# William Ross

William Ross may refer to:

## Nobility

* William Ross, 8th Lord Ross (died 1640), Scottish nobleman
* William Ross, 10th Lord Ross (died 1656), Scottish nobleman
* William Ross, 12th Lord Ross (died 1738), Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician
* William Ross, 14th Lord Ross (died 1754), Scottish nobleman

## Politics

* William Ross (speaker) (died 1830), New York politician, Speaker of the State Assembly 1814
* William H. H. Ross (1814–1887), American politician and former governor of Delaware
* William Ross (Canadian politician) (1824–1912), merchant, ship builder and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada
* William Ross (Ontario politician) (1854–1937), merchant and politician in Ontario, Canada
* William Benjamin Ross (1855–1929), Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman
* William Roderick Ross (1869–1928), lawyer and politician in British Columbia, Canada
* William Donald Ross (1869–1947), financier, banker and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* William B. Ross (1873–1924), Governor of Wyoming
* William Henry Ross (1886–1943), provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada
* Bill Ross (Australian politician) (1888–1966), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* William Gladstone Ross (1889–1948), lawyer, judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
* Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock (1911–1988), Secretary of State for Scotland in the 1960s
* William Cecil Ross (1911–1998), leader of the (communist) Labour Progressive Party of Manitoba in 1945
* William Ross (Unionist politician) (born 1936), Ulster Unionist Party member of Parliament until 2001

## Sports

* William Ross (cricketer) (fl. 1860), Australian cricketer
* William Ross (footballer, born 1874) (1874–?), English professional footballer active in the 1890s
* William Ross (baseball) (1893–1964), American Negro leagues baseball player
* William Ross (rower) (1900–1992), Canadian Olympic rower
* William Alexander Ross (1913–1942), Scottish rugby player
* William Ross (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1995), Scottish footballer
* William Ross (water polo) (1928–2021), US water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
* Bill Ross (footballer) (born 1944), Australian rules footballer
* Bill Ross (rugby union) (born 1956), Australian rugby union player
* Eric Ross (William Eric Ross, born 1944), Northern Irish footballer

## Other fields

* William Ross (poet) (1762–1790/91), Scottish Gaelic poet
* William Charles Ross (1794–1860), British artist
* William P. Ross (1820–1891), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
* William Murray Ross (1825–1904), entrepreneur in Melbourne
* William Stewart Ross (1844–1906), Scottish writer and publisher
* W. D. Ross (William David Ross, 1877–1971), British philosopher
* William Edward Daniel Ross (1912–1995), Canadian actor, playwright and bestselling writer
* William Ross (theatrical producer) (1915–1994), State Managers Association, Actors' Equity Association
* William Ross (actor) (1923–2014), Tokyo-based American actor, voice actor, voice director and editor, and the founder of Frontier Enterprises
* William Ross (composer) (born 1948), soundtrack composer

## Fictional

* William Ross (Star Trek), a character in Star Trek