William Walker

William Walker may refer to:

Arts

• William Walker (English engraver) (1729–1793), English engraver
• William Walker (Scottish engraver) (1791–1867), mezzotint engraver of portrait of Robert Burns
• William Sidney Walker (1795–1846), English Shakespearean critic
• William Walker (composer) (1809–1875), American Baptist song leader and composer, compiler of Southern Harmony (1835)
• William Aiken Walker (1839–1921), American artist
• Blind Willie Walker (1896–1933), American blues guitarist and singer
• Bill Walker (actor) (William Franklin Walker, 1896–1992), African-American film actor (To Kill a Mockingbird)
• William Walker (muralist) (1927–2011), muralist in Chicago
• William Walker (baritone) (1931–2010), singer with the Metropolitan Opera
• Wee Willie Walker (1941–2019), American soul blues singer
• Sugar Belly (William Walker), Jamaican mento musician

Military

• William H. T. Walker (1816–1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War
• William Stephen Walker (1822–1899), Confederate brigadier general
• William Walker (filibuster) (1824–1860), American filibuster in Latin America; briefly ruled Nicaragua
• William George Walker (1863–1936), recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Walker (RFC airman), British First World War flying ace
• William Walker (RAF officer) (1913–2012), at the time of his death the oldest survivor of the Battle of Britain
• William J. Walker, United States Army general

Politics

• Bill Walker (American politician) (born 1951), governor of Alaska
• William Walker (Quebec merchant) (1790–1863), Lower Canada merchant and politician
• William Walker (Quebec politician) (1797–1844), Lower Canada lawyer and politician
• William Walker (Wyandot leader) (1800–1874), Native American leader, sometime chief of the Wyandot Nation in Ohio and Kansas
• William Adams Walker (1805–1861), U.S. representative from New York
• William Walker (filibuster) (1824–1860), American mercenary who usurped the office of president of Nicaragua in 1856–1857
• William Walker (New South Wales politician) (1828–1908), Australian politician
• William Walker (New South Wales colonial politician) (1820–1889), Australian politician
• William Walker (trade unionist) (1871–1918), Irish trade unionist and socialist
• William Campbell Walker (1837–1904), New Zealand politician
• William Froggatt Walker (1841–1890), Australian politician
• William H. Walker (New York City politician) (1842–1916), American politician, father of New York City mayor Jimmy Walker
• William H. Walker (Canadian politician) (1847–1913), member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
• William L. Walker Jr. (born 1960), American politician, former Arkansas state senator
• William O. Walker (1896–1981), American publisher, politician and editor
• William G. Walker (born 1935), former US ambassador to El Salvador and leader of the Kosovo Verification Mission
• William Walker (Iowa politician) (1834–1899), American politician in Iowa

Sports

• William Walker (Australian cricketer) (1835–1886), Australian cricketer
• William Walker (footballer, born 1871) (1871–1907), Scottish footballer
• Billy Walker (jockey) (1860–1933), African-American jockey
• William Walker (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1945), Scottish footballer (Clyde FC and Scotland)
• William Walker (English cricketer) (1889–1938), English cricketer
• William Walker (Scottish cricketer) (1894–1960), Scottish cricketer and cricket administrator
• Willie Walker (footballer, born 1891) (1891–1968), English football outside left
• Willie Walker (Queen's Park footballer) (1888–1974), Scottish footballer
• Willie Walker (footballer, born 1906), Scottish footballer
• Willie Walker (rugby union) (born 1978), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• William Walker (cyclist) (born 1985), Australian racing cyclist
• Will Walker (Australian footballer) (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
• William Walker (baseball) (fl. 1937), baseball center fielder in the Negro leagues
• Willie Walker (American football) (born 1942), American football player

Other

• William Walker (schoolmaster) (1623–1684), English schoolmaster
• William Walker (principal) (1704–1761), British Principal of New Inn Hall
• William Walker (surgeon) (1813–1875), Scottish surgeon
• William R. Walker (architect) (1830–1905), American architect
• William H. Walker (Vermont judge) (1832–1896), Vermont attorney and judge
• William Walker (1838–1908), Scottish-born Australian writer
• William Walker (priest) (died 1911), Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney
• William R. Walker (publisher), 19th-century English printer and publisher
• William David Walker (1839–1917), bishop in the Episcopal Church
• William Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree (1856–1933), British businessman, art collector, and racehorse breeder
• William Walker (diver) (1869–1918), diver who saved Winchester Cathedral from collapse
• William Hultz Walker (1869–1934), American chemistry professor and a pioneer of chemical engineering
• William F. Walker (1937–2007), President of Auburn University 2001–2007
• William R. Walker (born 1944), Canadian leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Black Racer (DC Comics) or Sgt. William "Willie" Walker, a character in DC Comics

See also

• Bill Walker (disambiguation)
• Billy Walker (disambiguation)

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