William Moore, and variations of William such as Will, Willie, Bill or Billy Moore, may refer to:

Artists and entertainers

* Bill Moore (musician, born 1901) (1901–1964), American jazz musician * Billy Moore (musician, born 1917) (1917–1989), American jazz musician * Billy Moore (musician, born 1931) (1931–2002), Guyana Caribbean musician *

Wild Bill Moore William M. "Wild Bill" Moore (June 13, 1918 – August 1, 1983) was an American R&B and jazz tenor saxophone player. Moore earned a modest hit on the Hot R&B charts with "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll", which also was one of the earliest ro ...

(1918–1983), tenor saxophone player Expos * William Moore (critic) (1868–1937), Australian art critic and author * William Moore (musician) (1893–1951), U.S. blues singer and guitarist * William Moore (actor) (1916–2000), British TV actor * William Moore (dancer) (1933–1992), African American dance critic, manager

Eleo Pomare Dance Company Eleo Pomare (20 October 1937 – 8 August 2008) was a Colombian-American modern dance choreographer. Known for his politically-charged productions depicting the Black experience, his work had a major influence on contemporary dance, especially Bl ...

William Henry Moore (politician) William Henry Moore (October 19, 1872 – August 16, 1960) was a Canadian lawyer, author and Member of the House of Commons of Canada. Biography William Henry Moore was born in Stouffville, Markham Township, Ontario, on Oct 19 1872 to R ...

(1872–1960), Canadian author and member of the Canadian House of Commons * William R. Moore (journalist) (1909/10–1950), war correspondent killed in the Korean War * Willie "Pdub" Moore Jr. (born 1978), actor and comedian * William Perry Moore, American actor and musician

Businesspeople

* William Moore (banker) (1914–2009), chairman of the board, Bankers Trust *

William Dalgety Moore William Dalgety Moore (30 August 1835 – 22 April 1910) was a businessman in Fremantle, Western Australia, and also a pastoralist and politician. Early life Moore was born in the Swan River Colony in 1835, the eldest child of Samuel Moore and ...

(1835–1910), Western Australian businessman * William H. Moore, soldier, businessman and founder of the Mystic Copper Mine and Elizabethtown, New Mexico * William H. H. Moore (1824–1910), American lawyer and insurance executive

Military people

* William Moore (Medal of Honor) (1837–1918), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

William Moore (British Army officer) Major-General William ('Bill') Hewitt Moore CBE (born 24 February 1958) is a British Army officer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance. Military career Moore was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1977. He was appointed Commanding ...

(born 1958), British general * William Moore (loyalist) (1949–2009), Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and Shankill Butcher * William G. Moore Jr. (1920–2012), U.S. Air Force general * Sir William George Moore (British Army officer) (1795–1862)

Politicians and judges

* Bill Moore (Queensland politician) (1897–1976), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Merthyr from 1940–1957 * William Moore (Ardee MP) (c. 1685–1732), Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Ardee 1715–27 * William Moore (Clogher MP) (1743–1810), Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Clogher, Clonmel and St Johnstown *

Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet, PC (NI), DL (22 November 1864 – 28 November 1944) was a Unionist member of the British House of Commons from Ireland and a Judge of Ireland, and subsequently of Northern Ireland. He was created a Baronet (o ...

(1864–1944), Irish politician and judge *

Sir William Moore, 2nd Baronet Sir William Moore, 2nd Baronet (1663 – 28 August 1693) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Moore was the son of Sir Emanuel Moore, 1st Baronet and Martha Hull, and in 1692 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy. He was the Member of Parliament for ...

, Anglo-Irish politician * William Robert Moore (1830–1909), American politician, U.S. Representative from Tennessee * William S. Moore (1822–1877), American lawyer and politician, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania * William J. Moore (1923–2015), American politician, Pennsylvania State Senator 1973–1988 * Henson Moore (William Henson Moore III, born 1939), American lawyer and politician, U.S. Representative from Louisiana * William Moore (Banbury MP) (1699–1746), British politician, Member of Parliament for Banbury * William Moore (1699–1783), United States landowner, politician and jurist; builder of Moore Hall * William Moore (Pennsylvania politician, died 1793) (1735–1793), jurist and politician, President (i.e. Governor) of Pennsylvania * William Moore (New Jersey politician) (1810–1878), American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey * William Campbell Moore (1923–1982), politician in British Columbia, Canada * William Henry Moore (financier) (1848–1923), among founders, U.S. Steel, corporate director * William A. Moore (North Carolina politician) (1831–1884), American lawyer, judge, confederate officer and politician * William A. Moore (Illinois politician), member of the Illinois House of Representatives * William L. Moore (Virginia politician) (1851–1926), American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates * William O. Moore (1841–1913), American politician in the Virginia House of Delegates * William Theodore Moore Jr. (born 1940), American lawyer, U.S. federal judge * William T. Moore (Texas politician) (1918–1999), American politician, President pro tempore of the 55th Texas legislature * William Moore (Wisconsin politician) (1886–1961), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * William Henry Moore (Australian solicitor) (1788–1854), English-Australian solicitor * William Moore (Australian politician) (1823–1914), of both Tasmanian houses of parliament * William Moore (Queensland politician) (1866–1933), of Queensland Legislative Assembly * William Sturge Moore (died 1809), political figure in Lower Canada * William Vail Moore (1818–?), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * William W. Moore (c. 1832–?), Florida Representative * William Hickman Moore (1861–1946), American politician in Seattle, Washington * W. F. Moore (William Folsom Moore, 1868–1956), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas

Sportspeople

Football

* Bill Moore (American football) (1912–1973), American football player * Bill Moore (Australian footballer) (1917–2009), Australian rules footballer * Bill Moore (footballer, born 1913) (1913–1982), English football player and manager * Bill Moore (rugby union) (1921–2002), English rugby union player * Billy Moore (footballer, born 1894) (1894–1968), English footballer * Billy Moore (footballer, born 1912) (1912–2002), Welsh footballer * Billy Moore (rugby, born 1910) (1910–1976), Welsh dual-code rugby player * Billy Moore (rugby league, born 1971) (born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer * Will Moore (gridiron football) (born 1970), American and Canadian football wide receiver * William Moore (American football) (born 1985), American football safety * William Moore (footballer) (1895–1932), Ireland international footballer * William M. Moore (1926–2013), American football and basketball coach * William R. Moore (American football) (1922–2011), American football coach

Other sports

* Bill Moore (catcher) (1901–1972), MLB catcher for the 1926–27 Boston Red Sox * Bill Moore (first baseman) (born 1960), MLB first baseman for the 1986 Montreal Expos * Bill Moore (pitcher) (1902–1984), MLB pitcher for the 1925 Detroit Tigers * Bill Moore (cricketer) (1863–1956), Australian cricketer * Bill Moore (pole vaulter), winner of the 1946 and 1947 NCAA DI outdoor pole vault championship * Billy Moore (boxer), English retired Muay Thai boxer *

Wilcy Moore William Wilcy "Cy" Moore (May 20, 1897 – March 29, 1963) was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher over parts of six seasons (1927–1933) with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. He led the American League in ERA as a r ...

(1897–1963), American baseball player * William Moore (athlete) (1890–1956), British track and field athlete *

William Moore (cyclist) William 'Willi' Moore (born 2 April 1947) is a former British international cyclist. Cycling career He won the bronze medal in Team Pursuit in the 1972 Munich Games. He represented England in the 4,000 metres individual pursuit, at the 1970 ...

(born 1947), British Olympic cyclist * William Moore (cricketer, born 1846) (1846–1919), English cricketer * William Moore (bowls), Scottish lawn bowler * William T. Moore (yachtsman), American yachtsman and president of

Moore-McCormack The Moore-McCormack Lines was a series of companies operating as shipping lines, operated by the Moore-McCormack Company, Incorporated, later Moore-McCormack Lines, Incorporated, and simply Mooremack, founded in 1913 in New York City. It ceased tr ...

, son of founder Albert V. Moore * Willie Moore (Collegians hurler), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer * Willie Moore (Cork hurler) (1931–2003), Irish hurler for Cork *

Willie Moore (Limerick hurler) William Moore (born 1950) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Limerick senior hurling team. Moore made his first appearance for the team during the 1971 championship and became a regular player over the next ...

(born 1950), Irish hurler for Limerick

Other people

* Bill Moore (ufologist) (born 1943), author and UFO researcher * Bill Moore, founder of the audio streaming service

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* William Moore (bishop) (1858–1930), Anglican bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh * William Moore (chemist) (1941–2020), American chemist *

William Moore (mathematician) William Moore () was a British mathematician and early contributor to rocket theory. He worked at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. His 1813 ''Treatise'' was the first exposition of rocket mechanics based on Newton's third law of motion. Li ...

(fl. c. 1806–1823), British contributor to rocket theory *

William Moore (steamship captain) William Moore (5 June 1825 – 29 March 1909) was a steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska. During most of British Columbia's British Columbia Gold Rushes, gold rushes (from the Queen Charlottes in 185 ...

(1822–1909), British Columbia gold rush entrepreneur and settler of Skagway, Alaska * William Moore (surveyor) (1827–1897), Los Angeles County, California * William C. Moore (born 1929), United States Army general * Will H. Moore (1962–2017), American political scientist * William Harrison Moore (1867–1935), Australian lawyer and academic * William Lewis Moore (1927–1963), American postal worker and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) member * William Samuel Moore (1830–1901), Australian headmaster and Anglican priest * William Underhill Moore (1879–1949), American law professor * William Usborne Moore (1849–1918), British naval commander, psychical researcher and spiritualist * Willie Hobbs Moore (1934–1994), first African-American woman to earn a PhD in physics *

Willie Moretti Guarino "Willie" Moretti (February 24, 1894 – October 4, 1951), also known as Willie Moore, was an Italian-American mobster who served as underboss of the Genovese crime family and top member of New Jersey faction under the administration of ...

(1894–1951), also known as Willie Moore, underboss of the Genovese crime family