William Stephens is the name of: * William Stephens (fl. 1650s), Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1645 and 1659–60 * William Stephens (d. 1697) (1641–1697), (Sir), Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1685–87 and 1689–95 * William Stephens (minister) (1647–1718), Anglican priest *

William Stephens (governor of Georgia) William Stephens (January 28, 1671 - 1753), of Bowcombe, near Newport, Isle of Wight, and later Beaulieu, Savannah, Georgia, was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1702 to 1727. He emigrated to Georgia and was governo ...

(1671–1753), governor of the Province of Georgia, 1743–1751; MP for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1702–1722, for Newtown (Isle of Wight) 1722–1727 * William Stephens (glassmaker) (1731–1803), English merchant and glass manufacturer in Portugal *

William Stephens (judge) William Stephens (January 17, 1752 – August 6, 1819) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia. Education and career Born on January 17, 1752, in Bewlie (now Beaulieu), Province of G ...

(1752–1819), U.S. federal judge *

William Stephens (academic) William John Stephens , FGS, (16 July 1829 – 22 November 1890) was headmaster at Sydney Grammar School, a professor at the University of Sydney and museum administrator. Stephens was born in Levens, Westmorland, the son of the Rev. William St ...

(1829–1890), English-born headmaster at Sydney Grammar School and professor at the University of Sydney *

William Stephens (Dean of Winchester) William Richard Wood Stephens (5 October 1839 – 22 December 1902) was Dean of Winchester from 1895 to 1902. "Who was Who"1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 Career Stephens was born in Gloucestershire in 1839 the youngest son of Charles ...

, (1839–1902), Anglican priest *

William Stephens (Australian politician) William Stephens (1857–1925) was a businessman and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life William Stephens was born on 7 Nove ...

, (1857–1925), Australian politician *

William Stephens (American politician) William Dennison Stephens (December 26, 1859 – April 25, 1944) was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was the 24th governor of California from 1917 t ...

(1859–1944), American politician. * William Stephens (cricketer) (1870–1954), New Zealand cricketer * William Stephens (producer) (1897–1962), American film producer * William Humphries Stephens (b.1737) English sculptor *

William Ward Stephens William Ward "Bill" Stephens (November 21, 1922 – July 10, 1987) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A younger brother to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Woody Stephens, he was often referred to as "Bill" by the media. Steph ...

(1922–1987), American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer * William E. Stephens, inventor of

time-of-flight mass spectrometry Time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) is a method of mass spectrometry in which an ion's mass-to-charge ratio is determined by a time of flight measurement. Ions are accelerated by an electric field of known strength. This acceleration res ...

in 1946 * Bill Stephens (born 1949), American TV host *

William O. Stephens William O. Stephens (born 10 June 1962), is an American philosopher and scholar of Stoicism. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Creighton University after retiring from teaching at their Omaha Campus in 2020. Biography Stephens was born ...

(born 1962), Professor of Philosophy

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