William Edwards

William Edwards may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• William Edwards (architect) (1719–1789), Welsh architect of the Pontypridd bridge in south Wales
• William Camden Edwards (1777–1855), Welsh engraver
• William Augustus Edwards (1866–1939), American architect in Atlanta
• William Albert Edwards (1888–1976), American architect in Santa Barbara, California
• William John Edwards (1898–1978), Welsh singer
• William J. Edwards (architect) (fl. 1907), American architect, designed the Washington School (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Military

• William Edwards (United States Navy officer) (c. 1790–1813), American navy officer.
• William D. Edwards (1849–1903), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient.
• William F.S. Edwards (1872–1941), decorated British brig. gen. 1st appointed soldier commissioned by the Crown to become Commissioner of Police in East Africa, including Uganda.
• William Mordaunt Marsh Edwards (1855–1912), English army officer, awarded the Victoria Cross in the Sudan.

Politics and law

• William Edwards (17th century MP) (fl. 1645), British politician, MP for the City of Chester
• William P. Edwards (1835–1900), American lawyer, soldier, member-elect to the U.S. Congress from Georgia
• William Henry Edwards (politician) (1857–1950), Canadian manufacturer and politician
• William Edwards (Wisconsin politician) (1861–1944), American politician, Wisconsin state senator
• Don Edwards (William Donlon Edwards, 1915–2015), U.S. Representative from California
• Jack Edwards (American politician) (William Jackson Edwards, 1928–2019), U.S. representative from Alabama
• William Edwards (British politician) (1938–2007), British politician, MP for Merionethshire
• William Cameron Edwards (1844–1921), Canadian businessman and parliamentarian
• William C. Edwards (Wyoming politician) (born 1934), member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• W. Cary Edwards (William Cary Edwards, 1944–2010), American politician, Attorney General of New Jersey
• W. Stuart Edwards (1880–1944), Canadian civil servant and lawyer

Sports

• William Edwards (1831–1898), American harness racing pioneer
• William Edwards (Kent cricketer) (1859–1947), English cricketer
• William Edwards (Cornwall cricketer) (born 1938), English cricketer
• William Edwards (rugby union) (born 1995), English rugby union and rugby sevens player

Others

• William Edwards (inventor) (1770–1851), American inventor, grandson of Jonathan Edwards
• William Frédéric Edwards (1777–1842), French physiologist, of Jamaican background
• William Henry Edwards (1822–1909), American entomologist
• William Edwards (school inspector) (1851–1940), Welsh school inspector
• William F. Edwards (1906–1989), American businessman, educator and professor at Brigham Young University
• Willie Edwards (1932–1957), African American murdered by the Ku Klux Klan

See also

• Bill Edwards (disambiguation)
• William Edwardes (disambiguation)
• William Edward (disambiguation)