William Thomas

William, Willie, Bill, or Billy Thomas may refer to:

Academics

• W. I. Thomas (William Isaac Thomas, 1863–1947), American sociologist
• William Jenkyn Thomas (1870–1959), Welsh headmaster and author
• William Davies Thomas (1889–1954), Welsh literary scholar
• William G. Thomas III (born 1964), American historian
• William Thomas (historian) (1936–2025), British historian
• C. William Thomas, American accounting academic

Arts and entertainment

Business and industry

• William Bevil Thomas (1757–1825), Newfoundland merchant and land developer
• William Kyffin Thomas (1821–1878), Australian newspaper proprietor
• William Luson Thomas (1830–1900), British wood-engraver and newspaper proprietor
• William Thomas (miller) (1838–1891), Australian flour mill industrialist
• William Winstead Thomas (1848–1904), American insurance company president and architect
• Sir William James Thomas, 1st Baronet (1867–1945), Welsh industrialist and philanthropist
• Bill Thomas (businessman) (born 1959), British business executive

Law and politics

Military

• William ap Thomas (died 1445), Welsh soldier and sheriff
• William Holland Thomas (1805–1893), American Confederate army officer
• William Nathaniel Thomas (1892–1971), US Navy Chief of Chaplains
• William Bain Thomas (1898–1967), British Army officer
• William Garfield Thomas Jr. (1916–1942), American naval officer
• William Waffle Thomas (1919–2014), American air force officer, former Air Force One pilot
• William H. Thomas (Medal of Honor) (1923–1945), American soldier

Religion

• William Thomas (bishop of Worcester) (1613–1689), Welsh Anglican bishop of Worcester
• William Thomas (antiquary) (1670–1738), English Anglican priest and antiquary
• William Thomas (chancellor of Llandaff Cathedral) (1734–1799), Welsh Anglican priest and scholar
• William Griffith Thomas (1861–1924), English Anglican priest and theologian
• William Jones Thomas (1811–1886), Welsh Anglican priest
• William M. M. Thomas (1878–1951), American Episcopal bishop of the Missionary District of Brazil
• William Nathaniel Thomas (1892–1971), American Methodist minister and US Navy Chief of Chaplains
• William S. Thomas (1901–1986), American Episcopal suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh
• William Thomas (archdeacon of Northumberland) (1927–2020), English Anglican priest
• Bill Thomas (priest) (born 1943), British Anglican archdeacon of Llandaff

Sports

Others

• William Thelwall Thomas (1865–1927), Welsh surgeon
• Wilhelm Meyer (Adolph Beck case) (a.k.a. William Thomas, fl. c. 1903), gained notoriety in Adolph Beck case
• William Thomas (activist) (1947–2009), American anti-nuclear activist
• William H. Thomas (physician) (born 1959), American physician

See also

• Will Thomas (disambiguation)
• William Thomas Jr. (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing William Thomas

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