William Reid may refer to:

Politicians

* William Allan Reid (1865–1952), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Derby 1931–1945 *

William Earl Reid William Earl "Bill" Reid (August 13, 1934 – May 28, 2013) was a Canadian politician. He was a political figure in British Columbia, Canada known locally as "Mr. Surrey". He represented Surrey from 1983 to 1986 and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale ...

(1934–2013), politician in British Columbia, Canada * William Ferguson Reid (born 1925), Virginia physician, politician and civil rights activist * William Henry Reid (1846–1912), Ontario farmer and political figure * William Reid (British politician) (1889–1965), United Kingdom Member of Parliament for Glasgow Provan 1955–1964 * William Reid (New York politician) (1827–1906), American manufacturer and politician from New York *

Willie Mae Reid Willie Mae Reid (born April 20, 1928) is an American politician who ran as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1975, winning 16,693 votes but coming in third place against Richard J. Daley. The number had fallen from t ...

, African-American politician, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1975

Sportspeople

American football

Bill Reid (American football coach) William Thomas Reid Jr. (October 25, 1878 – September 28, 1976) was an American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams o ...

(1878–1976), American football player and coach * Bill Reid (center) (born 1952), American football player * Willie Reid (American football) (born 1982), American football player

Association football

* Willie Reid (football manager) (died 1975), manager of Norwich City F.C. (1961–1962) *

Willie Reid (footballer, born 1884) William Reid (3 May 1884 – 13 May 1964) was a Scottish international football player and manager, who played as a striker. Playing career Club Born in Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Reid began his senior career in 1903 with Morton, whom he joine ...

(1884–1964), Scottish international footballer and manager, who played as a striker for Rangers, Motherwell and Albion Rovers *

Willie Reid (footballer, born 1903) William Walkinshaw Reid (3 November 1903 – 1967) was a footballer from Northern Ireland who played as a centre half. Career Club Reid played for several clubs, most significantly Glentoran where he won the Irish League in the 1924–25 sea ...

(1903–1967), Irish footballer for Glentoran, Bethlehem Steel, Heart of Midlothian

Other sports

* William Reid (basketball) (1893–1955), basketball coach and administrator * William Reid (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s for England, and Widnes * William Reid (South Australia cricketer) (1867–1943), Australian cricketer * William Reid (Tasmania cricketer) (1882–1950), Tasmania cricketer

Others

William Reid (British Army officer) Major General Sir William Reid (25 April 1791 – 31 October 1858) was a Scottish military engineer, administrator and meteorologist. He was Governor of the Bermudas (1839–1846), of the British Windward Islands (1846–1848), and of Malta ( ...

(1791–1858), British soldier and Governor of the Bermudas, Windward Islands, and Malta *

William Reid (civil servant) Sir William Kennedy Reid KCB (born 15 February 1931) is a retired civil servant who was Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman ...

(born 1931), former Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman * William Reid (mining engineer) (1906–1985), Scottish coal expert and co-author of the "Reid Report" on the state of British coal-mining *

William Reid (musician) William Adam Reid (born 28 October 1958) is a Scottish musician, songwriter and singer, best known as being lead guitarist, songwriter, co-founder and occasional singer of the Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain. Musical ...

(born 1958), guitarist with The Jesus and Mary Chain * William Reid (Scottish businessman) (1842–?), early financier of railroads in Oregon's Willamette Valley * William Reid (VC) (1921–2001), Scottish World War II war hero * William Arbuckle Reid (1933–2015), British educator, curriculum theorist, and philosophical disciple of Joseph Schwab * William Hamilton Reid (died 1826), British poet and hack writer * William P. Reid (1854–1932), Scottish locomotive engineer *

William Reid (military historian) William Reid CBE (8 November 1926 – 19 June 2014) was a Scottish military historian who became director of the National Army Museum.

(1926–2014), Scottish military historian * William Reid (psychiatrist), American forensic psychiatrist * William S. Reid (1778–1853), vice president and acting president of Hampden–Sydney College * William Reid IV, American lawyer *

Bill Reid William Ronald Reid Jr. (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) (Haida) was a Canadian artist whose works include jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings. Producing over one thousand original works during his fifty-year career, Reid ...

(1920–1998), artist * Gordon Reid (priest) (William Gordon Reid, born 1942), Anglican priest, former Dean of Gibraltar and Vicar General of the Diocese of Europe

Characters

*William Reid, a character in ''Criminal Minds'', father of Dr. Spencer Reid