William Hunter may refer to:
Politicians
U.S. politicians
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William Hunter (Vermont politician)
William Hunter (January 3, 1754November 30, 1827) was an American judge and politician. He served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Biography
Hunter was born in Sharon, Connecticut, Sharon in the Con ...
(1754–1827), U.S. Representative from Vermont
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William Hunter (senator) (1774–1849), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
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William H. Hunter (died 1842), U.S. Representative from Ohio
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William Hunter (Assistant Secretary of State)
William Hunter Jr. (November 8, 1805 – July 22, 1886) was a politician and diplomat from Rhode Island. He was a confidential clerk to United States Secretary of State, Secretary of State John M. Clayton, John Clayton in the United States Depar ...
(1805–1886), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State; Rhode Island politician
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William F. Hunter
William Forrest Hunter (December 10, 1808 – March 30, 1874) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1849 to 1853.
Early life and career
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Hunter recei ...
(1808–1874), lawyer and U.S. Representative from Ohio
Other politicians
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William Hunter (Aberdeen MP) (1844–1898), Scottish politician
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William Hunter, Lord Hunter
William Hunter, Lord Hunter, (9 October 1865 – 10 April 1957) was a Scottish advocate, judge and Liberal Party politician.
Early life
Hunter was born on 9 October 1865, the son of David Hunter, a ship-owner from Ayr. He was educated at A ...
(1865–1957), Scottish politician and judge
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William Hunter (Canadian politician)
William Hunter (September 28, 1858 – March 8, 1939) was a businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Slocan from 1907 to 1916 and from 1920 to 1924 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservati ...
(1858–1939), businessman and politician in British Columbia
Sports
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Will Hunter
Will Hunter (born March 24, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL).
Early life
Hunter attended Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania.
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(born 1979), American football safety
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William Hunter (American athlete)
William Bridges Hunter (February 19, 1883 – August 25, 1966) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He competed in the 60 metres. He did not make it out of the heats, finishing outside the top two and s ...
(1883–1966), American Olympic athlete
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William Hunter (British athlete)
William Hunter (15 July 1892 – 6 November 1974) was a British hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) an ...
(1892–1974), British Olympic athlete
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William Hunter (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1949), English footballer
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William Hunter (golfer) (c. 1850–?), Scottish amateur golfer
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Willie Hunter (American football), American football player and coach
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Willie Hunter (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2020), Scottish football player and manager
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Willie Hunter (footballer, born 1880)
William Hunter (born 29 July 1880) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as a centre forward, featuring for clubs including St Bernard's, Airdrieonians, Kilmarnock, Rangers, Hamilton Academical, Motherwell and Cowdenbeath.
He came to pro ...
(fl. 1900s), Scottish footballer
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Willie Hunter (golfer)
William Irvine Hunter (January 29, 1892 – October 18, 1968) was a Scotland, Scottish-American professional golfer. He won the British Amateur title in 1921, and immigrated to the United States later that year. Hunter became a prominent figure i ...
(1892–1968), Scottish-American professional golfer
Other people
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William Hunter (merchant), 16th-century Scottish merchant and spy
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William Hunter (anatomist)
William Hunter (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was a leading teacher of anatomy, and the outstanding obstetrics, obstetrician of his day. His guidance and training of his equally famous brother, John H ...
(1718–1783), Scottish anatomist
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William Hunter (surgeon)
William Hunter Order of the Bath, CB FRSE (1 June 1861 – 13 January 1937) was a British surgeon known primarily for his theories on oral sepsis, one of the inspirations for the Henry Cotton (doctor), Henry Cotton theory of Focal infection the ...
(1861–1937), British surgeon known for his oral sepsis theory
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William Hunter (Asiatic Society)
William Hunter (1755 in Montrose, Angus – 1812) was an official and minister in India, then secretary to the Asiatic Society
The Asiatic Society is an organisation founded during the Company rule in India to enhance and further the cause o ...
(1755–1812), official and minister in India
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William Hunter (martyr)
William Hunter was a Marian martyr burnt to death in Brentwood, England at the age of 19 on 26 March 1555, on Ingrave Road. He had lost his job in London as a silk-weaver because he refused to attend the Catholic mass, despite an order that every ...
(c. 1530–1555), Protestant martyr
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Joseph Bradford (playwright)
Joseph Bradford (1843–1886) was an American playwright who most famously helped write a landmark production, ''Out of Bondage'', the first African American musical comedy. The show's cast included Pauline Hopkins and the Hyers Sisters, debutin ...
(William Randolph Hunter, 1843–1886), American playwright
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William Wilson Hunter
Sir William Wilson Hunter (15 July 18406 February 1900) was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service.
He is most known for ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'' on which he started working in 1869, ...
(1840–1900), British historian
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William Hunter (statistician)
William Gordon Hunter, or Bill Hunter, (27 March 1937 – 29 December 1986) was a statistician at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was co-author of the classic book ''Statistics for Experimenters'', and co-founder of the Center fo ...
(1937–1986), statistician
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William Guyer Hunter
Sir William Guyer Hunter, (1829 – 14 March 1902) was a British surgeon-general in India, principal of medical colleges and Conservative politician. He took part in official enquiries into vaccination and cholera.
Life
Hunter was born at Calcu ...
(1829–1902), surgeon-general in India, principal of medical colleges and Conservative politician
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William Hunter (publisher)
William Hunter, Sr. (1700-1761) was a Colonial printer and publisher for the Colony of Virginia in British America during the reign of George II of Great Britain. William Hunter was of scottish Lineage (anthropology), lineage firmly established by ...
(died 1761), printer and publisher in colonial America
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William Magee Hunter
William Magee Hunter ( 1834 – 7 November 1868) was a New Zealand soldier. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland on 1834. He is remembered for leading the Pākehā forces against Tītokowaru in the New Zealand Wars
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(1834–1868), New Zealand soldier
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Willie Hunter (musician)
Willie Hunter (1933–1994) was a Scottish folk fiddler born in Shetland who played an important part in the rejuvenation of the Shetland fiddling traditions. He began playing at age four, and was taught by Gideon Stove of Lerwick and Geoffrey d ...
(1933–1995), Scottish folk fiddler
See also
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Bill Hunter (disambiguation) Bill Hunter or Billy Hunter may refer to:
Sports figures American
* Bill Hunter (catcher) (1855–1918), baseball catcher
* Bill Hunter (outfielder) (1887–1934), American baseball player
* Billy Hunter (basketball) (born 1942), former Nation ...
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