# William Mitchell

William Mitchell may refer to:

## People
### Media and the arts

* William Mitchell (sculptor) (1925–2020), English sculptor and muralist
* William Frederick Mitchell (1845–1914), British naval artist
* William Mitchell (writer) (1811–1878), English maritime writer
* William M. Mitchell, American writer, minister and abolitionist
* W. O. Mitchell (1914–1998), Canadian writer
* W. R. Mitchell (William Reginald Mitchell, 1928–2015), British writer
* William Mitchell, former alias of actor Peter Finch
* William Paul Mitchell, known as Large Professor (born 1973), American hip hop producer

### Politics and the law

* William Mitchell (MP for City of London) (died 1426)
* William Mitchell (1742–1823), Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle, 1796–1799
* William Mitchell (Australian politician) (1850–1923), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* William Mitchell (barrister) (died 1937), Scottish Advocate and Liberal politician
* William Mitchell (Burnley MP) (1838–1914), Conservative MP for Burnley, 1900–1905
* William Mitchell (Canadian politician) (1851–1926), Canadian senator
* William Mitchell (congressman) (1807–1865), congressman from Indiana
* William Mitchell (Huntingdonshire MP) (c. 1703–1745), Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire, 1741–1745
* William Mitchell (North Dakota) (1830–1890), North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction
* William B. Mitchell (1832–1900), Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* William D. Mitchell (1874–1955), U.S. Attorney General
* William F. Mitchell (Wisconsin politician), Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* William Foot Mitchell (1859–1947), Conservative Party politician in England, MP 1910 and 1922–1929
* W. Franklin Mitchell, Republican politician from North Carolina, USA
* William Henry Mitchell (1834–1919), Washington state politician and businessman
* William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (1811–1884), Australian politician
* William O. Mitchell (1846–1930), American politician from Iowa
* William W. Mitchell Sr. (1880–1969), American politician and businessman

### Military

* William Mitchell (RAF officer) (1888–1944), senior Royal Air Force commander and Black Rod
* William Mitchell (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1745–1816), Royal Navy admiral
* Billy Mitchell (William Lendrum Mitchell, 1879–1936), American general and airpower advocate

### Science and engineering

* William Mitchell (mathematician), set theorist, see Jónsson cardinal
* William Mitchell (physicist) (1925–2002), Oxford physicist who helped pioneer neutron scattering
* William A. Mitchell (1911–2004), corporate chemist responsible for Tang and Pop Rocks
* Bill Mitchell (automobile designer) (William L. Mitchell, 1912–1988), American automobile designer
* William McGregor Mitchell (1888–1970), Scottish veterinary surgeon

### Sports

* William Mitchell (cricketer, born 1859) (1859–1929), English cricketer
* William Grant Mitchell (1865–1905), English international rugby union player
* John Mitchell (cricketer) (William John Mitchell, born 1947), Northern Districts cricketer

### Other

* Bill Mitchell (economist) (William Francis Mitchell, born 1952), Australian economist
* William J. Mitchell (1944–2010), Australian-born American urban designer and architect
* W. J. T. Mitchell (born 1942), American historian
* William Mitchell (philosopher) (1861–1962), University of Adelaide professor, vice chancellor and chancellor, 1942–1948
* William Mitchell (missionary) (1803–1870), Anglican priest who established religious services in the Swan River Colony
* William Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur) (1781–1854), co-founder of the Alloa Coal Company
* William Mitchell, a Black man involved in the 1839 Marion riot

## Characters

* President Bill Mitchell, fictional president of the United States in the film Dave
* Will Mitchell, fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders

## Institutions and companies

* William Mitchell College of Law, law school named for William B. Mitchell