William Norris or Norreys may refer to:

Law and politics

* William Norris (1501–68) (1501–1568), English politician, Member of Parliament for Liverpool * William Norreys (Berkshire MP) (c. 1548–1579), English politician and soldier; Member of Parliament for Berkshire *

Sir William Norris, 1st Baronet Sir William Norris, 1st Baronet ( – 10 October 1702) was an England, English diplomat and politician who sat in the English House of Commons, House of Commons from 1695 to 1701. He was also a servant of the East India Company, and served as am ...

(c. 1658–1702), English politician, Member of Parliament for Liverpool * Sir

William Norris (judge) Sir William Norris (6 July 1795 – 7 September 1859) was the seventh Chief Justice of Ceylon and seventh Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon. He was born in London, the son of William Norris, who was President of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1824, ...

(1795–1859), English jurist, Chief Justice of British Ceylon, father of William Edward Norris *

William Albert Norris William Albert Norris (August 30, 1927 – January 21, 2017) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Norris was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on February 27, 1980, to a seat vacated by ...

(1927–2017), American jurist, judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit * William Norris III (1936–2016), American judge

Military

William Norreys Sir William Norreys (c. 1441 – before 10 January 1507) was a famous Lancastrian soldier, and later an Esquire of the Body to King Edward IV. Probably born at Yattendon Castle, William was the eldest son of Sir John Norreys of Ockwells and ...

(c.1441–1507), English Lancastrian soldier during the War of the Roses * William Hutchinson Norris (1800–1893), American military officer and politician who founded the city of Americana in Brazil *

William Norris (Confederate signal officer) William Norris (December 6, 1820 – December 29, 1896) was the Chief Signal Officer of the Confederate States Army and Chief of the Signal Bureau in Richmond. He is often confused with Dr. William S. Morris, president of the wartime Southern Tel ...

(1820–1896) *

William C. Norris (general) William Clark Norris (20 September 1926 – 4 November 2024) was a major general in the United States Air Force. Early life and education Norris was born in Port Jervis, New York Port Jervis, named after John Bloomfield Jervis, a Roman civ ...

(1926–2024), United States Air Force general

Other

* William Norris (antiquarian) (1719–1791), English clergyman and antiquarian *

William Norris (locomotive builder) William Norris (July 2, 1802 – January 5, 1867) was an American steam locomotive builder. He founded the Norris Locomotive Works and through this company pioneered the use of the 4-2-0 (the ''Norris'' type) locomotive type in America during ...

(1802–1867), American steam locomotive builder * William Norris (English cricketer) (1830–1889), English clergyman and cricketer * William Edward Norris (1847–1925), British author * William Foxley Norris (1859–1937), English clergyman, Dean of York * William Norris (Wellington cricketer) (1908–1988), New Zealand cricketer *

William Norris (CEO) William Charles Norris (July 14, 1911, near Red Cloud, Nebraska – August 21, 2006) was an American business executive. He was the CEO of Control Data Corporation, at one time one of the most powerful and respected computer companies in the wo ...

(1911–2006), American business executive, CEO of Control Data Corporation {{hndis, name=Norris, William