William Spencer

William Spencer may refer to:

Politicians

• William Spencer (MP for Bristol), MP of Bristol 1467
• William Spencer (MP for Ipswich) (by 1473–1529 or later), MP for Ipswich 1510
• William Spencer (Sheriff) (c.1496–1532), High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1531
• William Spencer (MP for Ripon), MP for Ripon 1584–1586
• William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer (1591–1636), British peer and MP for Brackley 1614 and Northamptonshire 1620–22 & 1624–27
• William Spencer (settler) (1825–1901), early settler and MP in Western Australia
• William B. Spencer (1835–1882), U.S. Representative from Louisiana
• William R. Spencer (born 1967), Suffolk County Legislator, New York

Fictional characters

• Bill Spencer, Jr., a fictional character from the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Bill Spencer, Sr., a fictional character from the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful

Sports

• William Spencer (athlete) (1900–1983), American Olympic athlete
• William Spencer (footballer) (1903–1969), English footballer for Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City
• William Spencer (cyclist) (1895–1963), American bicycle racer
• Willie Spencer (baseball) (born 1914, date of death unknown), American Negro leagues baseball player
• Bill Spencer (rugby league) (1899–1976), Australian rugby league footballer on 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain
• Bill Spencer (biathlete) (1936–2020), American biathlete who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics
• Bill Spencer (cross-country skier) (born 1956), American cross-country skier at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Writers

• William Browning Spencer (born 1946), American writer
• William Robert Spencer (1769–1834), British poet

Others

• William Spencer (judge) (1782–1871), American lawyer, judge, postmaster and state representative
• William Spencer (navigational instrument maker) (c.1751–c.1816), English mathematical instrument maker
• William George Spencer (1790–1866), English schoolmaster and tutor, known as a mathematical writer
• William Spencer (silent film actor) (fl. 1920s), American actor
• William J. Spencer (1867–1933), American labor leader
• William Henry Spencer (1857–1925), Afro-American educator

See also

• Spencer (surname)