William Morgan may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

William De Morgan William Frend De Morgan (16 November 1839 – 15 January 1917) was an English potter, tile designer and novelist. A lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co. from 1863 to 1872. His tile ...

(1839–1917), pottery and tile designer in Britain *

William Morgan (director) William Morgan (1899–1964) was a London-born film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film stock, fil ...

(1899–1964), English film director and editor *

William Michael Morgan William Michael Morgan (born May 13, 1993) is an American country music singer from Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was signed to Warner Bros. Nashville. His debut single " I Met a Girl", reached number two on the Country Airplay chart and number ei ...

(born 1993), American country music singer * William Evan Charles Morgan, artist, etcher and engraver

Military

* William H. Morgan (1831–?), American general *

William Duthie Morgan General Sir William Duthie Morgan, (15 December 1891 – 13 May 1977) was a British Army officer. During the Second World War, he served as Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Harold Alexander, and later succeeded him as Supreme Allied Commander i ...

(1891–1977), general in the British Army after whom the Morgan Line was named *

William J. Morgan (historian) William James Morgan (February 4, 1917, in New York City – March 19, 2003, in Silver Spring, Maryland) was Senior Historian at the U.S. Naval Historical Center and editor of ''Naval Documents of the American Revolution''. Early life and educa ...

(1917–2003), Senior Historian at the U.S. Naval Historical Center and editor of Naval Documents of the American Revolution *

William Alexander Morgan William Alexander Morgan (April 19, 1928 – March 11, 1961) was an American-born Cuban guerrilla commander who fought in the Cuban Revolution, leading a band of rebels that drove the Cuban army from key positions in the central mountains as par ...

(1928–1961), American who fought in the Cuban Revolution * William B. Morgan, American naval architect * William D. Morgan (1947–1969), Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Marine killed in action in Vietnam

Politics

United Kingdom

* William Morgan (died 1602), MP for Haslemere * William Morgan (died 1569), MP for

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...

William Morgan (died 1582) William Morgan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William De Morgan (1839–1917), pottery and tile designer in Britain * William Morgan (director) (1899–1964), English film director and editor * William Michael Morgan (born 1993), America ...

, MP for

* William Morgan (died 1583) (1542–1583), MP for Monmouth Boroughs *

William Morgan (of Tredegar) Sir William Morgan (1560–1655) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1624 and 1625. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Biography Morgan was the eldest son of Thomas Morgan and wife Eliza ...

(1560–1653), Welsh politician *

William Morgan (of Rhymny) William Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. Family Morgan is the fourth child of Sir William Morgan of Tredegar, MP for Monmouthshire in 1624. Morgan is the third child of Sir William Morgan's second wife B ...

, Welsh politician *

William Morgan (of Dderw) William Morgan (c. 1582 - 1649) was a Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1649. Life Morgan was the son of Llewellyn Morgan of Ystradfellte. He was called to the bar. He purchased the estate of Dderw in Llys ...

(died 1649), Welsh lawyer and politician *

William Morgan (of Machen and Tredegar) William Morgan (c. 1640 – 28 April 1680) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1659 and 1680. Life William Morgan was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Morgan (died 1664), and his seco ...

(c. 1640–1680), Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire 1659–1680 * Sir

William Morgan (of Tredegar, elder) Sir William Morgan KB (8 March 1700 – 24 April 1731) was a Welsh Whig politician of the early 18th century. Morgan was the eldest son of John Morgan, a Whig of great political influence in Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire. He inherited ...

(1700–1731), Member of Parliament for Brecon, 1722–1723, and Monmouthshire, 1722–1731 *

William Morgan (of Tredegar, younger) William Morgan (28 March 1725 – 16 July 1763) was a Welsh politician of the mid-18th century. He was the eldest son of Sir William Morgan and his wife Lady Rachel Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire. He inherited ...

(1725–1763), Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire, 1747–1763 *

William Morgan (abolitionist) William Morgan (1815 – ) was a leading member of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society, whose members were very influential in abolitionist movements in Britain. Career Morgan was trained as a solicitor and worked in Birmingham.Civilising Subj ...

(1815–c. 1890), town clerk in Birmingham, England *

William Pritchard Morgan William Pritchard-Morgan (c. 1844 – 5 July 1924) was a Welsh solicitor, mine owner, and company promoter. He acquired the gold mine at Gwynfynydd in 1887, earning the name "Welsh gold king". He was also actively publicised as an investor in Si ...

(1844–1924), British Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil, 1888–1900 * W. E. Morgan (William Evan Morgan, 1858–1916), Welsh trade union leader *

William James Morgan William James Morgan ( PC (NI)) (17 July 1914 – 12 May 1999) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Biography A businessman by profession, he owned James Morgan & Sons, a transport contractors' business. He was president of the Iris ...

(1914–1999), Irish politician

United States

* William S. Morgan (1801–1878), U.S. Representative from Virginia *

William Duane Morgan William Duane Morgan (1817–1887) was a newspaper editor and Democratic politician. He owned papers in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and later Ohio. He was also Ohio State Auditor 1852-1856. William Duane Morgan was born to a prominent famil ...

(1817–1887), American newspaper editor and politician *

William Augustine Morgan William Augustine Morgan (March 30, 1831 – February 14, 1899) was a Virginia planter from Shepherdstown who became a Confederate States Army cavalry officer throughout the American Civil War, then represented Jefferson County at the West Vir ...

(1831-1899), Virginia planter, Confederate cavalry officer, early West Virginia politician * William J. Morgan (New York politician) (1840–1900), New York State comptroller, 1899–1900 *

William Albert Morgan William Albert Morgan (born Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, March 6, 1841; died Hutchinson, Kansas, March 24, 1917) was an Irish-American newspaper publisher, politician and prominent citizen of the state of Kansas. Early years Morgan's father Ja ...

(1841–1917), Irish-American newspaper publisher and politician *

William Yoast Morgan William Yoast Morgan (April 6, 1866 – February 17, 1932) was an American newspaperman, author and politician who served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 under Governor Arthur Capper. He was a member of the Republican ...

(1866–1932), lieutenant governor of Kansas *

William McKendree Morgan William McKendree Morgan (December 2, 1869 – October 16, 1942) was an American judge, lawyer and politician who served for two separate periods on the Idaho Supreme Court. Life Morgan was born in Adams County, Illinois to John Milton and Mary ...

(1869–1942), Idaho lawyer and politician * William M. Morgan (congressman) (1870–1935), U.S. Representative from Ohio * William J. Morgan (Wisconsin politician) (1883–1983), Wisconsin Attorney General * William Fellowes Morgan Jr. (1889–1977), president of the Middle Atlantic Oyster Fisheries, and later Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City * Will Morgan (born 1966), member of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Other politicians

William Morgan (South Australian politician) Sir William Morgan (12 September 1828 – 2 November 1883) was the Premier of South Australia between 1878 and 1881. Early life William Morgan was born in Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire, England, the son of George Morgan, a farmer, and his wife ...

(1828–1883), Premier of South Australia, 1878–1881 *

William Morgan (New South Wales politician) William Morgan (17 March 1842 – 31 July 1907) was an Australian politician. He was born at Kelso to brickmaker William Morgan and Jeanette Williamson. He was a solicitor, practising in Bathurst (1867–82) and Sydney (1882–1907 ...

(1842–1907), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1894–1901 * William Morgan (Canadian politician) (1848–after 1890), politician in Ontario, Canada * William Morgan (New Zealand politician) (1851–1918), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council

Science and medicine

William Morgan (cartographer) William Morgan (died 1690) was a cartographer in England during the 17th century. He was the step-grandson of John Ogilby and, following Ogilby's death in 1676, carried on the cartographic publications that Ogilby had started, including "Britannia ...

(died 1690), English cartographer *

William Morgan (actuary) William Morgan, FRS (26 May ( O.S.) 1750 – 4 May 1833) was a Welsh physician, physicist and statistician, who is considered the father of modern actuarial science. He is also credited with being the first to record the "invisible light" produc ...

(1750–1833), Welsh scientist and actuary who won the Copley Medal in 1789 * William Fellowes Morgan Sr. (1861–1943), president of the National Association for the Prevention of Blindness *

William Wilson Morgan William Wilson Morgan (January 3, 1906 – June 21, 1994) was an American astronomer and astrophysicist. The principal theme in Morgan's work was stellar and galaxy classification. He is also known for helping prove the existence of spiral arms i ...

(1906–1994), American astronomer *

W. Jason Morgan William Jason Morgan (October 10, 1935 – July 31, 2023) was an American geophysicist who made seminal contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and geodynamics. He retired as the Knox Taylor Professor emeritus of geology and professor of ...

(1935–2023), American geophysicist * G. William Morgan (died 1984), American health physicist * William Morgan (Navajo scholar) (1917-2001), Navajo linguist

Sports

* William Morgan (cricketer, born 1862) (1862–1914), Welsh cricketer * William Morgan (cricketer, born 1864) (1864–1934), English cricketer *

William G. Morgan William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. ...

(1870–1942), American inventor of the game of volleyball * William Llewellyn Morgan (1884–1960), Welsh international rugby union player * William A. Morgan (footballer) (born 1914, date of death unknown), English footballer who played as goalkeeper for Coventry City F.C. * William Morgan (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Wales, and Wigan * Sack Morgan (William Lee Morgan), American baseball player * William James Morgan aka Jimmy Morgan (1922–1975), English footballer and Royal Marines Commando *

Willie Morgan William Alix "Willie" Morgan MBE (born 2 October 1944) is a Scottish former professional footballer. Club career A winger, Morgan started his career with Burnley, making his first-team debut against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough in 1963. ...

(born 1944), Scottish footballer *

William Morgan (judoka) William "Bill" Morgan (born 2 March 1975) is a Canadian judoka who represented Canada in judo at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Paralympics. He placed seventh in the -81 kg category, fifth in the -81 kg category, and seventh in the -100&nbs ...

(born 1975), Canadian Paralympic judo competitor

Others

William Morgan (Bible translator) William Morgan (1545 – 10 September 1604) was a Welsh Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh from Greek and Hebrew. Life Morgan was born in 1545 at Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant, ...

(1545–1604), Welsh translator of the Bible *

William Morgan (anti-Mason) William Morgan (1774 – disappeared 1826) was a resident of Batavia, New York, whose disappearance and presumed murder in 1826 ignited a powerful movement against the Freemasons, a fraternal society that had become influential in the United Sta ...

(1774–1826?), New York businessman whose book on Freemasonry and subsequent disappearance sparked the U.S. anti-Masonic movement *

William Morgan (1782–1858) William Morgan (1782–1858) was a Welsh evangelical cleric, known for his support of factory reform. He was also a close friend of the Brontë family. Life Morgan was from Brecknockshire, and wrote of himself that he was "born and educated" in the ...

, Welsh evangelical cleric in Bradford *

William Morgan (architect) William Newton Morgan, Sr. (December 14, 1930 – January 18, 2016) was an American architect and author, based in Jacksonville, Florida. One of William Morgan's famous creations is the neo modern house in Ormond Beach, Florida. Built for ...

(1930–2016), American architect and author