William or Bill Francis may refer to:
Politicians
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William B. Francis (1860–1954), American politician from Ohio
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William T. Francis (1869–1929), American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Minnesota
Science and academia
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William Francis (chemist)
William Francis (16 February 1817 – 19 January 1904) was a British Chemistry, chemist, scientific author and publisher.
Early life
He was born in London, the illegitimate son of Richard Taylor (editor), Richard Taylor (1781–1858), an Engl ...
(1817–1904), British chemist and publisher
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William Douglas Francis
William Douglas Francis (6 March 1889 – 2 January 1959) was an Australian botanist.
Born in Bega, New South Wales, at the age of 17 he moved with his father Alfred and brother Frederick from Wollongong, where he was attending Wollongong Su ...
(1889–1959), Australian botanist
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Bill B. Francis, academic
Sports
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Willie Francis (swimmer)
William Francis (23 February 1911 – April 1997) was a Scottish competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and competed for Scotland in the British Empire Games.
Biography
He was born in Dunferm ...
(1911–1997), Scottish backstroke swimmer
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William Francis (cricketer)
William Francis (21 March 1856 – 28 April 1917) was an English cricketer. Francis was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Little Waltham, Essex.
Francis made his first-class debut for Sussex against Lancashire in 1877 at the Old Trafford ...
(1856–1917), English cricketer
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Bill Francis (baseball)
William Henry Francis (February 28, 1879 – January 26, 1942) was a Negro leagues Third baseman for a few years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons.
He was playing for the Philadelphia Giants ...
(1879–1942), Negro leagues baseball player
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Bill Francis (rugby union)
William Charles Francis (4 February 1894 – 28 November 1981) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Francis represented Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913 and ...
(1894–1981), New Zealand rugby union footballer
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Bill Francis (rugby league)
William Lloyd Francis (23 September 1947 – 17 February 2024) was an English-born professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Wales and Yorkshire, and at c ...
(born 1947), rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s for Wigan, Wales, and Great Britain
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Bill Francis (broadcaster)
William Peter Francis (born 1947) is a New Zealand broadcaster, author and sports administrator.
Life and career
Francis was born in Masterton, where he attended Wairarapa College. After leaving school he started as a cadet journalist with Rad ...
(born 1947), New Zealand broadcaster, author and sports administrator
Others
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Wil Francis
William Roy "wiL" Francis (a.k.a. William Control) (born January 8, 1982) is an American musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the horror punk band Aiden.
Career
Francis joined the original lineup o ...
(born 1982), member of the American post-hardcore band Aiden
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Willie Francis
Willie Francis (January 12, 1929 – May 9, 1947) was an American teenager known for surviving a failed execution by electrocution in the United States. He was a convicted juvenile sentenced to death at age 16 by the state of Louisiana in 1945 ...
(1929–1947), convicted murderer
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William Francis (civil engineer)
Sir Horace William Alexander Francis CBE FREng (born 31 August 1926) is a British civil engineer.
Personal life
Francis was born in Clydebank, Scotland on 31 August 1926 to Horace Fairie Francis and Jane McMinn Murray.'FRANCIS, Sir (Horace) Wi ...
(born 1926), British engineer
See also
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William Frank (disambiguation)
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