William Turner
Appearance
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William Turner may refer to:
Artists
[edit]- William Turner (1762–1835), one of the English Turner family of potters; see Turner (potters)
- J. M. W. Turner (William Turner, 1775–1851), major English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker
- William Turner (painter) (1789–1862), English watercolour painter from Oxford
- William Greene Turner (1833–1917), American sculptor
- William Lakin Turner (1867–1936), English landscape artist
- William Ralph Turner (1920–2013), English painter
Politicians
[edit]- William Turner (Blackburn MP) (1777–1842), British Member of Parliament for Blackburn
- William Turner (London MP) (1615–1693), British Member of Parliament for City of London and Lord Mayor of London
- William D. Turner (1836–1905), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- William George Turner (1872–1937), Irish Lord Mayor of Belfast
- William Turner (Australian politician) (1837–1916), New South Wales politician
- William H. Turner (politician), African-American school board member and state senator from Miami, Florida
- William V. Turner, state representative in Alabama during the Reconstruction era
Religious figures
[edit]- William Turner (bishop of Buffalo) (1871–1936), Irish-American Roman Catholic bishop
- William Turner (bishop of Galloway) (1844–1914), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop
- William Turner (bishop of Salford) (1799–1872), English Roman Catholic bishop and vicar apostolic
- William Turner (minister at Wakefield) (1714–1794), English dissenting divine
- William Turner (Unitarian minister) (1761–1859), English minister; Hanover Square congregation, Newcastle upon Tyne, son of the minister at Wakefield of the same name
Scientists
[edit]- William Turner (naturalist) (c. 1508–1568), English ornithologist and botanist; dean of Wells Cathedral
- William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843–1928), British botanist
- W. E. S. Turner (William Ernest Stephen Turner, 1881–1963), English chemist and glass technologist
- William Wadden Turner (1810–1859), British-born American linguist and librarian
Sportspeople
[edit]- Bill Turner (basketball) (born 1944), American basketball player
- Bill Turner (American football) (born 1960), American football player
- Billy Turner (American football) (born 1991), American football player
- Billy Turner (William H. Turner Jr., 1940–2021), American racehorse trainer
- Willie Turner (sprinter) (born 1948), American sprinter
- Willie Turner (footballer) (c.1860–?), Scottish international footballer
- William Turner (footballer, born 1867) (1867–?), Welsh international footballer
- Bill Turner (footballer, born 1870) (1870–1952), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
- Bill Turner (footballer, born 1894) (1894–1970), English footballer
- Bill Turner (English footballer, born 1901) (1901–1989), British footballer
- Bill Turner (Australian footballer, born 1901) (1901–1967), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
- Bill Turner (footballer, born 1912) (1912–1981), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
- Aggie Turner (William Turner, 1893–1916), American baseball player
Others
[edit]- William Turner (anatomist) (1832–1916), Scottish academic
- William Turner (biographer) (1788–1853), son of the English Unitarian minister of the same name
- William Turner (composer) (1651–1740), baroque English composer
- William Turner (envoy) (1792–1867), British diplomat and author
- William B. Turner (1892–1918), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- William J. G. Turner (also known as Bill Turner; 1952–1987), American composer and stage director
- William Thomas Turner (1856–1933), final captain of the RMS Lusitania
- William Turner (British Army officer) (1907–1989)
- William F. Turner (1816–1899), judge in the Territory of Arizona
- William H. Turner (actor) (1861–1942), Irish actor
- William Irving Turner (1890–1950), American architect
- William Aldren Turner (1864–1945), neurologist
- William Iredell Turner (1812–1881), Florida pioneer and soldier
- William Turner, 18-year-old lynching victim from Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas
- Bill Turner (public servant) (1887–1959), Australian public servant; Comptroller-General of Customs
In fiction
[edit]- Bootstrap Bill Turner, father of Will Turner in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films
- Will Turner, fictional character in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films