William White
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Politics
- William White (MP)William White (MP)William White was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.White was a colonel in the service of the commonwealth. In April 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe in the Convention Parliament but was unseated on petition on 16 July 1660 ....
, MP for Clitheroe in 1660 - William White (Secretary of State)William White (Secretary of State)William White is legit:For other people of the same name, see William White.William White was the second North Carolina Secretary of State, serving from 1798 until 1811....
(1762–1811), North Carolina Secretary of State, 1798–1811 - William White (Canadian politician), elected member of the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories1st Council of the Northwest TerritoriesThis is a list of appointed and elected members of the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories in Canada from November 7, 1876 to 1888. Prior to 1876, members were appointed to the Temporary North-West Council....
, 1883–1885 - William Arthur WhiteWilliam Arthur WhiteSir William Arthur White PC, GCB, GCMG was a British diplomat, born in Puławy, in Poland.He was descended on his father's side from an Irish Roman Catholic family...
(1824–1891), British diplomat - William J. WhiteWilliam J. WhiteWilliam John White was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born at Rice Lake, Ontario, Canada, White moved to the United States in 1857 with his parents, who settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended the district schools. He entered business as a candy maker in 1869, and later began the manufacture of...
(1850–1923), United States Representative from Ohio - Sir William Thomas WhiteWilliam Thomas WhiteSir William Thomas White, KCMG, PC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.-Biography:White worked as a reporter for the Toronto Evening Telegram in 1890, and subsequently worked for Toronto's Assessment Department...
(1866–1955), Canadian politician and Cabinet minister - Bill White (Canadian politician)Bill White (Canadian politician)William Andrew White, III, OC was a Canadian composer and social justice activist, who was the first Black Canadian to run for federal office in Canada.-1949 federal election:...
(1915–1981), first Black Canadian to run for provincial or federal political office in Canada - Bill White (politician) (born 1954), former mayor of the city of Houston (Texas, USA) and a candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election in 2010
- William Henry White (politician)William Henry White (politician)William Henry White was a farmer and a federal politician from northern Alberta, Canada.-External links:*...
(1865–1930), Canadian Member of Parliament from Alberta - William White (New Zealand politician)William White (New Zealand politician)William White was a 19th century New Zealand Member of Parliament in the Sydenham electorate, and Mayor of Sydenham.-Early life:...
(1849–1900), New Zealand Member of Parliament - William White (jurist)William White (jurist)William White was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court 1864–1883....
(1822–1883), Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio and Ohio Supreme Court judge
Religion
- William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania)William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania)The Most Reverend William White was the first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA , the first Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania , and the second United States Senate Chaplain...
(1748–1836), Episcopal bishop in America, Presiding Bishop and Chaplain of Congress - William C. WhiteWilliam C. WhiteWilliam Clarence "Willie" White was secretary of the Ellen G. White Estate. He was placed in charge of his mother's estate at her death in 1915. "Willie," as his mother referred to him as, took on additional responsibility in helping his mother travel, write, and publish after his father's death...
(1854–1937), son of Seventh-day Adventist Church founder Ellen G. White - William White (Bishop of Newfoundland) (1865–1943), Anglican bishop in Canada
- William White (Bishop of Honan) (1873–1960), Angican bishop in China
- William A. WhiteWilliam A. WhiteReverend Captain William Andrew White, II, D.D. was an American-born Canadian missionary and World War I chaplain, the only black chaplain in the entire British Army during the war. He was the father of singer Portia White....
(1874–1936), American-Canadian Baptist minister, and only Black military chaplain in the British Empire during World War I
Sports
- Will WhiteWill WhiteWilliam Henry "Whoop-La" White was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.White made his debut on July 20, 1877 with the Boston Red Caps at the age of 23...
(1854–1911), American baseball player - William Edward WhiteWilliam Edward WhiteWilliam Edward White played as a substitute in one baseball game for the Providence Grays, on June 21, 1879. Recent work by members of the Society for American Baseball Research suggests that he may have been the first African-American to play major league baseball, predating the longer career of...
(1860–?), American baseball player, possibly the first African-American to play major league baseball - William White (boxer), British boxer and Olympic competitor, see Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight
- William White (field hockey) (1920–1990), competitor in the 1948 Summer Olympics
- William White (American football) (born 1966), American football player
- William White (cricketer, born 1879) (1879–1951), English cricketer
- William White (cricketer, born 1920)William White (cricketer, born 1920)William Neil White was a Scottish cricketer. White was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Troon, Ayrshire....
(1920–1990), Scottish cricketer
Music, media, and writers
- William White (composer)William White (composer)William White was a composer of classical music of the Tudor period, who worked in England.According to Ernst Hermann Meyer, "White is chiefly known from three fantasias a 5, and seven a 6; chiefly in Oxford, Christ Church MS. 2...
(born 1571), English composer - William Allen WhiteWilliam Allen WhiteWilliam Allen White was a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement...
(1868–1944), American newspaper editor - William Lindsay WhiteWilliam Lindsay WhiteWilliam Lindsay White , American journalist, was the son of newspaper editor William Allen White. White grew up in Emporia, Kansas, went to the nearby University of Kansas, and then transferred to and graduated from Harvard College. After completing his course of studies at Harvard, he succeeded...
(1900–1973), American journalist - William S. White, American journalist and author of CitadelCitadel (U.S. Senate)Citadel is a study of the American Upper House by the journalist, William S. White. Written in 1956, the book anticipates the great changes afoot in post-war Washington...
, a seminal text about the United States Senate - William H. White (maritime writer)William H. White (maritime writer)William H. White is an American writer specializing in historical novels relating to the age of sail.-Career:White served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War....
, American naval historical novelist - William Chapman WhiteWilliam Chapman WhiteWilliam Chapman White was a foreign correspondent in the 1930s who became a columnist for the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. He is known especially for his 1954 book, Adirondack Country...
(1903–1955), American journalist
Civil servants
- Sir William Arthur WhiteWilliam Arthur WhiteSir William Arthur White PC, GCB, GCMG was a British diplomat, born in Puławy, in Poland.He was descended on his father's side from an Irish Roman Catholic family...
(1824–1891), British diplomat - William Hale White (1831–1913), English writer and civil servant
Military
- William Allison WhiteWilliam Allison WhiteWilliam Allison White VC TD was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1894–1974), English recipient of the Victoria Cross - Sir William Henry WhiteWilliam Henry WhiteSir William Henry White was a prolific British warship designer and Chief Constructor at the Admiralty....
(1845–1913), British warship designer - William White (administrator)William White (administrator)Bill White was the President of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum and Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.White was born in the late 1960s, is a native of Point Lookout, New York, and graduated Fordham University. White worked in his family's business and began to work for Intrepid in 1992 and became chief...
, President of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum - William White (conscientious objector)William White (conscientious objector)William "Bill" White was a Sydney schoolteacher during the Vietnam War. In July 1966, White defied a notice to report for duty at an army induction centre. White was the first Australian to publicly stand as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. This initial application for total exemption...
, Australian conscientious objector during the Vietnam War
Architecture
- William White (architect)William White (architect)William White, F.S.A. was an English architect, famous for his part in 19th century Gothic Revival architecture and church restorations...
(1825–1900), English architect - William H. WhiteWilliam H. WhiteWilliam H. White was a British architect. In 1892, he published "The Architect and his artists, an essay to assist the public in considering the question is architecture a profession or an art" in reply to "Architecture, a Profession or an Art" edited by Norman Shaw and T. G...
, British architect
Science and medicine
- William Alanson WhiteWilliam Alanson WhiteWilliam Alanson White was an American neurologist and psychiatrist.-Biography:He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., studied at Cornell from 1885 to 1889, and two years later graduated from the Long Island College Hospital. For nine years he was an assistant physician at the Binghamton William Alanson...
(1870–1937), American neurologist and alienist - William Comings WhiteWilliam Comings WhiteWilliam Comings White was an electrical engineer. He was research assistant to, and cousin of, the Nobel Prize winning chemist Irving Langmuir at the General Electric research laboratory....
, engineer (1890–1965), General Electric, Schenectady, NY - William E. White, American neurologist and author
- J. William WhiteJ. William White, Rittenhouse Square]]J. William White was an US surgeon, born in Philadelphia. He was John Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital from 1900 to 1912....
(1868–1939), US surgeon
Others
- William White (gangster)William White (gangster)William Jack "Three Fingers" White was a Prohibition gangster and member of the Chicago Outfit. His nickname was related to a childhood accident after a falling brick from a construction site had crushed his right hand, resulting in the loss of two fingers...
(1900–1934), Prohibition gangster and Chicago Outfit gunman - William White, president of the Delaware and Hudson RailwayDelaware and Hudson RailwayThe Delaware and Hudson Railway is a railroad that operates in the northeastern United States. Since 1991 it has been a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway, although CPR has assumed all operations and the D&H does not maintain any locomotives or rolling stock.It was formerly an important...
, 1954–1967 - William White (economist)William White (economist)William R. White is a Canadian economist educated at the University of Windsor and the University of Manchester. In 1969, he began his career as an economist at the Bank of England. In 1972 he joined the Bank of Canada where he spent 22 year...
, Canadian economist - Larry GraysonLarry GraysonLarry Grayson , born William Sulley White, was an English stand-up comedian and television presenter of the 1970s and early 80s...
(1923–1995), English stand-up comedy and gameshow host, born William White
See also
- Bill White (disambiguation)
- Willie White (disambiguation)
- William Whyte (disambiguation)