William Martin

William Martin can refer to:

People born in 20th century

• Bill Martin (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Great Britain, and Workington Town
• Bill Martin (b. 1938), Scottish songwriter
• William A. Martin (1938–1981), American computer scientist
• William Dean Martin (b. 1981), guitarist for American band Good Charlotte
• William E. Martin, American songwriter and screenwriter
• William F. Martin (b. 1957), professor of botany
• William Flynn Martin (b. 1950), energy economist, educator, and international diplomat
• William Hamilton Martin (1931–1987), American cryptologist, defector to the Soviet Union
• William H. "Dad" Martin, American photographer
• William Martin (skeleton racer), American Olympic skeleton racer
• William McChesney Martin, Jr. (1906–1998), chairman of the board of the U.S. Federal Reserve
• William Trevor Martin (b. 1925), New Zealand Test cricket umpire
• Willie Martin (Canadian football) (b. 1951), American-born Canadian football player
• William Martin American novelist

People born in 19th century

• Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet, First Sea Lord of Britain, 1858–1859
• William Clyde Martin (1893–1984), American Methodist bishop
• William Harrison Martin (1822–1898), U.S. Representative from Texas
• William Henry Porteous Martin (1886–1939), British MP for Dunbartonshire, 1923–1924
• William Keble Martin (1877–1969), British botanist
• William Martin (American football), head football coach at Wabash College, 1887
• William Martin (architect) (1829–1900), Birmingham architect and partner in Martin & Chamberlain
• Sir William Martin (judge) (1807–1880) first Chief Justice of New Zealand, 1841–1857
• William Martin (sport shooter) (1863–?), American Olympic sport shooter
• William Martin (tenor) (b. 1898), American opera singer
• William Melville Martin (1876–1970), premier of Saskatchewan
• William V. Martin (c.1870s–?), British Vice-Consul in Ferrol, Spain

People born in 18th century or earlier

• William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864), English naturalist
• William Martin (1796–unknown), accompanied George Bass and Matthew Flinders in the Tom Thumb
• William D. Martin (1789–1833), US Congressman from South Carolina
• William Martin (Royal Navy officer) (c.1696–1756), naval officer and admiral
• William Martin (naturalist) (1767 – 1810) was an English naturalist and palaeontologist
• William Martin (philosopher) (1772–1851), English inventor, eccentric, and philosopher

Fictional character

• Major William Martin, character in the book and film The Man Who Never Was, based on World War II intelligence plan Operation Mincemeat

See also

• Billy Martin (disambiguation)
• William Martyn of Athelhampton, 15th century English nobleman
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