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Politicians

William Benning Webb William Benning Webb (September 17, 1825 March 13, 1896) was an American politician and attorney who was the Police Superintendent of Washington, D.C., and president of the board of commissioners for the District of Columbia, U.S., from 188 ...

(1825–1896), American politician and attorney *

William C. Webb William Craw Webb (April 21, 1824April 19, 1898) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and pioneer of Wisconsin and Kansas. He was the first Kansas Insurance Commissioner, served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives ...

(1824–1898), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Kansas House of Representatives * William George Webb (1843–1905), British Member of Parliament for Kingswinford, 1900–1905 *

William Hoste Webb William Hoste Webb, (24 November 1820 – 19 December 1890) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Richmond—Wolfe in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874. He was born in Hampshire, ...

(1820–1890), Quebec lawyer and political figure *

William R. Webb William Robert Webb (November 11, 1842December 19, 1926) also known as "Sawney" Webb, was an educator who founded the Webb School and served briefly as a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee. Biography Webb was born near Mount Tir ...

(1842–1926), U.S. Senator from Tennessee *

William Wilson Webb William Wilson Webb (28 July, 1827 - June 30, 1894)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254076392/william-wilson-webb was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Northumberland East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a ...

(1826–1894), Ontario businessman and political figure *

William Webb (Victorian politician) William Telford Webb (1842-1911) was an Australian farmer and politician. Born in Tullamore, he arrived to Melbourne, Australia on 28 January 1859 on the Black Eagle. In 1863, he went to the Dunstan goldfields in New Zealand but returned to Au ...

, MP in the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presidin ...

from 1889 to 1904

Sports

B. W. Webb William Wilson "B. W." Webb Jr. (born May 3, 1990) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at William & Mary, and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He also p ...

(William Wilson Webb Jr., born 1990), American football cornerback *

William Webb (boxer) William "Wally" Webb (4 July 1882 – 1949) was a British bantamweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal in boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics, five boxing events were ...

(1882–?), British Olympic bronze medal (1908) bantamweight boxer *

William Webb (rower) William Charles Webb (21 January 1880 – 2 October 1960) was the first New Zealander to hold the professional World Sculling Championship title. He was also known as Bill or Billy Webb. Early life Webb was born at Lyttelton, the port of Chris ...

(1880–1960), New Zealand World Champion rower *

Bill Webb (pitcher) Willie Fred "Bill" Webb (December 12, 1913 – June 1, 1994) was an American professional baseball pitcher. Webb played for the Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadel ...

(1913–1994), Major League Baseball player *

Bill Webb (rugby union) William Phillips Webb (18 March 1868 - c. 1931) was a New Zealand-born rugby union player who represented Australia. Webb, a forward, was born in Dunedin, New Zealand and attended Otago Boys' High School. Webb played for Otago in 1888 coming o ...

(1868–c. 1931), Australian rugby union player *

Bill Webb (Australian footballer) William Campbell Hatchell Webb (6 July 1883 – 11 May 1947) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between ...

(1883–1947), Australian rules footballer *

Bill Webb (second baseman) William Joseph Webb (June 25, 1895 – January 12, 1943) was an American professional baseball player, coach, front-office executive and manager. Although he appeared in only five Major League games as a second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirat ...

(1895–1943), Major League Baseball player * William

Earl Webb William Earl Webb (September 17, 1897 – May 23, 1965) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball, playing from 1925 to 1933. He played for five teams, including the Boston Red Sox for three years. He batted left-handed, and threw rig ...

(1897–1965), Major League Baseball outfielder * William Webb (cricketer, born 1872) (1872–1913), New Zealand cricketer *

William Webb (cricketer, born 1898) William Louis Taggart Webb (6 February 1898 – 3 April 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and civil servant. Webb was born at Camberwell. He first joined the Civil Service in August 1922 as a clerk in the Inland Revenue. He represen ...

(1898–1969), English cricketer * William Webb (diver), British Olympic diver

Musicians

Boogie Bill Webb Boogie Bill Webb (March 24, 1924 – August 22, 1990) was an American Louisiana blues and rhythm-and-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. His music combined Mississippi country blues with New Orleans R&B. His best-known recordings are ...

(1924–1990), American blues guitarist and singer *

Chick Webb William Henry "Chick" Webb (February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) was an American jazz and swing music drummer and band leader. Early life Webb was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to William H. and Marie Webb. The year of his birth is disputed. ...

(William Henry Webb, 1905–1939), American jazz and swing musician *

William Webb (composer) William Webb (c. 1600 – 1657)Coles, H. C. (Ed.). (1994). ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (Vol. 5). Ney York: The Macmillan Company was an English baroque composer. Biography In 1634, he appeared in James Shirley’s masque ''Th ...

(c. 1600–1657), English musician and song composer

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William Webb (judge) Sir William Flood Webb (21 January 1887 – 11 August 1972) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia. He was President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, common known as the Tokyo ...

(1887–1972), Australian judge *

William A. Webb William Augustin Webb (1824-1881) was an American sailor and Mexican–American War veteran who resigned his United States Navy commission after more than 20 years of service to join the Confederate States Navy in the American Civil War. We ...

(1824–1881), American Civil War sailor *

Suhaib Webb Suhaib Webb is an American Muslim imam who converted from Christianity to Islam in 1992. He has previously been the imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC). Biography Early life He was born William Webb in 1972 in Oklahoma ...

(William Webb, born 1972), American Islamic activist *

William Alfred Webb William Alfred Webb (1878–1936) was an American railroad executive who had wide experience with US railroads, including the management of nationwide railroad operations during World War I, before serving as Commissioner of the South Australian ...

(1878–1936), American and Australian railway administrator *

William Frederick Webb William Frederick Webb (1829–1899) was a High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and officer in the British Army. Background and early life William Frederick Webb was born in Sussex in March 1829, one of four children of Frederick Webb and Mary Sh ...

(1829–1899), wealthy British land owner *

William H. Webb William Henry Webb (June 19, 1816 – October 30, 1899) was a 19th-century New York City shipbuilder and philanthropist, who has been called America's first true naval architect. Early life William Henry Webb was born in New York on June 1 ...

(1816–1899), American shipbuilder, naval architect, industrialist and philanthropist * William James Webb (1830–1904), English painter * William J. Webb, Canadian egalitarian theologian known for his 'redemptive-movement' hermeneutic *

William Seward Webb William Seward Webb (January 31, 1851 – October 29, 1926) was a businessman, and inspector general of the Vermont militia with the rank of colonel. He was a founder and former president of the Sons of the American Revolution. Early life Webb wa ...

(1851–1926), American doctor, financier, railroad president, and well-connected businessperson *

William Snyder Webb William Snyder Webb (19 January 1882 – 15 February 1964) was an American academic and anthropologist. Born in Greendale, Kentucky, Webb studied at the University of Kentucky, Cornell University and the University of Chicago. He learned to ...

(1882–1964), American anthropologist * William Trego Webb (1847–1934), educationist and author *

William Walter Webb William Walter Webb (November 20, 1857 – January 15, 1933), was the sixth Bishop of Milwaukee, from 1906 till 1933. Early life and education Webb was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1857, the son of William Hewitt Webb and E ...

(1857–1933), American Episcopal bishop *

Bill Webb (game designer) Bill Webb is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Bill Webb and his old friend Clark Peterson formed Necromancer Games in the spring of 2000 to publish role-playing materials using the impending d20 license; o ...

, role-playing game designer *

William Webb (naturalist) William Webb (1834?–1897) was a collector and trader of plants and animals, active in the region around King George Sound in Southwest Australia. Biography William Webb was born sometime around 1834 in Staffordshire, England, and emigrated to A ...

(1834?–1897), Australian collector and trader of plants and animals * William Webb (priest) (1825–1896), Archdeacon of Grenada *

William Webb (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) William Webb, D.D. (b Sutton Coldfield 1775 - d Litlington, Cambridgeshire 1856) was Master of Clare College from 1815 until his death. Webbwas educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He became Fellow in 1799. He was ordained a priest in t ...

(1775–1856), English academic *

William Wilfrid Webb Major William Wilfrid Webb (1857–1911) was an English officer and physician in the Indian Medical Service, Bengal Army. He was Superintendent of Gaols and Dispensaries for the Meywar and Bikanir States and guardian to the Maharaja of Bikanir.''T ...

(1857–1911), English officer and physician in the Bengal Army and the Indian Medical Service

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