William Cox, Will Cox, Bill Cox, or Billy Cox may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* Bill Cox (1897–1968), American country and folk musician *

Billy Cox William Cox (born October 18, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for performing with Jimi Hendrix. Cox is the only surviving musician to have regularly played with Hendrix: first when both were in the Army, then in 1969 with the interim g ...

(born 1941), American bassist best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix * Will Cox (actor), Australian actor associated with Independent Theatre, an Adelaide theatre company *

William R. Cox William Robert Cox (March 14, 1901 – July 7, 1988) was an American writer. He was a prolific writer of short stories and Western and Mystery novels mainly for the pulp and paperback markets. He wrote under at least six pseudonyms: Willard ...

(1901–1988), writer of short stories and Western and mystery novels *

William Trevor William Trevor Cox (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2016) was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of sho ...

(1928–2016), Irish novelist

Military

William Cox (British general) William Cox, Will Cox, Bill Cox, or Billy Cox may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bill Cox (1897–1968), American country and folk musician *Billy Cox (born 1941), American bassist best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix * Will Cox ...

(1776–1864), British general of the peninsular war, in Siege of Almeida *

William Ruffin Cox William Ruffin Cox (March 11, 1831/1832December 26, 1919) was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, a three-term member of the United Stat ...

(1832–1919), Confederate general in the United States Civil War, later Secretary of the United States *

William Reginald Cox Major-General William Reginald Cox CB, DSO (13 June 1905 – 12 June 1988) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in the Western European Campaign from June 1944 until Victory in Europe Day i ...

(1905–1988), British Army officer *

William Sitgreaves Cox William Sitgreaves Cox (1790–1874) was an American sailor during the War of 1812. He was serving as acting lieutenant aboard the USS ''Chesapeake'' at the time of its capture by HMS ''Shannon''. Cox was subsequently court-martialed for his ac ...

(1790–1874), court-martialled acting third lieutenant of the USS ''Chesapeake''

Law

William Cox (Nova Scotia lawyer) Arthur William (Bill) Cox, (May 13, 1921 – October 8, 2008) was a Canadian lawyer, practising in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served overseas during World War II. On his return to Canada, he became an active member of the legal profession, se ...

(1921–2008), past president of the Canadian Bar Association *

William Harold Cox William Harold Cox (June 23, 1901 – February 25, 1988) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. H ...

(1901–1988), U.S. federal judge *

William John Cox William John "Billy Jack" Cox (born February 15, 1941) is an American public interest lawyer and author. Biography Early career Employed in 1962 by the El Cajon Police Department, he attended the nearby San Diego Police Department Academy. I ...

(born 1941), American public interest lawyer, prosecutor, author and political activist

Politicians

* William Cox (British politician) (1817–1889), Member of Parliament for Finsbury 1857–1859, 1861–1865 *

William Cox (governor) William John Ellis Cox, (born 1 April 1936) was Governor of Tasmania from 15 December 2004 to 2 April 2008, prior to which he was the state's Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor.

(born 1936), known as Bill Cox, Governor of the state of Tasmania, Australia *

William E. Cox William Elijah Cox (September 6, 1861 – March 11, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1907 to 1919. Early life and career Born on a farm near Birdseye, Indiana, Cox att ...

(1861–1942), U.S. Representative from Indiana * William H. Cox Jr. (born 1942), American politician from Maryland *

William Hopkinson Cox William Hopkinson Cox (October 22, 1856 – October 13, 1950) was an American politician, who served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1907 to 1911, under Governor Augustus E. Willson. Early life and family Cox was born October ...

(1856–1950), American politician; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky *

William Thomas Cox William Thomas Cox (1809 - 18 March 1877) was a Conservative Party politician. Cox was elected Conservative MP for Derby Derby ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area on t ...

(1808–1877), British politician * William Wesley Cox (1865–1948), presidential, vice presidential, and perennial U.S. Senate candidate of the Socialist Labor Party

Sports

* Bill Cox (American football) (1929–2017), former American football end *

Bill Cox (baseball) William Donald Cox (June 23, 1913 – February 16, 1988) was an American politician and professional baseball pitcher. Baseball career Cox played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1936 until 1940, for the St. Louis Card ...

(1913–1988), American Major League Baseball pitcher and Illinois state legislator *

Bill Cox (golfer) James Alfred 'Bill' Cox OBE (18 March 1910 – 3 December 1985) was an English professional golfer. In golfing publications his full name was given as William James Cox. He was in the British Ryder Cup teams in 1935 and 1937 and tied for 8th plac ...

(1910–1985), author and professional golfer at Fulwell Golf Club from 1946 to 1975 *

Bill Cox (footballer) William James Cox (1880 – 6 November 1915) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Bury and Leicester Fosse. Personal life Cox was the younger brother of England international forwa ...

(1880–1915), English football centre forward *

Bill Cox (runner) William John 'Spuds' Cox (June 12, 1904 – June 3, 1996) was an American middle-distance runner. Although initially qualifying for the 5,000m team at the 1924 Olympics, he competed in the 3,000m team race. He placed eighth individually, thereb ...

(1904–1996), United States Olympic medallist *

Bill Cox (speed skater) Bill Cox (born July 4, 1947) is an American speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 F ...

(born 1947), American Olympic speed skater *

Billy Cox (baseball) William Richard Cox (August 29, 1919 – March 30, 1978) was an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Baltimore Orioles. He was one o ...

(1919–1978), American Major League Baseball middle infielder *

William Cox (wrestler) William Cox, Will Cox, Bill Cox, or Billy Cox may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bill Cox (1897–1968), American country and folk musician *Billy Cox (born 1941), American bassist best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix * Will Cox ...

, British Olympic wrestler *

William D. Cox William Drought Cox (November 8, 1909 – March 28, 1989) was an American businessman and sports executive. Early life Cox was born in 1909, growing up on Riverside Drive on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He graduated from high school at the ag ...

(1909–1989), American businessman and sports executive *

William Samuel Cox William Samuel (W.S.) Cox (1831–1895) was a pioneer of Thoroughbred racing in Australia. He opened his first venture, Kensington Park Racecourse, in 1874, which operated until 1882. He founded the Moonee Valley Racing Club in 1883, on land he l ...

(1831–1895), Australian racecourse owner, namesake of the Cox Plate

Others

William Cox (pioneer) William Cox (19 December 1764 – 15 March 1837) was an English soldier, known as an explorer, road builder and pioneer in the early period of British settlement of Australia. Early life Cox was born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, son of Willia ...

(1764–1837), constructor of the road across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia * William Cox (1848-1907), engineer and inventor of the duplex slide rule (see

Slide rule A slide rule is a hand-operated mechanical calculator consisting of slidable rulers for conducting mathematical operations such as multiplication, division, exponents, roots, logarithms, and trigonometry. It is one of the simplest analog ...

). * William Denton Cox (1883–1912), heroic steward aboard RMS ''Titanic'' *

William George Cox William George Cox (ca. 1821 – 6 October 1878) was Gold Commissioner for the Cariboo and Boundary Country, Boundary Districts in the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), Colony of British Columbia, Canada during the Rock Creek Gold Rus ...

(c. 1821–1878), Gold Commissioner for the Cariboo and Boundary Districts in the Colony of British Columbia, Canada * William M. Cox (1942–2017), American highways administrator *

William Sands Cox William Sands Cox (1802 in Birmingham – 23 December 1875 in Kenilworth) was a surgeon in Birmingham, England. Founding of Birmingham's first medical school He founded Birmingham's first medical school in 1825 as a residential Anglican-based ...

(1802–1875), surgeon in Birmingham, England * William Cox (bishop) (1921–2025), American Episcopalian bishop * William T. L. Cox (born 1984), American social psychologist

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