William Martin may refer to:

Arts

* William Martin (painter) (1753 – c. 1836), English history painter *

William Martin (architect) William Martin (1829–1900) was a British architect who worked in Birmingham, England, particularly in the practice Martin & Chamberlain. Born in Somerset in 1829 he joined a Birmingham architect called Thomson Plevins, and then became a partne ...

(1829–1900), British architect * E. William Martin (1891–1977), Scottish-born American architect * William Martin (garden designer) (born 1953), Scottish-born Australian plantsman and garden designer *

William Martin (novelist) William Martin is an American author of historical novels, a native of Boston, Massachusetts. Biography William Martin grew up in West Roxbury and Roslindale, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1972 where he majored in E ...

, American novelist * William Martin (tenor) (1898–1960), American opera singer * William E. Martin (1945–2016), American songwriter, screenwriter and voice actor * William H. "Dad" Martin (fl. 1894–1912), American photographer * William Martin (director) (fl. 1974–2017), American stage director

Military

* William T. Martin (1823–1910), American lawyer, politician and Confederate States Army general *

William Martin (Royal Navy officer) Admiral William Martin ( – 17 September 1756) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Spanish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession. Martin rose from obscure origins to see service during the War ...

(c. 1696–1756), naval officer and admiral *

Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Baronet, (5 December 180124 March 1895) was a Royal Navy officer. As a commander, he provided valuable support to British merchants at Callao in Peru in the early 1820s during the Peruvian War of Indepen ...

(1801–1895), First Sea Lord of Britain, 1858–1859 * William Martin (American sailor, USS ''Benton'') (1835–1914), New York born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * William Martin (American sailor, USS ''Varuna'') (fl. 1839–1863), Irish-born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

William Martin (Royal Marines officer) Major William Martin was a persona invented by British Military Intelligence for Operation Mincemeat, the Second World War deception plan that lured German forces to Greece prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. Also known as "the man who neve ...

, invented by British military intelligence for a Second World War deception plan *

William Franklin Martin William Franklin Martin (July 19, 1863 – April 15, 1942) was a United States Army soldier who became a Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general. Early life and education William Franklin Martin was born on July 19, 1863, to Robert ...

(1863–1942), United States Army general

Politics and government

William Martin, 1st Baron Martin William Martin, 1st Baron Martin (died 1324), Lord of Cemais and Barnstaple was an English noble. He fought in the wars in Wales, Gascony, Flanders and Scotland. He was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301. Biogr ...

(died 1324), English noble * Sir

William Martin (Athelhampton) Sir William Martin of Athelhampton, near Dorchester, Dorset (c. 1446 – 24 March 1503/4) was MP for Dorset in 1478. He built the current Great Hall of Athelhampton in or around 1485. He also received licence to enclose 160 acres (647,000 ...

, MP for Dorset in 1478 * William Martin (MP for Exeter) (died c. 1609), MP for

Exeter (UK Parliament constituency) Exeter ( ) is a constituency composed of the cathedral city and county town of Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Steve Race of the Labour Party. History The constituency existed continuously as a par ...

, 1597 * William D. Martin (1789–1833), US congressman from South Carolina *

William Martin (merchant) Captain William Martin (January 30, 1806 – January 17, 1859) was an American merchant who is considered the father of the town of Martin in Tennessee. Because of his significant role in the region, residents gave him the name prefix Captain. ...

(1806–1859), American merchant, politician in Tennessee * Sir

William Martin (judge) Sir William Martin (1807 – 18 November 1880) was the first Chief Justice of New Zealand, from 1841 until he resigned in 1857. Biography Originally from the family of the Martins of Long Melford, Suffolk, Martin was born in Birmingham. He was b ...

(1807–1880), first Chief Justice of New Zealand, 1841–1857 *

William Harrison Martin William Harrison "Howdy" Martin (September 2, 1822 – February 5, 1898) was a Texas State Senator, U.S. Representative from Texas and veteran of the Confederate States Army who served under Robert E. Lee. Biography William Harrison Martin wa ...

(1822–1898), U.S. Representative from Texas * William V. Martin (fl. 1880–1916), British Vice-Consul in Ferrol, Spain * William T. Martin (mayor) (1788–1866), mayor of Columbus, Ohio *

Lee Martin (politician) William Lee Martin (7 February 1870 – 21 December 1950), known as Lee Martin, was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life Martin was born in Oamaru in 1870. He received his education at Waimate District High Schoo ...

(William Lee Martin, 1870–1950), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party *

William Melville Martin William Melville Martin (August 23, 1876 – June 22, 1970) served as the second premier of Saskatchewan from 1916 to 1922. In 1916, although not a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Martin was elected leader of the Saskatch ...

(1876–1970), premier of Saskatchewan * William Martin (Canadian politician) (1886–1973), Canadian clergyman and politician * William Martin (Scottish politician) (1886–1939), British MP for Dunbartonshire, 1923–1924 *

William McChesney Martin William McChesney Martin Jr. (December 17, 1906 – July 27, 1998) was an American business executive who served as the 9th chair of the Federal Reserve, chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1951 to 1970, making him the longest holder of that pos ...

(1906–1998), American business executive, former Federal Reserve Chairman * William Martin (Australian politician) (1834–1917), New South Wales politician * William B. Martin (1846–1916), American politician * William O'Hara Martin (1845–1901), American merchant, politician and banker from Nevada * William E. Martin (New York politician) (1886–1923), American politician from New York

Science, engineering and philosophy

William Martin (naturalist) William Martin (1767 – 31 May 1810) was an English naturalist and palaeontologist who proposed that science should use fossils as evidence to support the study of natural history. Martin published the first colour pictures of fossils and the ...

(1767–1810), English naturalist and palaeontologist * William Martin (philosopher) (1772–1851), English inventor, eccentric, and philosopher *

William Charles Linnaeus Martin William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864) was an England, English natural history, naturalist. Biography William Charles Linnaeus Martin was the son of William Martin (naturalist), William Martin (naturalist) and his wife, Mary. William ...

(1798–1864), English naturalist * William Clyde Martin Jr. (1929–2013), American physicist *

William Keble Martin The Rev. William Keble Martin (9 July 1877 – 26 November 1969) was a Church of England priest, botanist and botanical illustrator, known for his ''Concise British Flora in Colour'', published in May 1965 when the author was 88. The book was t ...

(1877–1969), British botanist * William A. Martin (1938–1981), American computer scientist * William F. Martin (born 1957), American botanist and molecular biologist *

William Flynn Martin William Flynn Martin (born October 4, 1950) is an American energy economist, educator, and international diplomat. Martin served as Special Assistant to Ronald Reagan for National Security Affairs, Executive Secretary of the United States Nation ...

(born 1950), energy economist, educator, and international diplomat *

William Hamilton Martin In September 1960, two U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) cryptologists, William Hamilton Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell, defected to the Soviet Union. A secret 1963 NSA study said that: "Beyond any doubt, no other event has had, or is likely t ...

(1931–1987), American cryptologist, defector to the Soviet Union

Sport

* William Martin (Australian cricketer) (1856–1938), Australian cricketer * William Martin (English cricketer) (1844–1871), English cricketer * William Martin (footballer), professional footballer for Huddersfield Town * William Martin (sport shooter) (1866–1931), American Olympic sport shooter *

William Martin (swimmer) William Michael Martin, (born 22 November 2000) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He won three gold and one silver medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, breaking two world records and a Paralympic record in the process. Personal ...

(born 2000), Australian Paralympic swimmer * William Martin (water polo) (1906–1980), British Olympic water polo player *

William Martin (Olympic sailor) Charles William Martin (25 October 1828 – 25 February 1905) was a French sailor who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With Jacques Baudrier as helmsman and fellow crewmember Félix Marcotte, Jules Valton ...

(1828–1905), French sailor *

William C. Martin William C. Martin is an American former college athletics administrator. He was athletic director at the University of Michigan from 2000 to 2010. Martin is a first generation American who was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He holds a BA ...

, University of Michigan athletics director * William K. Martin (c. 1868–1949), American college football and baseball coach *

Trevor Martin (umpire) William Trevor Martin (19 February 1925 – 4 August 2017) was a New Zealand Test cricket umpire. Early life and family Born in Nelson on 19 February 1925, Martin was educated at Nelson College from 1939 to 1940. In 1951, he married Ngaire ...

(William Trevor Martin, 1925–2017), New Zealand Test cricket umpire * Willie Martin (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1933–1940)

Others

* William Martin (born 1796), with Bass and Flinders in ''Tom Thumb'', see

Martin Islet (New South Wales) Martin Islet () is a small island lying just off Red Point, Port Kembla in New South Wales, Australia. William Martin The Five Islands Nature Reserve, Five Islands, of which Martin Islet is one, were named Martins Isles by Matthew Flinders an ...

William Alexander Parsons Martin William Alexander Parsons Martin (April 10, 1827 – December 18, 1916), also known as Dīng WěiliángLydia H. Liu, ''The Clash of Empires: The invention of China in modern world making'', Harvard University Press, 2004, pp. 113–139 (), was an ...

(1827–1916), American Presbyterian missionary and translator *

William Byam Martin William Byam Martin (1746–1806) was an English merchant and official of the East India Company. Early life William was the son of Samuel Martin (1694–1776), a slave owner in Antigua. Samuel Martin (1714–1788), Secretary to the Treasury ...