William Scott may refer to:

Academics

* William A. Scott (psychologist), American social psychologist *

William Alphonsus Scott William Alphonsus Scott (1871–1921) was an Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architectural historian, academic, and was the most significant architect active throughout late 19th and early 20 century Ireland. His offices were first located in ...

(1871–1921), Irish Roman Catholic architectural historian *

William Amasa Scott William Amasa Scott (April 17, 1862 in Clarkson, New YorkScott, William Amasa< ...

(1862–1944), American economist *

William Anderson Scott William Anderson Scott (January, 1813 – January 14, 1885) was an American Presbyterian minister and author. Biography William Anderson Scott was born in Rock Creek, Tennessee, in January 1813 to Eli and Martha Scott, although sources differ ...

(1813–1885), Presbyterian minister, author, and educator *

William Berryman Scott William Berryman Scott (February 12, 1858 – March 29, 1947) was an American vertebrate paleontologist, authority on mammals, and principal author of the White River Oligocene monographs. He was a professor of geology and paleontology at Pr ...

(1858–1947), American paleontologist * William Earl Dodge Scott (1852–1910), American ornithologist *

William Henry Scott (historian) William Henry Scott (born Henry King Ahrens; July 10, 1921 – October 4, 1993) was an American historian of the Cordillera Central (Luzon), Cordillera Central and History of the Philippines (900–1565), pre-Hispanic Philippines, ethnographer ...

(1921–1993), anthropologist and historian * William Henry Scott (university president) (1840–1937), American academic administrator *

William Richard Scott William Richard Scott (born December 18, 1932) is an American sociologist, and Emeritus Professor at Stanford University, specialised in institutional theory and organisation science. He is known for his research on the relation between organiz ...

(born 1932), American sociologist * W. R. Scott (economist) (William Robert Scott, 1868–1940), political economist

Arts and entertainment

* Sir William Scott of Thirlestane (1645–1725), Scottish poet *

William Bell Scott William Bell Scott (12 September 1811 – 22 November 1890) was a Scottish artist in oils and watercolour and occasionally printmaking. He was also a poet and art teacher, and his posthumously published reminiscences give a chatty and often vi ...

(1811–1890), British poet and artist *

William Scott (artist) William Scott (15 February 1913 – 28 December 1989) was a prominent abstract painter from Northern Ireland, known for his themes of still life, landscape and female nudes. He is the most internationally celebrated of 20th-century Ulster pa ...

(1913–1989), British artist *

William Edouard Scott William Edouard Scott (March 11, 1884 – May 15, 1964) was an African-American artist. Before Alain Locke asked African Americans to create and portray the '' New Negro'' that would thrust them into the future, artists like William Edouard Sc ...

(1884–1964), African-American artist * William Winfield Scott (1855–1935), American writer *

William Matthew Scott William Matthew Scott (30 September 1893 – 7 May 1964), pen name Will Scott, was a British writer of stories and books for adults and children, published from 1920 to 1965. Towards the end of his life he was best known for ''The Cherrys'' seri ...

(1893–1964), pen name Will Scott, English author *

William Scott (actor) William Scott (August 1, 1893 – August 22, 1967) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 90 films between 1913 and 1934. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography *'' ...

(1893–1967), American silent film actor *

Bill Scott (voice actor) William John Scott (August 2, 1920 – November 29, 1985) was an American voice actor, writer and producer for animated cartoons, primarily associated with Jay Ward and UPA, as well as one of the founding members of ASIFA-Hollywood. He is proba ...

(1920–1985), American voice actor and producer *

William Lee Scott William Lee Scott (born July 6, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as high school student Stanley "Bullethead" Kuznocki on the WB sitcom ''The Steve Harvey Show''. Additionally, he appeared in the films '' Gone in 60 Seco ...

(born 1973), American actor * William Rufus Scott, employer of Margaret Wise Brown, publisher of W. R. Scott * William B. Scott (magazine editor), American magazine editor

Law

* Sir William Scott (justice) (died 1350s), English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench * Sir William Scott, Lord Balwearie (died 1532), Scottish judge *

William Scott (Irish lawyer) William Scott (1705 – 17 April 1776) was an Irish lawyer and judge. Background He was the only son of Rev. Gideon Scott and Jane McNeill.Ball p.120 His father, an Oxford man, came to Ireland as an army chaplain with William III of England, a ...

(1705–1776), Irish lawyer *

William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell (17 October 174528 January 1836) was an English judge and jurist. He served as Judge of the High Court of Admiralty from 1798 to 1828. Background and education Scott was born at Heworth, a village about four ...

(1745–1836), English judge and jurist *

William Scott (Missouri judge) William Scott (June 7, 1804 – 1862) was an American lawyer and judge who served on the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1841 to 1849 and from 1851 to 1862. He also served on the Jefferson City Circuit Court. Justice Scott was the author of the m ...

(1804–1862), judge on the Missouri Supreme Court * Will T. Scott (born 1947), judge on the Kentucky Supreme Court

Politics

Canada

William Henry Scott (politician) William Henry Scott (January 13, 1799 – December 18, 1851) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East. He was born in Scotland in 1797 and came to Lower Canada with his family around 1800, growing up in Montrea ...

(1799–1851), Canadian politician *

William James Scott William James Scott (1812–1882) was a Scotland, Scottish-born farmer and political figure in Canada West. He represented South Waterloo in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1858 to 1861 as an independent Conservative. In Sco ...

(1812–1882), farmer and politician in Canada West *

William Hepburn Scott William Hepburn Scott (November 5, 1837 – July 11, 1881) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented the region of Peterborough West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1875 to 1881. He was bor ...

(1837–1881), Canadian lawyer and politician from Ontario * William C. Scott (1921–1998), Canadian politician

United Kingdom

William Scott (died 1434) William Scott (fl.1430), was an English Member of Parliament (MP). Scott was a Member of the Parliament of England for Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across th ...

, MP for Kent * Sir

William Scott (Lord Warden) Sir William Scott of Scot's Hall in Smeeth, Kent (1459 – 24 August 1524) was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Family William Scott was the son of Sir John Scott and Agnes Beaufitz, daughter and co-heiress of William Beaufitz. His sister, Elizab ...

(1459–1524), English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports *

William Scott (MP for New Woodstock) William Scott may refer to: Academics * William A. Scott (psychologist), American social psychologist * William Alphonsus Scott (1871–1921), Irish Roman Catholic architectural historian * William Amasa Scott (1862–1944), American economist ...

(c. 1579–aft. 1611), MP for

New Woodstock New Woodstock is a hamlet in the town of Cazenovia, Madison County, New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located ...

* Sir

William Scott, Lord Clerkington Sir William Scott, Lord Clerkington (died 1656) was a Scottish politician and judge. Scott owned Malleny House and Garden which later passed to several generations of his descendants via his son John. Life He was the eldest son of Laurence Sco ...

(died 1656), Scottish politician and judge *

Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet of Ancrum MP FRSE (26 July 1803 – 12 October 1871) was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1829 to 1830 and 1859 to 1870. Life Scott was the son of Sir John Scott, 5th Baronet of Ancrum an ...

(1803–1871), Scottish Liberal politician *

William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry (9 September 1831 – 5 November 1914) was a Scottish Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament and Peerage of Scotland, peer. He was ...

(1831–1914), Scottish member of parliament and peer

United States

* William A. Scott, pilot of the Boeing 727 in the unsolved DB Cooper case of commercial air piracy * William Grason Scott (died 1882), American politician *

William Lawrence Scott William Lawrence Scott (July 2, 1828 – September 19, 1891) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, a prominent railroad executive, as well as a prominent horse breeder and horse racer. Early life Wi ...

(1828–1891), US Representative from Pennsylvania and mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania *

W. Kerr Scott William Kerr Scott (April 17, 1896 – April 16, 1958) was an American politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 62nd governor of North Carolina from 1949 until 1953, and a United States Senator from 1954 ...

(1896–1958), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, US Senator * William L. Scott (1915–1997), US Senator and Representative from Virginia *

William J. Scott (Illinois politician) William Scott may refer to: Academics * William A. Scott (psychologist), American social psychologist * William Alphonsus Scott (1871–1921), Irish Roman Catholic architectural historian * William Amasa Scott (1862–1944), American economist * ...

(1926–1986), American politician * William R. Scott, candidate in the

1980 United States Senate election in New York The 1980 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jacob Javits was defeated in the primary by Al D'Amato. D'Amato went on to win a plurality in the general election over Eliza ...

William Scott (Kentucky politician) William U. Scott (born 1947) is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1994 to 2003. Scott was first elected in a January 1994 special election after incumbent representative David Ho ...

, Kentucky legislator

Other countries

William Scott (South Australian politician) William Scott (1795 – 2 January 1866), often called "Captain Scott", was a vigneron, businessman and politician of Magill, South Australia. Life Captain Scott and his family arrived in South Australia on the ''Canton'' from Liverpool in April 1 ...

(1795–1866), vigneron, businessman and politician in South Australia *

Jack Scott (New Zealand politician) William John Scott (9 September 1916 – 30 October 2001), known as Jack Scott, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Early life and career Scott was born in 1916 at Te Awamutu. He was known as Jack Scott. His great-g ...

(William John Scott, 1915–2001), New Zealand politician * Alex Scott (politician) (William Alexander Scott, born 1940), Bermudian politician, Premier of Bermuda

Religion

* Maurus Scott (William Scott, died 1612), English Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr * William Scott (Anglican priest, born 1813) (1813–1872), English clergyman * William Scott (astronomer and priest) (1825–1917), Church of England clergyman; colonial astronomer for New South Wales * William Scott (archdeacon of Bombay) (died 1918), British priest * Bill Scott (priest) (William Sievwright Scott, born 1946), British Anglican priest and Chaplain to the Queen of the United Kingdom *

Gene Scott William Eugene Scott (August 14, 1929 – February 21, 2005) was an American minister and teacher who served for almost 50 years as a pastor and broadcaster in Los Angeles, California. He pastored the Faith Center and Wescott Christian Center ...

(William Eugene Scott, 1929–2005), American pastor and television evangelist

Sports

William Scott (jockey) William Scott (1797–1848) was a British jockey. Hhe was a brother of the horse trainer John Scott (horseman), John Scott who frequently conditioned horses that he rode. Based at his brother's Whitewall Stables in Malton, North Yorkshire, Scot ...

(1797–1848), British jockey *

William Harvey Scott William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...

(died 1885), jockey, rode in 1840s Grand Nationals * William Martin Scott (1870–1944), English international rugby union half back * William Patrick Scott (1880–1948), Scottish international rugby union player *

Will Scott William Scott (1893–1972) was an English footballer and football manager who managed in England in the 1940s and 1950s. Scott began his career as an amateur with South Shields prior to the First World War, but joined the Navy in 1914. He gue ...

(1893–1972), English footballer and football manager *

William Scott (Australian cricketer) William Scott (14 June 1882 – 30 September 1965) was an Australian cricketer. He played sixteen first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1904 and 1912. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victori ...

(1882–1965), Australian cricketer * William Scott (cricketer, born 1845) (1845–1899), English cricketer *

William Scott (English cricketer, born 1864) William Jerman Scott (4 April 1864 – 18 July 1920) was an English first-class cricketer active 1880–95 who played for Middlesex and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to ...

(1864–1920), English cricketer *

William Scott (English cricketer, born 1903) William Ernest Newnham Scott (31 May 1903 — 6 August 1989) was an English first-class cricketer. Scott was born on the Isle of Wight at Binstead in May 1903. He was invited to trial for Hampshire in 1925, though a hand injury that season pre ...

(1903–1989), English cricketer * William Scott (Scottish cricketer) (1908–1971), Scottish cricketer * William Scott (runner) (1886–?), English long-distance runner who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics * William Scott (runner, born 1921), American middle-distance runner, 1942 All-American for the

Michigan State Spartans track and field The Michigan State Spartans track and field team is the track and field program that represents Michigan State University. The Spartans compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team is based in East Lansing, Michiga ...

team

Other

* William Scott (Texas settler) (1784–1837), American settler in Baytown, Texas *

William Henry Scott (British Army officer) General William Henry Scott (1789–1868) was a British Army officer. He entered the army in 1805 as an ensign in the Scots Fusilier Guards, now known as the Scots Guards. He accompanied the regiment when it was posted to the Peninsular and was p ...

(1789–1868), British Army general *

William Scott (The Sleeping Sentinel) William Scott (April 6, 1839 – April 17, 1862) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He was the "Sleeping Sentinel" who was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln and memorialized by a poem and then a 1914 silent film. Biography Scott ...

(1839–1862/40–1862), Union Army soldier during the American Civil War * William R. Scott, Chief of Staff of the 1st Infantry Division in 1919 * William Shirley Scott (1856–1941), US Army general in World War I * William Scott Shipbuilders, British shipyard based in Bristol during the mid-18th century *

William Gillbee Scott William Gillbee Scott, sometimes William Gilbee Scott, (1857-1930) was an English architect who designed the Gower Street Memorial Chapel (now the Chinese Church in London), the Salvation Army Citadel in Sheffield, and the London and Provincia ...

(1857–1930), English architect who designed the Gower Street Memorial Chapel (now the Chinese Church in London) * William Bennett Scott Sr., American newspaper founder and publisher, mayor, and civil rights campaigner