William Ward

William Ward may refer to:

Sports

William Ward (1893–1968), American boxer who fought under the name Kid Norfolk
William Ward (cricketer) (1787–1849), English cricketer, scorer of the first ever double-century
William Ward (American football) (1874–1936), American football coach at the University of Michigan in 1896
William Ward (cricketer, born 1874) (1874–1961), English cricketer
William Ward (Australian cricketer) (1863-1948), Australian cricketer
Billy Ward (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s for Great Britain, England, and Leeds

William Ward (Texas) (died 1836), American Lieutenant-Colonel during the Texas Revolution
William E. Ward (born 1950), American general officer of the United States Army; inaugural combatant commander of United States Africa Command
William H. Ward (1840–1927), American army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
William Thomas Ward (1808–1878), American army general and congressman from Kentucky

William Ward (fl.1420), MP for Worcester
William Ward (MP for Lancaster), Member of Parliament for Lancaster, 1547
William Ward (MP for Morpeth and Carlisle) (fl. 1553-63), MP for Morpeth and Carlisle
William Ward (1677–1720), Member of Parliament for Staffordshire, 1710–1713 and 1715–1720
William Ward (Pennsylvania) (1837–1895), American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
William D. Ward, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives
William F. Ward (born 1951), American lawyer and politician (Pennsylvania)
William Ward (Pittsburgh) (born 1922), former Pittsburgh Police Chief in 1986
William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (1867–1932), British politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Governor-General of Australia
William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley (1894–1969), British Conservative politician
William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1750–1823), British peer and politician
William L. Ward (1856–1933), American politician, US Representative from New York
William Dudley Ward (1877–1946), British Liberal politician and Olympic sailor
William Ward (mayor) (1807–1889), English Mayor of Oxford
William John Ward (1880–1971), Canadian farmer and politician in Manitoba

William Ward (priest) (c. 1560–1641), English Roman Catholic martyr
William Ward (missionary) (1769–1823), British pioneer, Baptist missionary
William George Ward (1812–1882), English Roman Catholic theologian and mathematician
William Hayes Ward (1835–1916), American clergyman, editor, and Orientalist
William Ward (bishop) (1761–1838), Anglican clergyman and the Bishop of Sodor and Man

William Ward (Utah architect) (1827–1893), architect in Utah
William Ward (Pittsburgh) (born 1922), Pittsburgh Police supervisor, Acting Chief in 1986
William Ward (1752–1822), frontiersman, early settler of western Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
William Ward (engraver) (1762–1826), English engraver
William Ward, (Oklahoma) (born 1950s), OCPD, SPD, PPD, TPD, DOD, DOS, United Nations
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817–1885), British peer and benefactor
William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley (1920–2013), British peer
William Arthur Ward (1921–1994), American motivational writer
William Ayres Ward (1928–1996), American Egyptologist
William Henry Ward, American inventor
Adolphus William Ward (1837–1924), English historian and man of letters