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William Rogers (Australian politician) William Rogers (22 July 1818 – 26 August 1903) was a politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia. History William Rogers, a builder and stonemason, emigrated from Cornwall to South Australia on the ''Platina'', arriving in J ...
(1818–1903), builder and pastoralist in colonial South Australia *
William Rogers (MP) William Rogers (1497/98 – 1553), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county tow ...
(1498–1553), Member of Parliament for Norwich * William Rogers (Wisconsin politician) (1838–1911), Wisconsin state assemblyman and judge *
William Charles Rogers William Charles Rogers (December 13, 1847 – November 8, 1917) was a Cherokee politician, Confederate veteran and farmer. He served as Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation from 1903 to 1917.
(1847–1917), Cherokee leader *
William D. Rogers William Dill Rogers (May 12, 1927 in Wilmington, Delaware – September 22, 2007 in Upperville, Virginia) was an American lawyer. He served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (October 1974 – June 1976) and ...
(1927–2007), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs * William Findlay Rogers (1820–1899), congressman from New York, 1883–1884 * William H. Rogers (mayor) (1850–1935), mayor of Madison, Wisconsin * William J. Rogers (1930–2005), Wisconsin state assemblyman * William Nathaniel Rogers (1892–1945), congressman from New Hampshire, 1923–1924 and 1931–1936 *
William P. Rogers William Pierce Rogers (June 23, 1913 – January 2, 2001) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A member of the Republican Party, Rogers served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States and then Attorney General of the Un ...
(1913–2001), U.S. Attorney General under Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State under Richard Nixon * Will Rogers (Maine politician) (born 1938), realtor and politician in Maine * Will Rogers (Oklahoma politician) (1898–1983), congressman from Oklahoma * Will Rogers Jr. (1911–1993), congressman from California and son of the noted humorist *
Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank William Thomas Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, (born 28 October 1928) is a British politician and life peer. As a Labour Party member of Parliament, he served as Secretary of State for Transport from 1976 to 1979, and was one of the " Ga ...
(born 1928), British politician


Sports

* William Rogers (Canadian football) (1928–?), Canadian football player * William Rogers (rugby union) (1902–1987), American rugby union footballer *
William Henry Hamilton Rogers William Henry Hamilton Rogers (1 October 1834 – 20 November 1913), Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA), (works published as "W.H. Hamilton Rogers"), of Ridgeway Row in Colyton,In 1877 he was resident at Colyton, Devon, from ...
(1823–1913), English historian and antiquarian *
Bill Rogers (golfer) William Charles Rogers (born September 10, 1951) is an American professional golfer who is best known as the winner of the 1981 Open Championship. Early life Rogers was born in Waco, Texas. He began playing golf at the age of 9. Rogers attende ...
(born 1951), American golfer * Billy Rogers (footballer) (1905–1936), Welsh international footballer *
Billy Rogers (rugby league) Billy Rogers (born 29 March 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who has played as a . Playing career As a youngster Rogers played junior rugby league for Gympie Devils. Rogers then a teenager signed with the Melbourne ...
(born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer * Billy Rogers (soccer) (born 1949), Australian former association football player *
Will Rogers (American football) William Wyatt Rogers III (born August 19, 2001) is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Washington Huskies and the Mississippi State Bulldogs. He holds Mississippi State program records in nearly eve ...
(born 2001), American football player *
Nat Rogers William Nathaniel Rogers (July 21, 1893 – December 1981) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues from the 1920s to the 1940s. A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Rogers played outfielder, catcher, and infielder. In 1927, he ha ...
(William Nathaniel Rogers, 1893–1981), American baseball player


Other

* William Rogers (engraver) (
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1580–1610), English engraver *
William Allen Rogers William Allen Rogers (1854–1931) was an American political cartoonist born in Springfield, Ohio. Biography He studied at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Wittenberg College, but never graduated. Rogers taught himself to draw and began ...
(1854–1931), political cartoonist for the New York Herald *
William Barton Rogers William Barton Rogers (December 7, 1804 – May 30, 1882) was an American geologist, physicist, and the founder and first president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). An acclaimed lecturer in the physical sciences, Rogers taug ...
(1804–1882), founder of MIT * William C. Rogers III (born 1938), commander of the USS ''Vincennes'' when it shot down Iran Air Flight 655 * William Evans Rogers (1846–1913), American businessman and railroad executive * William H. Rogers (architect) (1914–2008), English architect * William H. Rogers Jr. (born 1957/58), American businessman * William Hazen Rogers (1801–?), American master silversmith and pioneer in the silverplate industry * William Percy Rogers (1914–1997), Australian zoologist *
William W. Rogers William Walter Rogers (December 25, 1893 – October 15, 1976) was a highly decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general, who served as staff officer in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. E ...
(1893–1976), United States Marine Corps general * William Wendell Rogers (1896–1967), World War I flying ace *
Will Rogers William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma ...
(1879–1935), "Cherokee Kid" cowboy and humorist


Characters

* Captain William Anthony "Buck" Rogers, in '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''


See also

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Bill Rogers (disambiguation) Bill Rogers may refer to: Sports * Bill Rogers (footballer) (1893–1918), Australian rules footballer * Bill Rogers (quarterback), college football and basketball player * Bill Rogers (speedway rider) (1911–1992), Australian speedway rider * ...
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Billie Rogers Billie Rogers (née Zelda Louise Smith) (May 31, 1917 – January 18, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter and singer who was a member of Woody Herman's band from 1941 to 1943. She led her own band in 1943. At the end of that year, she joined J ...
(1917–2014), big band jazz trumpeter born Zelda Louise Smith * Willie Rogers (disambiguation) * William Rodgers (disambiguation) {{hndis, Rogers, William