William Crawford

William, Bill, or Billy Crawford may refer to:

Entertainment

• William Broderick Crawford (1911–1986), American film actor
• Bill Crawford (cartoonist) (1913–1982), American editorial cartoonist
• William L. Crawford (1911–1984), American publisher and editor
• Bill Crawford (comedian) (born 1979), American comedian and radio personality
• Billy Crawford (born 1982), Filipino entertainer
• William Crawford (knight), character in epic poem about Scottish knight William Wallace

Military

• William Crawford (soldier) (1732–1782), soldier in American Revolution, burnt at the stake by Native Americans
• William Lyne Crawford (1839–1920), American Confederate soldier and lawyer
• William J. Crawford (1918–2000), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Crawford (Royal Navy officer) (1907–2003), British admiral

Politics

• William Crawford (Pennsylvania politician) (1760–1823), American Representative from Pennsylvania
• William Crawford (Virginia politician) (died 1762), politician in Virginia House of Burgesses, founder of Portsmouth, Virginia
• William H. Crawford (1772–1834), U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury
• William T. Crawford (1856–1913), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
• Bill Crawford (Indiana politician) (1936–2015), Democrat in Indiana House of Representatives
• William Sharman Crawford (1781–1861), Irish MP
• William Crawford (London MP) (1780–1843), British MP for the City of London, 1833–1841
• William Crawford (trade unionist) (1833–1890), British MP for Mid Durham, 1885–1890
• William Fitzgerald Crawford (1844–1915), New Zealand mayor
• William Crawford (Canadian politician) (1847–1897), Canadian surveyor and politician in Manitoba
• William A. Crawford (1915–2001), U.S. Ambassador to Romania
• William R. Crawford Jr. (1928–2002), US ambassador to Yemen and Cyprus
• William Crawford (Louisiana politician), Louisiana politician

Sports

• Billy Crawford (American football) (1864–1933), American football player and coach
• Bill Crawford (footballer) (1872–1955), English pro footballer
• William Ernie Crawford (1891–1959), Irish rugby union player
• Bill Crawford (gridiron football) (born 1937), Canadian player of gridiron football

Other

• William Crawford (judge) (1784–1849), United States federal judge
• William Crawford (1788-1847), philanthropist, prison reformer, and co-founder of the Peace Society
• William Crawford (artist) (1822–1869), Scottish painter
• William Fitzgerald Crawford (1844–1915), New Zealand storekeeper and photographer
• William Monod Crawford (1872–1941), Irish colonial civil servant in India and entomologist

See also

• Bill Crawford-Compton (1915–1988), New Zealand-born pilot
• Wille Crafoord (born 1966), Swedish composer and singer
• William Crawford & Sons, former British biscuit company
• Willie Crawford (1946–2004), American Major League Baseball player
• Wilf Crawford (1915–1993), Scotland international rugby union player