1842), British Member of Parliament for Blackburn
William Turner (London MP) (1615–1693), British Member of Parliament for City of London and Lord Mayor of London
William D. Turner (1836–1905), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
William George Turner (1872–1937), Irish Lord Mayor of Belfast
William Turner (Australian politician) (1837–1916), New South Wales politician
William H. Turner (politician), African-American school board member and state senator from Miami, Florida
William V. Turner, state representative in Alabama during the Reconstruction era

William Turner (bishop of Buffalo) (1871–1936), Irish-American Roman Catholic bishop
William Turner (bishop of Galloway) (1844–1914), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop
William Turner (bishop of Salford) (1799–1872), English Roman Catholic bishop and vicar apostolic
William Turner (minister at Wakefield) (1714–1794), English dissenting divine
William Turner (Unitarian minister) (1761–1859), English minister; Hanover Square congregation, Newcastle upon Tyne, son of the minister at Wakefield of the same name

William Turner (naturalist) (c. 1508–1568), English ornithologist and botanist; dean of Wells Cathedral
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843–1928), British botanist
W. E. S. Turner (William Ernest Stephen Turner, 1881–1963), English chemist and glass technologist
William Wadden Turner (1810–1859), British-born American linguist and librarian

Bill Turner (basketball) (born 1944), American basketball player
Bill Turner (American football) (born 1960), American football player
Billy Turner (American football) (born 1991), American football player
Billy Turner (William H. Turner Jr., 1940–2021), American racehorse trainer
Willie Turner (sprinter) (born 1948), American sprinter
Willie Turner (footballer) (c.1860–?), Scottish international footballer
William Turner (footballer, born 1867) (1867–?), Welsh international footballer
Bill Turner (footballer, born 1870) (1870–1952), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
Bill Turner (footballer, born 1894) (1894–1970), English footballer
Bill Turner (English footballer, born 1901) (1901–1989), British footballer
Bill Turner (Australian footballer, born 1901) (1901–1967), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
Bill Turner (footballer, born 1912) (1912–1981), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
Aggie Turner (William Turner, 1893–1916), American baseball player

William Turner (anatomist) (1832–1916), Scottish academic
William Turner (biographer) (1788–1853), son of the English Unitarian minister of the same name
William Turner (composer) (1651–1740), baroque English composer
William Turner (envoy) (1792–1867), British diplomat and author
William B. Turner (1892–1918), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
William J. G. Turner (also known as Bill Turner; 1952–1987), American composer and stage director
William Thomas Turner (1856–1933), final captain of the RMS Lusitania
William Turner (British Army officer) (1907–1989)
William F. Turner (1816–1899), judge in the Territory of Arizona
William H. Turner (actor) (1861–1942), Irish actor
William Irving Turner (1890–1950), American architect
William Aldren Turner (1864–1945), neurologist
William Iredell Turner (1812–1881), Florida pioneer and soldier
William Turner, 18-year-old lynching victim from Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas
Bill Turner (public servant) (1887–1959), Australian public servant; Comptroller-General of Customs

Bootstrap Bill Turner, father of Will Turner in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films
Will Turner, fictional character in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films