William Brooks may refer to: * William Thomas Brooks (1889–1943), police officer that led

1923 Victorian police strike The 1923 Victorian police strike occurred in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In November 1923, on the eve of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, half the police force in Melbourne police strike, went on strike over the operation of a superviso ...

* William Brooks (Australian politician) (1858–1937), New South Wales politician * William Brooks (footballer) (1873–?), English footballer * William Brooks (died 1782), founder of English gentlemen's club

Brooks's Brooks's is a gentlemen's club in St James's Street, London. It is one of the oldest and most exclusive gentlemen's clubs in the world. History In January 1762, a private society was established at 50 Pall Mall by Messrs. Boothby and James ...

* William Brooks, 2nd Baron Crawshaw (1853–1929), English nobleman * William Brooks of Blackburn (1762–1846), cotton supplier * William

Collin Brooks Collin Brooks (22 December 1893 – 6 April 1959), frequently known as "CB", was a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. In 1913 he founded the Manchester Press Agency. In 1915 he joined the British Army, where he was awarded the Military ...

(1893–1959), British journalist, writer and broadcaster *

William Cunliffe Brooks Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet, (30 September 1819 – 9 June 1900) was an English barrister, banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1869 and 1892. Life Brooks was the son of Samuel Brooks, a ...

(1819–1900), British lawyer and politician *

William Edwin Brooks William Edwin Brooks (30 July 1828 near Dublin, Ireland – 18 January 1899 in Mount Forest, Ontario) was a civil engineer in India and an ornithologist. He later settled in Canada where his son Allan Cyril Brooks also became an ornithologist ...

(1828–1899), Irish civil engineer and ornithologist *

Bucky Brooks William Eldridge "Bucky" Brooks Jr. (born January 22, 1971) is an American sportswriter and former professional football player. He played for five National Football League (NFL) teams in a five-year career, primarily as a kick returner. He was ...

(William Eldridge Brooks, Jr., born 1971), American football player and sportswriter *

Bill Brooks (coach) William Jasper Brooks (October 13, 1922 – November 8, 2010) was an American baseball and basketball coach who is best known for developing the University of North Carolina at Wilmington athletics program from a junior college to a Division I ...

(William J. Brooks, 1922–2010), American baseball and basketball coach *

William Keith Brooks William Keith Brooks (March 25, 1848 – November 12, 1908) was an American zoologist, born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 25, 1848. Brooks studied embryological development in invertebrates and founded a marine biological laboratory where he and othe ...

(1848–1908), American zoologist * William L. Brooks (1832–1874), American western outlaw *

Bill Brooks (wide receiver) William T. Brooks Jr. (born April 6, 1964) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a wide receiver for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Brooks was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in th ...

(William T. Brooks, Jr., born 1964), former American football player * Bud Brooks (William Brooks, 1930–2005), American football player *

Billy Brooks William McKinley Brooks III (born July 22, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He attended attended the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a degree in sp ...

(William McKinley Brooks III, born 1953), American football player * William A. Brooks (1864–1921), American surgeon, football player, coach, official, and rower * William Michael Clifton Brooks, 4th

Baron Crawshaw Baron Crawshaw, of Crawshaw in the County Palatine of Lancaster and of Whatton in the County of Leicester is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 August 1892 for Sir Thomas Brooks, 1st Baronet. He notably served as ...

(1933–1997), English nobleman * William P. Brooks (1851–1938), American agricultural scientist *

William Robert Brooks William Robert Brooks (June 11, 1844 – May 3, 1921) was a British-born American astronomer, mainly noted as being one of the most prolific discoverers of new comets of all time, second only to Jean-Louis Pons. Early life William Robert B ...

(1844–1921), American astronomer *

William T. H. Brooks William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks (January 28, 1821 – July 19, 1870) was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving as a major general during the American Civil War. Early life Brooks was born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Oh ...

(1821–1870), Union Army general during the American Civil War *

William Frederick Brooks William Frederick Brooks (March 1, 1863 – March 19, 1928) was an American businessman and politician. Brooks was born in Battle Creek, Michigan and he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his family, in 1875. Brooks graduated from Central ...

(1863–1928), American businessman and politician

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