# William Lewis

William or Willie Lewis may refer to:

## Politicians

* William Lewis (MP for Anglesey) (by 1526–1601 or later), MP for Anglesey in 1553 and 1555
* William Lewis (MP for Helston), MP for Helston in 1584
* William Lewis (MP for King's Lynn) (died 1593), MP for King's Lynn in 1593
* William Lewis (MP for Cardiff), MP for Cardiff in 1601
* Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet (1598–1677), MP for Petersfield, Breconshire and Lymington
* William Lewis (MP for Devizes) (1625–1661), MP for Devizes, 1660–1661
* William J. Lewis (1766–1828), U.S. Representative from Virginia
* William Lewis (Australian politician) (1818–1895), businessman and politician of Kapunda, South Australia
* William Lewis (New York politician) (1827–1891), New York politician
* William James Lewis (1830–1910), physician and politician in New Brunswick, Canada
* William Lewis (Kentucky politician) (1868–1959), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
* William Lewis, 3rd Baron Merthyr (1901–1977), Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
* William E. Lewis (1918-1989), Missouri politician
* Frederick William Lewis (died 1907), Canadian politician from Ontario

## Sportspeople

* William Lewis (chess player) (1787–1870), English chess competitor and author
* William Lewis (cricketer) (1807–1889), English cricketer
* William Lewis (football) (1860–1916), association football referee, and secretary of Chelsea F.C.
* William H. Lewis (1868–1949), first African-American All-American football player and United States Assistant Attorney General
* William Lewis (athlete) (1876–1962), American hurdler in the 1900 Olympic Games
* Willie Lewis (boxer) (1884–1949), American boxer
* William Ian Lewis (cricketer) (1935–2004), Irish cricketer
* Will Lewis (American football) (born 1958), American football executive and former cornerback
* William Lewis (figure skater), former Canadian figure skater

## Arts

* William Thomas Lewis (1748–1811), English actor
* Willard Louis (1882–1926), American actor who was sometimes credited as William Lewis
* Willie Lewis (1905–1971), jazz clarinettist
* William Lewis (tenor) (born 1931), American operatic tenor
* Willie Lewis (rockabilly musician) (born 1946), musician and founder of Rock-A-Billy Records
* Spliff Star (William A. Lewis, born 1971), American rapper

## Scientists

* William Lewis (scientist) (1708–1781), English scientist and physician
* William Lewis (mineralogist) (1847–1926), professor of mineralogy at Cambridge University
* William Lewis (chemist) (1869–1963), Professor of Chemistry at Exeter University
* William Lewis (physical chemist) (1885–1956), propounded collision theory
* William M. Lewis Sr. (1921–2010), fish biologist

## Businessmen

* William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr (1837–1914), Welsh coal mining magnate
* William Turnor Lewis (1840–1915), Wisconsin businessman and state legislator
* William D. Lewis, 19th-century banker, merchant, and railroad executive
* William Lewis (journalist) (born 1969), publisher and CEO of The Washington Post

## Other

* William Lewis (pirate) (fl. 1687-?), English pirate (possibly fictional)
* William Lewis (judge) (1752–1819), United States federal judge
* William Terrell Lewis (b. 1757), Nashville businessman
* William Berkeley Lewis (1784–1866), confidant of Andrew Jackson and auditor of the U.S. Treasury
* William B. Lewis (New York treasurer) (c. 1816–1884), New York State treasurer, 1862–1863
* William Garrett Lewis (1821–1885), British Baptist preacher
* William G. Lewis (1835–1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War
* William Draper Lewis (1867–1949), dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; founding director of the American Law Institute
* William Mather Lewis (1878–1945), President of George Washington and Lafayette Universities and a government official
* William F. Lewis (1902–1964), Episcopal bishop
* Sir W. Arthur Lewis (William Arthur Lewis, 1915–1991), Saint Lucian economist

## Companies

* William Lewis & Son Co., a Chicago-based orchestral string instrument company acquired in 1995 by Selmer