William Lewis

William or Willie Lewis may refer to:

Politicians

• William Lewis (MP for Anglesey) (by 1526–1601 or later), MP for Anglesey in 1553 and 1555
• William Lewis (MP for Helston), MP for Helston in 1584
• William Lewis (MP for King's Lynn) (died 1593), MP for King's Lynn in 1593
• William Lewis (MP for Cardiff), MP for Cardiff in 1601
• Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet (1598–1677), MP for Petersfield, Breconshire and Lymington
• William Lewis (MP for Devizes) (1625–1661), MP for Devizes, 1660–1661
• William J. Lewis (1766–1828), U.S. representative from Virginia
• William Lewis (Australian politician) (1818–1895), businessman and politician of Kapunda, South Australia
• William Lewis (New York politician) (1827–1891), New York politician
• William James Lewis (1830–1910), physician and politician in New Brunswick, Canada
• William Lewis (Kentucky politician) (1868–1959), U.S. representative from Kentucky
• William Lewis, 3rd Baron Merthyr (1901–1977), deputy speaker of the House of Lords
• William E. Lewis (1918–1989), Missouri politician
• Frederick William Lewis (died 1907), Canadian politician from Ontario

Sportspeople

• William Lewis (chess player) (1787–1870), English chess competitor and author
• William Lewis (cricketer) (1807–1889), English cricketer
• William Lewis (football) (1860–1916), association football referee, and secretary of Chelsea F.C.
• William H. Lewis (1868–1949), first African-American All-American football player and United States Assistant Attorney General
• William Lewis (athlete) (1876–1962), American hurdler in the 1900 Olympic Games
• Willie Lewis (boxer) (1884–1949), American boxer
• William Ian Lewis (cricketer) (1935–2004), Irish cricketer
• Will Lewis (American football) (born 1958), American football executive and former cornerback
• Will Lewis (rugby union), Welsh international rugby union player
• William Lewis (figure skater), former Canadian figure skater

Arts

• William Thomas Lewis (1748–1811), English actor
• Willard Louis (1882–1926), American actor who was sometimes credited as William Lewis
• Willie Lewis (jazz musician) (1905–1971), jazz clarinettist
• William Lewis (tenor) (born 1931), American operatic tenor
• Willie Lewis (rockabilly musician) (born 1946), musician and founder of Rock-A-Billy Records
• Spliff Star (William A. Lewis, born 1971), American rapper

Scientists

• William Lewis (chemist, died 1781) (c. 1708–1781), English chemist and physician
• William Lewis (mineralogist) (1847–1926), professor of mineralogy at Cambridge University
• William Lewis (chemist, born 1869) (1869–1963), professor of chemistry at Exeter University
• William Lewis (physical chemist) (1885–1956), propounded collision theory
• William M. Lewis Sr. (1921–2010), fish biologist

Businessmen

• William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr (1837–1914), Welsh coal mining magnate
• William Turnor Lewis (1840–1915), Wisconsin businessman and state legislator
• William D. Lewis (1792–1881), banker, merchant, and railroad executive
• William Lewis (journalist) (born 1969), former publisher and CEO of The Washington Post

Other

• William Lewis (pirate) (fl. 1687-?), English pirate (possibly fictional)
• William Lewis (judge) (1752–1819), United States federal judge
• William Terrell Lewis (1757–1813), Tennessee businessman
• William Lewis (militia officer) (c. 1767–1825), American militia officer
• William Berkeley Lewis (1784–1866), confidant of Andrew Jackson and auditor of the U.S. Treasury
• William B. Lewis (New York treasurer) (c. 1816–1884), New York State treasurer, 1862–1863
• William Garrett Lewis (1821–1885), British Baptist preacher
• William G. Lewis (1835–1901), Confederate States Army officer
• William Draper Lewis (1867–1949), dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; founding director of the American Law Institute
• William Mather Lewis (1878–1945), president of George Washington and Lafayette Universities and government official
• William F. Lewis (1902–1964), Episcopal bishop
• Sir W. Arthur Lewis (William Arthur Lewis, 1915–1991), Saint Lucian economist

Companies

• William Lewis & Son Co., a Chicago-based orchestral string instrument company acquired in 1995 by Selmer

See also

• Bill Lewis (disambiguation)
• William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1560–1620)