William Baker
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William Baker may refer to:
- William Baker, builder after whom Baker StreetBaker StreetBaker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid the street out in the 18th century. The street is most famous for its connection to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at a fictional 221B...
, London, is named - William Baker, the real name of the title fictional character in Sandman (Marvel Comics)Sandman (Marvel Comics)Sandman is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. A shapeshifter endowed through an accident with the ability to turn himself into sand, he eventually reformed, and became an ally of Spider-Man...
- Sir William BakerSir William BakerSir William Baker was an English businessman and politician.-References:*...
(1705–1770), British businessman and politician; Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle - William Baker (1743–1824)William Baker (1743–1824)William Baker was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Aldborough 4 March 1777 – 8 September 1780, Hertford 7 September 1780 – 30 March 1784, Hertfordshire 23 June 1790 – 10 July 1802 and 11 February 1805 – 11 May 1807 and Plympton Erle 22 March 1768 – 10 October 1774.He died...
, British Member of Parliament for Aldborough, Hertford, Hertfordshire and Plympton Erle - William Baker (bishop)William Baker (bishop)William Baker was an English churchman and academic, Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, Bishop of Bangor and bishop of Norwich.-Life:...
(1668–1732), Bishop of Banger and of Norwich in the Church of England - William Baker (cricketer) (born 1832), cricketer
- William Baker (engineer)William Baker (engineer)William Baker was a railway engineer.Between 1834 and 1839 Baker was articled to George W. Buck and then worked on the London and Birmingham Railway between London and Tring. From 1837 he worked with Buck on the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
(1817–1878), railway engineer - William Baker (fashion designer)William Baker (fashion designer)William Baker is a fashion designer, stylist and author and theatre director, best known for his work with musician Kylie Minogue....
, English fashion designer - William Baker (footballer)William Baker (footballer)William James Baker was an English professional footballer who played 202 games in the Southern League and FA Cup for Plymouth Argyle between 1909 and 1915. He played as a wing half....
(c. 1883–1916), British footballer for Plymouth Argyle - William Baker (Kansas politician)William Baker (Kansas politician)William Baker was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born near Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Baker attended public school and graduated from the Waynesboro College in 1856. He was a teacher and moved to Iowa in 1859 to become principal of the public schools in Council Bluffs...
(1831–1910), U.S. Representative from Kansas - William Baker (Lower Canada politician)William Baker (Lower Canada politician)William Baker was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Missisquoi in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1854 until the suspension of the constitution in 1838....
(1789–1866), politician in Lower Canada - William Baker (New York) (1795-1871), Speaker of the New York Assembly in 1834
- William Baker (printer)William Baker (printer)-Biography:Baker was born at Reading in 1742, and was the son of William Baker, for more than forty years schoolmaster at that place, and an amiable and accomplished man. Even at an early age young Baker's close application to study injured his health. His father had hoped to devote him to the...
(1742-1785), an English printer - William Benjamin BakerWilliam Benjamin BakerWilliam Benjamin Baker was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of Maryland from 1895 to 1901....
(1840–1911), U.S. Representative from Maryland - William Bliss BakerWilliam Bliss BakerWilliam Bliss Baker was an American artist born in New York City who was just beginning to hit his stride as a landscape painter in the Realism movement when he died at his father's house at Hoosick Falls, New York at the age of 26 due to a back injury received while ice skating several months...
(1858–1886), American landscape artist - William F. BakerWilliam F. BakerWilliam Franklin Baker is an American television executive. He is Executive in Residence at Columbia University School of Business, Journalist in Residence at Fordham University and the Claudio Aquaviva Chair at the Graduate School of Education, and President Emeritus of Educational Broadcasting...
, chief executive of the Educational Broadcasting Corporation - William F. Baker (engineer)William F. Baker (engineer)William Frazier Baker, also known as Bill Baker, is an American structural engineer known for engineering the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building/manmade structure....
, partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - William H. BakerWilliam H. BakerWilliam Henry Baker was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Lenox, New York, Baker moved with his parents to Oswego County in 1829.He attended the common schools and Red Creek and Mexico Academies....
(1827–1911), U.S. Representative from New York - William P. BakerWilliam P. BakerWilliam Pond Baker is a former United States Congressman from California. He attended San Jose State University, from which he earned a business degree. Baker served as a member of the United States Coast Guard reserve from 1957 to 1965.After graduating from college, Baker worked as a budget...
(born 1940), U.S. Representative from California - William R. BakerWilliam R. BakerWilliam Robinson Baker was a U.S. politician who was a Texas State Senator and Mayor of Houston, Texas.Baker was born 21 May 1820 in Onondaga County, New York to Asa Baker and the former Hannah Robinson. He lived in New York until age 17 at which time he moved to Houston in the Republic of Texas...
(1820–1890), mayor of Houston, Texas - William Morrant BakerWilliam Morrant BakerWilliam Morrant Baker was an English physician and surgeon. He first described the condition now known as Baker's cyst.-Life:...
(1839–1896), surgeon and describer of Baker's cyst - William O. BakerWilliam O. BakerWilliam Oliver Baker was a former President of Bell Labs who had advised five Presidents on scientific matters. He received his degree from Washington College and went on to get a doctorate from Princeton University, studying under Charles Phelps Smyth...
(1915–2005), former Bell Labs president
See also
- Bill Baker (disambiguation)