William Lewis

William Lewis or Willie Lewis may refer to:

Politicians

• William Lewis (MP for Anglesey) (by 1526–1601 or later), MP for Anglesey,1553,1555
• William Lewis (MP for Helston), in 1584, MP for Helston
• William Lewis (died 1593), MP for King's Lynn
• William Lewis (MP for Cardiff), MP for Cardiff Boroughs
• Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet (1598–1677) supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. He sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1677
• William Lewis (MP) (1625–1661), British MP for Devizes, 1660–1661
• William J. Lewis (1766–1828), U.S. Representative from Virginia
• William Lewis (Australian politician) (1818–1895), businessman and politician of Kapunda, South Australia
• William Lewis (Delaware County, NY) (1827–?), New York politician
• William James Lewis (1830–1910), physician and politician in New Brunswick, Canada
• William Lewis (Kentucky politician) (1868–1959), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• William Lewis, 3rd Baron Merthyr (1901–1977), Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords

Sportspeople

• William H. Lewis (1868–1949), first African-American All-American football player and United States Assistant Attorney General
• William Lewis (athlete) (1876–1962), American hurdler in the 1900 Olympic Games
• William Ian Lewis (cricketer) (1935–2004), Irish cricketer
• William Lewis (cricketer) (1807–1889), English cricketer
• William Lewis (figure skater), former Canadian figure skater
• William Lewis (football) (fl. 1900), association football referee, and secretary of Chelsea F.C.
• William Lewis (chess player) (1787–1870), English chess competitor and author
• William Lewis (Antigua and Barbuda footballer), former Antigua and Barbuda association football player and coach
• Will Lewis (American football) (born 1958), American football executive and former cornerback

Arts

• William Lewis (tenor) (born 1935), American operatic tenor
• Willie Lewis (1905–1971), jazz clarinettist
• Willie Lewis (rockabilly musician) (born 1946), musician and founder of Rock-A-Billy Records
• William Lewis (journalist) (born 1969), British journalist and editor
• William Thomas Lewis (1748–1811), English actor
• Willard Louis (1882–1926), American actor who was sometimes credited as William Lewis

Scientists

• William Lewis (chemist) (1869–1963), Professor of Chemistry at Exeter University
• William Lewis (mineralogist) (1847–1926), professor of mineralogy at Cambridge University
• William Lewis (physical chemist) (1885–1956), propounded collision theory
• William Lewis (scientist) (1708–1781), English scientist and physician
• William M. Lewis, Sr. (1921–2010), fish biologist

Businessmen

• William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr (1837–1914), Welsh coal mining magnate
• William D. Lewis, 19th-century banker, merchant, and railroad executive

Other

• William Lewis (judge) (1752–1819), United States federal judge
• William B. Lewis (Medal of Honor) (1847–1900), Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient
• William B. Lewis (New York treasurer) (c. 1816–1884), New York State treasurer, 1862–1863
• William Berkeley Lewis (1784–1866), confidant of Andrew Jackson and auditor of the U.S. Treasury
• William Garrett Lewis (1821–1885), British Baptist preacher
• William Draper Lewis (1867–1949), dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; founding director of the American Law Institute
• William G. Lewis (1835–1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War
• Sir Arthur Lewis (economist) (William Arthur Lewis, 1915–1991), Saint Lucian economist
• William Mather Lewis (1878–1945), President of George Washington and Lafayette Universities and a government official

Companies

• William Lewis & Son Co., a Chicago-based orchestral string instrument company acquired in 1995 by Selmer

See also

• Bill Lewis (disambiguation)
• William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1560–1620)
• All pages with titles containing William Lewis