William or Bill Perkins may refer to:
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Bill Perkins (American football) (1941–2016), American football running back
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Bill Perkins (Australian rules footballer)
William Albert Henry Perkins, or 'Polly' as he was affectionately known, was an Australian rules footballer who was a member of Richmond Football Club's 1943 premiership side.
Born in England, Perkins was recruited from Dandenong District Ass ...
(1920–2009), ex-Richmond VFL footballer
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Bill Perkins (baseball) (born 1906), Negro league baseball player
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Bill Perkins (footballer, born 1876) (1876–1940), formerly of Liverpool FC
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William Perkins (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1934), New Zealand cricketer
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William Perkins (West Indian cricketer) (born 1986), West Indian cricketer
Other
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Bill Perkins (businessman) (born 1969), American hedge fund manager, film producer, and poker player
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Bill Perkins (politician) (1949–2023), member of the New York State Senate
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Bill Perkins (saxophonist)
William Reese Perkins ( – ) was an American cool jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist, popular on the West Coast jazz scene, known primarily as a tenor saxophonist.
Born in San Francisco, California, United States, Perkins started perform ...
(1924–2003), jazz musician of the West Coast "Cool" school
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William Perkins (author), British author
* William Perkins, English merchant and founder of
Sir William Perkins's School, Chertsey
* William Perkins, main character in Roald Dahl's short story "
Galloping Foxley"
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William Perkins (MP) (c. 1400–c. 1449), English landowner and MP
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William Perkins (theologian)
William Perkins (1558–1602) was an influential English cleric and Cambridge theologian, receiving a B.A. and M.A. from the university in 1581 and 1584 respectively, and also one of the foremost leaders of the Puritan movement in the Church of E ...
(1558–1602), Puritan clergyman and Cambridge theologian
* William Henry Perkins, better known as
Moccasin Bill Perkins (1825–1904), hunter, miner, and frontiersman
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William L. Perkins (died 1957), American architect
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William T. Perkins Jr. (1947–1967), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
See also
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William Henry Perkin
Sir William Henry Perkin (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline. Though he failed in trying ...
(1838–1907), British chemist
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