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* William Coffin Coleman (1870–1957), founder of the Coleman Company * William Frank Kobina Coleman (1922–?), Ghanaian engineer and director-general of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation * William T. Coleman III (1947–2020), American businessman, CEO of Veritas Technologies * William Tell Coleman (1824–1893), American pioneer and businessman * William C. Coleman (1901–1976), List of railroad executives, US railroad executiveEntertainment
* Bill Coleman (artist) (1922–1993), Australian artist * Bill Coleman (trumpeter) (1904–1981), jazz trumpeter * Will Coleman (storyteller) Cornish film-maker, author, and musician * William Stephen Coleman (1829–1904), English painter and book illustratorPolitics
* Bill Coleman (Oklahoma politician), member of the Oklahoma Senate * William Coleman (politician) (1878–?), house painter, labor activist, and Socialist politician from Milwaukee * William D. Coleman (politician) (1842–1908), president of Liberia * William Henry Coleman (1871–1943), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. (1920–2017), U.S. Secretary of TransportationReligion
* Bill Coleman (bishop) (1917–1992), Anglican bishop in Canada * William D. Coleman (pastor) (1915–2001), first principal of the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad * William Emmette Coleman (1843–1909), American clerk, Orientalist, spiritualist and writerSports
* Will Coleman (American football) (1869–1934), American football coach at the University of Kansas * William Coleman (basketball) (born 1988), American basketball player * William Coleman (equestrian) (born 1983), American equestrianOther
* William Coleman (editor) (1766–1829), first editor of the ''New York Evening Post'' * William Coleman (historian) (1934–1988), American historian of biology * William Coleman (judge) (1704–1769), judge in colonial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * William Caldwell Coleman (1884–1968), American federal judge * William D. Coleman (scientist) (1950–2023), Canadian political science academic * William Higgins Coleman (1812–1863), English botanist * William Thaddeus Coleman III (born 1947), General Counsel of the U.S. Army * William Peter Coleman (1928–2019), Australian writer and politician * William B. Coleman, prisoner who carried out hunger strike which led to the ''Lantz v. Coleman'' case addressing the constitutionality of force-feedingSee also
*William Coleman Anderson (1853–1902), American Republican politician *SS ''William T. Coleman'', 1942 List of Liberty ships (S–Z), Liberty ship {{hndis, Coleman, William