William MacMillan
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William MacMillan or McMillan may refer to:
- Bill MacMillanBill MacMillanWilliam Stewart MacMillan was a player and coach in the National Hockey League. He spent 9 seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlanta Flames, and New York Islanders, and was the head coach of the Colorado Rockies from 1980 to 1982 and coached the New Jersey Devils from 1982 to 1983...
(born 1943), hockey player and coach - William Duncan MacMillanWilliam Duncan MacMillanWilliam Duncan MacMillan was an American mathematician and astronomer.He was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin to D. D. MacMillan, who was in the lumber business, and Mary Jane MacCrea. He had a sister and two brothers; the last would later becoming managers of Cargill Elevator company of...
(1871–1948), American mathematician and astronomer - William J. P. MacMillanWilliam J. P. MacMillanWilliam Joseph Parnell MacMillan was a physician and Prince Edward Island politician.Born in Clermont, MacMillan was a graduate of Prince of Wales College and the McGill University Faculty of Medicine....
(1881–1957), Canadian physician and Prince Edward Island politician - William McMillan (congressman) (1764–1804), delegate to the United States Congress from the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
- William McMillan (college president)William McMillan (college president)William McMillan was elected the fourth president of Jefferson College on September 24, 1817.McMillan was educated at Jefferson College, the institution founded by his uncle, the Rev. John McMillan, graduating with the Jefferson class of 1802, the first class to graduate from the newly chartered...
(1777–1833), president of Jefferson College, 1817–1822 - William McMillan (sculptor) (1887–1977)
- William McMillan (Australian politician)William McMillan (Australian politician)Sir William McMillan KCMG was an Australian politician and businessman. Alfred Deakin said he was a "thoughtful, educated businessman, narrow and cold after the manner of the Manchester School … business-like in manner and incisive in debate".McMillan was born in Derry, Ireland and...
(1850–1926), Irish-Australian politician, first Member for Wenthworth - William McMillan (sport shooter)William McMillan (sport shooter)William Willard McMillan was an American sports shooter and Olympic Champion.He won Gold medal in 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and two years earlier he had become World Champion in 25 m Center-Fire Pistol.-References:*-See also:*List of athletes with the most...
(1929–2000), American sports shooter and Olympic Champion - William Hector McMillanWilliam Hector McMillanWilliam Hector McMillan was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Blenheim, Ontario and became a physician by career....
(1892–1974), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons - Billy McMillanBilly McMillanWilliam McMillan , commonly referred to as Billy McMillan, was an Irish footballer who played for Belfast Celtic and Ballymena United...
(died 1991), Irish footballer - William McMillan (footballer)William McMillan (footballer)William McMillan was a professional footballer who played as a wing half. He played three matches in the Football League for Burnley in the late 1890s.-References:...
, footballer in the late 1890s - William Macmillan (Moderator)William Macmillan (Moderator)William B. R. Macmillan was a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1991.-Background and career:...
(1927–2002), minister of the Church of Scotland - William Miller MacmillanWilliam Miller MacmillanWilliam Miller Macmillan was a Scottish historian who was the leading scholar of the liberal South African historiography that emerged in the 1920s and started diminishing in the 1970s. A Rhodes Scholar, he was a lecturer at Rhodes University College before leaving for the University of the...
, Scottish historian