William Cooper may refer to:
Business
Government
- William B. Cooper (Delaware politician) (1771âÂÂ1849), American farmer and politician
- William B. Cooper (North Carolina politician) (1867âÂÂ1959), lieutenant governor of North Carolina
- William C. Cooper (politician) (1832âÂÂ1902), US congressman from Ohio
- William Cooper (judge) (1754âÂÂ1809), father of James Fenimore Cooper and founder of Cooperstown, New York
- William Cooper (Prince Edward Island politician), Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
- Prentice Cooper (William Prentice Cooper, 1895âÂÂ1969), Tennessee governor
- William R. Cooper (1793âÂÂ1856), US congressman from New Jersey
- William Frierson Cooper (1820âÂÂ1909), lawyer, politician and judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court
- Bill Cooper (Georgia politician) (born 1933), American former politician and judge
- William Cooper (Australian politician) (1868âÂÂ1957), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- William Prentice Cooper (1870âÂÂ1961), Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Literature and arts
- William Brown Cooper (1811âÂÂ1900), American painter
- William Cooper Nell (1816âÂÂ1874), African-American abolitionist
- Revd William Cooper (1824âÂÂ1892), pseudonym of James Bertram, a Scottish pornography producer
- William C. Cooper (actor) (1853âÂÂ1918), stage and film actor
- William Sidney Cooper (1854âÂÂ1927), English landscape artist
- William Heaton Cooper (1903âÂÂ1995), British landscape artist
- William Cooper (novelist) (1910âÂÂ2002), British novelist
- William T. Cooper (1934âÂÂ2015), Australian natural history illustrator
- William Y. Cooper (1934âÂÂ2016), African-American painter, writer and illustrator
- William J. Cooper Jr. (born 1940), American historian
- Milton William Cooper (1943âÂÂ2001), American conspiracy theorist and author
Characters
- William Cooper, a CIA agent in the 2010 film Red
Science
Sports
- William Cooper (cricketer) (1849âÂÂ1939), Australian cricketer
- Willie Cooper (footballer, born 1886) (1886âÂÂ?), English footballer for Barnsley and Rochdale
- William Osborne Cooper (1891âÂÂ1930), Australian cricketer
- Willie Cooper (1909âÂÂ1994), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen FC)
- William Cooper (sailor) (1910âÂÂ1968), Olympic gold medalist of 1932
- Bill Cooper (baseball) (1915âÂÂ1985), American Negro leagues baseball player
- Billy Cooper (footballer) (1917âÂÂ?), English footballer
- Bill Cooper (sailor) (1928âÂÂ2016), Royal Navy officer, sailor and author
- Bill Cooper (American football) (born 1939), professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers
- Billy Cooper (Canadian football) (born 1945), Canadian football player
- Bill Cooper (hurler) (born 1987), Irish hurler
- Billy Cooper (trumpeter), cricket supporter and trumpet player for the Barmy Army
Other fields
- William Cooper (Puritan) (fl. 1653), chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia and ejected minister
- William Cooper (banker), Governor of the Bank of England from 1769 to 1771
- William Durrant Cooper (1812âÂÂ1875), English lawyer and antiquary
- William Cooper (priest) (1833/34âÂÂ1909), Church of England priest
- William Cooper (Quaker) (1856âÂÂ1952), director of Cadbury Ltd in Australia
- William Cooper (Aboriginal Australian) (c. 1860âÂÂ1941), Aboriginal rights leader
- William John Cooper (1882âÂÂ1935), American educator
- William Turakiuta Cooper (1886âÂÂ1949), New Zealand interpreter and land officer
- William Cooper (police officer) (c.1888-1941), One of 4 New Zealand police officers shot in the 1941 Kowhitirangi shootings.
- William E. Cooper (general) (1929âÂÂ2023), United States Army general
- Milton William Cooper (1943âÂÂ2001), American writer, radio host, and political activist
- William E. Cooper (university president), president of the University of Richmond (1998âÂÂ2007)
See also