William Greene

William Greene may refer to:

Business figures

• William G. Greene (1812–1894), businessman and friend of Abraham Lincoln
• William Batchelder Greene (1819–1878), American individualist anarchist and banking reformer
• William Cornell Greene (1852–1911), mining magnate
• William Greene (economist) (born 1951), American economist

Political and government figures

• William atte Greene represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)
• William Greene (MP for Portsmouth) in 1597, member of parliament (MP) for Portsmouth
• William Greene (colonial governor) (1695–1758), colonial governor of Rhode Island
• William Greene (governor) (1731–1809), governor of state of Rhode Island during American Revolutionary War
• William Greene (MP) (1748–1829), member of parliament for Dungarvan, 1802–1806
• William Greene (lieutenant governor) (1797–1883), Rhode Island lieutenant governor after the Civil War
• William S. Greene (1841–1924), U.S. representative from Massachusetts
• William Laury Greene (1849–1899), Nebraska Populist politician
• Sir William Graham Greene (1857–1950), English civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty
• Crawford Greene (William Pomeroy Crawford Greene, 1884–1959), British member of parliament for Worcester, 1923–1945
• Bill Greene (1930–2002), Democratic member of the California State Assembly and the California State Senate
• William G. Greene Jr. (born 1940), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Religious figures

• William Greene (Dean of Achonry) (died 1843), Dean of Achonry, 1821–1824
• William Greene (Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin) (1827–1910), Dean of Christ Church, Dublin
• William Greene (Dean of Lismore) (died 1930), Dean of Lismore, 1919–1930

Others

• William Friese-Greene (1855–1921), portrait photographer and prolific inventor
• W. Howard Greene (1895–1956), Hollywood cinematographer specializing in Technicolor
• Willie Greene (born 1971), baseball player
• William P. Greene Jr. (born 1943), Chief Judge of United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• William Greene (aviator) (1874–1952), American aviation pioneer
• William A. Greene (1913–1967), publicist
• William Hallett Greene (1864–1942), first black member of the U.S. Signal Corps
• William Greene (field hockey) (c. 1916–1979), British field hockey Olympian

See also

• William Green (disambiguation)
• William Greene Turner (1833–1917), American sculptor