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

Literature and arts

* William Cooper (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 (1903–1995), British landscape artist * William J. Cooper Jr. (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 (1854–1927), English landscape artist * William Brown Cooper (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) (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 (1894–1978), American ecologist * William White Cooper (1816–1886), English surgeon-oculist

Sports

* Bill Cooper (American football) (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) (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 (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)