William Cooper may refer to:

Business

William Cooper (accountant) William Cooper (1826–1871) was an English accountant who founded the accountancy practice of Cooper Brothers, now a part of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Career Cooper started his professional career as a clerk at Quilter, Ball & Co. In 1854, he le ...

(1826–1871), founder of Cooper Brothers *

William Cooper (businessman) William Cooper (c. 1761–1840) was an English teacher, businessman and entrepreneur, and political officeholder in Upper Canada; he developed mills and other industries along the Humber River in present-day Ontario and a wharf in York. Prior to ...

(1761–1840), Canadian businessman * William Cooper (co-operator) (1822–1868), English co-operator * William E. Cooper (civic leader) (1921–2008), businessman in Dallas, Texas * William W. Cooper (1914–2012), management scientist

Government

* William B. Cooper (Delaware politician) (1771–1849), American farmer and politician * William B. Cooper (North Carolina politician) (1867–1959), lieutenant governor of North Carolina *

William C. Cooper (politician) William Craig Cooper (December 18, 1832 – August 29, 1902) was an American lawyer, American Civil War , Civil War veteran, and politician who served three terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1 ...

(1832–1902), US congressman from Ohio *

William Cooper (judge) William Cooper (December 2, 1754 – December 22, 1809) was an American politician, judge, merchant, land speculator and developer who was the founder of Cooperstown, New York. He was appointed as a county judge and later served two terms in t ...

(1754–1809), father of James Fenimore Cooper and founder of Cooperstown, New York * William Cooper (Prince Edward Island politician), Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island *

Prentice Cooper William Prentice Cooper Jr. (September 28, 1895May 18, 1969) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 39th governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945. He led the state's mobilization efforts for World War II, when over 300,000 Tenne ...

(William Prentice Cooper, 1895–1969), Tennessee governor * William Raworth Cooper (1793–1856), US congressman from New Jersey *

William Frierson Cooper William Frierson Cooper (March 11, 1820 – May 7, 1909) was a lawyer, planter and politician. He was nominated to the Supreme Court of the Confederate States of America by President Jefferson Davis, but the court never sat because of the American ...

(1820–1909), lawyer, politician and judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court * Bill Cooper (Georgia politician) (born 1933), American former politician and judge * William Cooper (Australian politician) (1868–1957), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *

William Prentice Cooper William Prentice Cooper (September 27, 1870 – July 3, 1961) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Early life William Prentice Cooper was born on September 27, 1870. He gradua ...

(1870–1961), Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives

Literature and arts

William Cooper (novelist) Harry Summerfield Hoff (4 August 1910 – 5 September 2002) was an English novelist, writing under the name William Cooper. Life H. S. Hoff (William Cooper) was born in Crewe, the son of elementary school teachers, Shrapnel, Norman"Novelist ...

(1910–2002), British novelist * William C. Cooper (actor) (1853–1918), stage and film actor *

William Cooper Nell William Cooper Nell (December 16, 1816 – May 25, 1874) was an American abolitionist, journalist, publisher, author, and civil servant of Boston, Massachusetts, who worked for the integration of schools and public facilities in the state. Wri ...

(1816–1874), African-American abolitionist *

William Heaton Cooper William Heaton Cooper RA (6 October 1903–1995) was an English impressionistic landscape artist who worked predominantly in watercolours, most famous for his paintings of the Lake District. Since the 1950s, he has become known as one of th ...

(1903–1995), British landscape artist *

William J. Cooper Jr. William J. Cooper Jr. (born October 22, 1940) is an American historian who specializes in the history of the American South, and is regarded as a leading expert on the life of Jefferson Davis. Early life and education Cooper studied at Princeto ...

(born 1940), American historian * William T. Cooper (1934–2015), Australian natural history illustrator * Revd William Cooper (1824–1892), pseudonym of James Bertram, a Scottish pornography producer *

William Sidney Cooper William Sidney Cooper (1854–1927) was a British landscape artist, best known for his paintings of the countryside around Herne Bay, Kent, Herne Bay in Kent. Life and work William trained with his Great-Uncle Thomas Sidney Cooper at his S ...

(1854–1927), English landscape artist *

William Brown Cooper William Brown Cooper (1811–1900) was an American portrait painter from the state of Tennessee. Early life William Brown Cooper was born in 1811 near Carthage in Smith County, Tennessee. His brother was the painter Washington Bogart Cooper (180 ...

(1811–1900), American painter * William Y. Cooper (1934–2016), African-American painter, writer and illustrator *

Milton William Cooper Milton William "Bill" Cooper (May 6, 1943 – November 5, 2001) was an American conspiracy theorist, radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book ''Behold a Pale Horse'', in which he warned of multiple global conspiracies, some i ...

(1943–2001), American conspiracy theorist and author

Characters

*William Cooper, a CIA agent in the 2010 film ''Red''

Science

William Cooper (chemical manufacturer) William Cooper may refer to: Business *William Cooper (accountant) (1826–1871), founder of Cooper Brothers * William Cooper (businessman) (1761–1840), Canadian businessman * William Cooper (co-operator) (1822–1868), English co-operator * Wil ...

(1813–1885), British sheep dip manufacturer *

William Cooper (conchologist) William Cooper (1798–1864) was an American naturalist, conchologist (shell zoologist) and collector. Early life Cooper studied zoology in Europe from 1821 to 1824, and afterwards travelled to Nova Scotia, Kentucky and the Bahamas collecting spe ...

(1798–1864), American conchologist *

William Skinner Cooper William Skinner Cooper (25 August 1884 – 8 October 1978) was an American ecologist. Cooper received his B.S. in 1906 from Alma College in Michigan. In 1909, he entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he studied with Henry Cha ...

(1894–1978), American ecologist *

William White Cooper William White Cooper (17 November 1816 – 1 June 1886) was an English surgeon-oculist. Biography Cooper was born at Holt in Wiltshire on 17 November 1816. After studying at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, he became M.R.C.S. in December 18 ...

(1816–1886), English surgeon-oculist

Sports

Bill Cooper (American football) Bill Cooper (born July 12, 1939), nicknamed "Cannonball", is an American former professional football player who was a fullback and linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for t ...

(born 1939), professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers * Bill Cooper (baseball) (1915–1985), American Negro leagues baseball player *

Bill Cooper (hurler) Bill Cooper (born 16 December 1987) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for club side Youghal, divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. Playing career Youghal Cooper joined the Youghal cl ...

(born 1987), Irish hurler *

William Cooper (cricketer) William Henry Cooper (11 September 1849 – 5 April 1939) was an English-born Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches, one in each of the 1881–82 and 1884–85 seasons. He took six wickets on debut in the second innings against E ...

(1849–1939), Australian cricketer * William Osborne Cooper (1891–1930), Australian cricketer * Bill Cooper (sailor) (1928–2016), Royal Navy officer, sailor and author * William Cooper (sailor) (1910–1968), Olympic gold medalist of 1932 * Billy Cooper (Canadian football) (born 1945), Canadian football player * Billy Cooper (footballer) (1917–?), English footballer * Willie Cooper (1909–1994), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen FC) * Billy Cooper (trumpeter), cricket supporter and trumpet player for the Barmy Army * Willie Cooper (footballer, born 1886) (1886–?), English footballer for Barnsley and Rochdale

Other fields

(1943–2001), American writer, radio host, and political activist *

William Cooper (Aboriginal Australian) William Cooper (18 December 1860 or 1861 – 29 March 1941) was an Aboriginal Australian political activist and community leader; the first to lead a national movement recognised by the Australian Government. Early life William Cooper was born ...

(c. 1860–1941), Aboriginal rights leader *

William Cooper (Puritan) William Cooper (fl. 1653) was an English clergyman of Puritan views, chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia, participant in the Savoy Conference, and ejected minister. Life He matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1628, graduating B.A, in 1632 ...

(fl. 1653), chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia and ejected minister * William Cooper (priest) (1833/34–1909), Church of England priest * William Cooper (Quaker) (1856–1952), director of Cadbury Ltd in Australia * William Durrant Cooper (1812–1875), English lawyer and antiquary *

William John Cooper William John Cooper (November 24, 1882 – September 19, 1935) was an American educator who served as US Commissioner of Education from February 1929 to July 1933. According to the ''New York Times'': "His fundamental theory of education, which ...

(1882–1935), American educator * William Turakiuta Cooper (1886–1949), New Zealand interpreter and land officer * William Cooper (banker), Governor of the Bank of England from 1769 to 1771 * William E. Cooper (general) (1929–2023), United States Army general * William E. Cooper (university president), president of the University of Richmond (1998–2007)