William Cox

William Cox may refer to:

Sports

William Cox (athlete) (1904–1996), United States Olympic medallist
William D. Cox (1910–1989), American businessman and sports executive
Billy Cox (baseball) (1919–1978), American Major League Baseball middle infielder
Bill Cox (American football) (born 1929), former American football end
Bill Cox (baseball) (1913–1988), Major League Baseball pitcher
William Samuel Cox (1831–1895), Australian racecourse owner, namesake of the Cox Plate

William Cox (governor) (born 1936), known as Bill Cox, Governor of the state of Tasmania, Australia
William Cox (UK politician) (1817–1889), Member of Parliament for Finsbury 1857–1859, 1861–1865
William E. Cox (1861–1942), U.S. Representative from Indiana
William Hopkinson Cox (1856–1950), American politician; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
William Wesley Cox (1865–1948), Presidential, Vice Presidential, and perennial U.S. Senate candidate of the Socialist Labor Party

William Ruffin Cox (1832–1919), Confederate general in the United States Civil War, later Secretary of the United States
William Cox (British general) (1776-1864), British general of the peninsular war, in Siege of Almeida (1810)
William Sitgreaves Cox (1790–1874), court-martialled acting third lieutenant of the USS Chesapeake

William Cox (pioneer) (1764–1837), constructor of the road across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia
William Denton Cox (1883–1912), heroic steward aboard RMS Titanic
William George Cox (c. 1821–1878), Gold Commissioner for the Cariboo and Boundary Districts in the Colony of British Columbia, Canada during the Rock Creek Gold Rush
William Harold Cox (1901–1988), U.S. federal judge
William John Cox (born 1941), American public interest lawyer, prosecutor, author and political activist
William Robert Cox (1901–1988), prolific writer of short stories and Western and Mystery novels mainly for the pulp and paperback markets
William Sands Cox (1802–1875), surgeon in Birmingham, England
Billy Cox (born 1941), American bassist best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix