William Campbell
Topics referred to by the same term
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William, Willy, Will, Billy, or Bill Campbell may refer to:
Government officials
- Lord William Campbell (c. 1731 – 1778), Scottish-born royal governor of Nova Scotia and South Carolina
- William Campbell (British Army officer, died 1796) (died 1796), governor of Bermuda in 1796
- William Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and Campbell (1824–1893), British peer and Liberal politician
- George William Robert Campbell (1835–1905), British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
- William Campbell, Lord Skerrington (1855–1927), Scottish judge
- William Campbell (MP) (died 1787), British Army officer and politician, MP for Glasgow
- William Telfer Campbell (1863–1929), British colonial administrator
Canada
- William Campbell (judge) (1758–1834), Scottish-born Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Upper Canada
- William Campbell (Canadian politician) (born 1929), Canadian House of Commons, 1979–1980
- William Campbell (Prince Edward Island politician) (1836–1909), farmer and political figure
- William A. Campbell (politician) (1873–1934), Alberta provincial politician
- William Bennett Campbell (1943–2008), premier of Prince Edward Island
- Bill Campbell (Nova Scotia politician) (1919–2003), Canadian politician in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- William Neil Campbell (1885–1979), Canadian politician
United States
- William Campbell (California politician) (1935–2015), state legislator in California
- William Campbell (surveyor) (c. 1767 – 1844), American physician and politician from New York, of Cherry Valley, Otsego County
- William B. Campbell (1807–1867), governor of Tennessee
- William James Campbell (1850–1896), American politician (23rd Lieutenant Governor of Illinois)
- William Joseph Campbell (1905–1988), U.S. federal judge
- William Joseph Campbell (meteorologist) (1930–1992), American meteorologist
- William L. Campbell Jr. (born 1969), U.S. federal judge
- William W. Campbell (New York congressman) (1806–1881), U.S. congressman from New York
- William Whitmore Campbell (1870–1934), American lawyer and politician from New York
- William Wildman Campbell (1853–1927), U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Bill Campbell (California politician) (born 1942), Republican politician from California
- Bill Campbell (mayor) (born 1953/1954), former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- William Douglas Campbell, lobbyist and FBI informant in 2017
Australia
- William Campbell (Victorian politician) (1810–1896), pastoralist and member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- William Campbell (New South Wales politician) (1838–1906), New South Wales politician
- William Henry Campbell (Queensland politician) (1846–1919), Queensland politician and newspaper editor/proprietor
- Bill Campbell (Victorian politician) (1920–1996), Victorian politician
Sports
American football
- Bill Campbell (gridiron football) (1920–1974), American football player
- Will Campbell (offensive lineman) (born 2004), American football offensive tackle
- William Campbell (gridiron football) (born 1991), American football offensive tackle
Association football
- William Campbell (footballer) (1865–?), Scottish forward with various clubs including Preston North End, Darwen and Newton Heath
- Willie Campbell (footballer) (c. 1900–?), Scottish footballer
- Billy Campbell (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1994), Scotland international footballer (Greenock Morton FC)
- Billy Campbell (Northern Irish footballer) (1944–2026), Northern Ireland international footballer (Sunderland AFC, Dundee FC, Motherwell FC)
- William Cole Campbell (born 2006), Icelandic footballer (FH, Breiðablik, Borussia Dortmund)
Australian rules football
- Bill Campbell (footballer, born 1883) (1883–1954), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
- Bill Campbell (footballer, born 1904) (1904–2007), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
Baseball
- Bill Campbell (baseball) (1948–2023), right-handed pitcher in MLB from 1973 to 1987
- Billy Campbell (baseball) (1873–1957), left-handed pitcher in MLB from 1905 to 1909
- Bullet Campbell (William Henry Campbell, 1896–1968), American Negro leagues pitcher
Golf
- William C. Campbell (golfer) (1923–2013), president of the United States Golf Association
- Willie Campbell (golfer) (1862–1900), Scottish golfer
Other sports
- William Campbell (sport shooter) (1919–1986), Irish Olympic sport shooter
- William Campbell (rugby union) (born 1961), Australian vascular surgeon and former Wallabies rugby player
- Willie Campbell (hurler) (1918–1978), Irish hurler
- Bill Campbell (sportscaster) (1923–2014), sportscaster in the Philadelphia area
- William Campbell (bowls) (1878–1939), Scottish lawn bowler
Military figures
- William Campbell (general) (1745–1781), Virginia militia general in the American Revolution
- William Campbell (Medal of Honor, 1838) (1838–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Campbell (Medal of Honor, 1840) (1840–1919), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- William A. Campbell (Tuskegee Airman) (1917–2012), African American pilot
- William Charles Campbell (1889–1958), World War I fighter pilot
- William Hunter Campbell (1839–1862), Ohio civilian who worked for the Union Army during the American Civil War
- William Pitcairn Campbell (1856–1933), British Army general during World War I
- William J. Campbell (general) (1931–2017), American Air Force general
- William Edward Campbell, better known as William March (1893–1954), American soldier and novelist
Arts and entertainment
- William L. Campbell (1946–2005), film editor of Storm 1987
- William M. Campbell, president of Discovery Networks U.S.
- Bill Campbell (illustrator) (1920–2017), American illustrator for the Hawk Model Company
- Big Bill Campbell (1891–1952), Canadian entertainer and broadcaster
- William Wilfred Campbell (1858–1918), Canadian poet
Actors
- William Campbell (actor) (1923–2011), American film and television actor
- Billy Gilbert (silent film actor) (William V. Campbell, 1891–1961), American silent film actor
- Billy Campbell (born 1959), American actor sometimes referred to as William Oliver Campbell or Bill Campbell
Musicians
- Junior Campbell (William Campbell, born 1947), musician and composer
- William Campbell (Scottish musician) (fl 1990s), Scottish musician
Producers and directors
- Billy Campbell (TV executive) (born 1959), American TV producer
- William Campbell (filmmaker), producer, documentary filmmaker, and photojournalist
- William S. Campbell (1884–1972), film director
Religious figures
- William Campbell (minister) (died 1805), Irish minister
- William Howard Campbell (1859–1910), Irish missionary in southern India
- William Campbell (London Missionary Society) (1799–1878), LMS missionary in southern India
- William Campbell (missionary) (1841–1921), Presbyterian missionary to Taiwan
- William Rickarby Campbell (1840–1918), New Zealand Presbyterian minister
- Will Campbell (Baptist minister) (1924–2013), American Baptist minister
Scientists and engineers
- William Campbell (metallographer) (1876–1936), English metallurgist
- William C. Campbell (scientist) (born 1930), Irish biochemist and a Nobel laureate
- William Wallace Campbell (1862–1938), American astronomer
Business and economics
- William Campbell of Tullichewan (1793–1864), Glasgow businessman and councillor
- Bill Campbell (business executive) (1940–2016), CEO of Intuit
- William Middleton Campbell (1849–1919), Governor of the Bank of England
Other people
- Bill Ransom Campbell (1920–1996), academic architect from North Carolina
- William D. Campbell (Scouting) (1907–1995), world Scouting leader
- William Henry Campbell (college president) (1808–1890), President of Rutgers College, 1862–1882
- William Shears Campbell, alleged Paul McCartney look-alike who, according to the urban legend and conspiracy theory "Paul is dead", replaced him in the Beatles
Fictional characters
- Billy Campbell, in the US prime-time TV soap opera Melrose Place, played by Andrew Shue
This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name.
If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.