# William Morris (disambiguation)

William Morris (1834–1896) was a British writer, designer, and socialist.
William, Bill, Willie, or Billy Morris may also refer to:

## Arts
### Literature

* William Morris (archdruid) [cy] (1889–1979), writer, archdruid of Wales
* William C. Morris (1928/29–2003), American publisher, namesake of the William C. Morris Award
* Willie Morris (1934–1999), American writer
* William Morris, known as Haldreyn (born 1937), Cornish poet
* Captain William Morris, a fictional character in the Richard Sharpe novels

### Other arts

* W. W. Morris (William Walker Morris, 1832–?), English painter
* William Morris (actor) (1861–1936), American actor
* William Charles Morris (1874–1940), American cartoonist
* William Morris (glass artist) (born 1957), American glass artist
* Billy Morris (guitarist), guitarist

## Business
### Corporations

* William Morris Agency, a Hollywood talent agency
* William Morris Endeavor, a Hollywood talent agency
* William Morris Fine Arts, ex-owner of the Morris Singer foundry

### People

* William Morris (Canadian businessman) (1786–1858), businessman and political figure in Upper Canada
* William E. Morris (railroad executive), LIRR president from 1853 to 1862; see List of railroad executives
* William Morris (newspaper owner) (1826–1891), founder of the Swindon Advertiser and great-grandfather of Desmond Morris
* William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963), British motor manufacturer and philanthropist
* William Morris Jr. (1899–1989), American talent agent and president of the William Morris Agency

## Military

* William W. Morris (1801–1865), American Civil War general
* William Morris (British Army officer) (1820–1858), British soldier who rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade
* William H. Morris (1827–1900), American Civil War general
* William Wilkerson Morris (1843–?), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* William Powers Morris (1844–1916), American Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
* William H. H. Morris Jr. (1890–1971), United States Army general

## Places

* William C. Morris, Buenos Aires, a town in Argentina

## Politics, government, and activism

* William Morris (Irish mayor), mayor of Galway, 1527–28
* William Morris (British politician) (1811–1877), Liberal MP for Carmarthen Boroughs, and banker
* William Ridgley Morris (1811–1889), member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature and consul
* William Case Morris (1864 – 1932), British-Argentinian social activist
* William Harrington Morris, mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, 1875–1878
* William R. Morris (1853–1936), second Public Service Commissioner of New Zealand
* William Dowler Morris (1857–1931), mayor of Ottawa
* Sir Willie Morris (diplomat) (1919–1982), British diplomat
* William S. Morris (1919–1975), Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1969–1973
* William E. Morris (politician) (1920–2013), founder of the Libertarian Party of Delaware in 1975
* Bill Morris (Tennessee politician) (born 1932/33), sheriff and mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee
* Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth (born 1938), Jamaican-born British trade union leader
* Bill Morris (Illinois politician), member of the Illinois Senate and Mayor of Waukegan, Illinois

## Religion

* William Placid Morris (1794–1872), British Catholic Vicar Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius
* William Morris (Baptist minister) (1843–1922), minister in South Wales
* William Perry French Morris (1878–1960), Australian Anglican priest and school headmaster
* William Morris (Irish priest), Dean of Clogher, 1959–1962
* William Morris (Church of Scotland minister) (1925–2013), Church of Scotland minister and author
* Bill Morris (bishop) (born 1943), Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia

## Sports
### Association football (soccer)

* Bill Morris (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1949), English footballer
* Billy Morris (soccer), international soccer player, active in United States teams 1922–1931
* Bill Morris (footballer, born 1913) (1913–1995), England international football player
* Billy Morris (footballer, born 1918) (1918–2002), Welsh international football player
* Billy Morris (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1994), Welsh footballer (Swansea Town, Brighton & Hove Albion)

### Cricket

* William Morris (English cricketer) (1873–1945), English cricketer
* Bill Morris (cricketer) (1917–2004), English cricketer
* William Morris (Australian cricketer) (1918–?), Australian cricketer
* Willie Morris (cricketer) (born 1955), South African cricketer

### Rugby

* Bill Morris (rugby union, born 1869) (1869–1946), Welsh international rugby union forward
* Bill Morris (rugby union, born 1940), Wales international rugby union player
* Bill Morris (rugby union, born 1941), Australian-born Welsh international rugby union lock

### Other sports

* William George Morris (1847–1935), Royal Engineers defender in the 1878 FA Cup Final
* William Morris (British sport shooter), competed in 1908 Olympics
* Bill Morris (basketball) (c. 1920–1995), American basketball player
* Bill Morris (Australian rules footballer) (1921–1960), Australian rules footballer
* William Morris (American sport shooter) (born 1939), American Olympic sport shooter (1964)
* Speedy Morris (William Morris, born 1942), American college basketball coach
* Bill Morris (ice hockey) (born 1949), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Hal Morris (William Harold Morris III, born 1965), American baseball player

## Others

* William O'Connor Morris (1824–1904), Irish county court judge and historian