William Lewis

• 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 • Will Lewis (rugby union), Welsh international rugby union player • Will Lewis (Australian footballer) (born 1999), Australian rules footballer • 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 (jazz musician) (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 (chemist, died 1781) (c. 1708–1781), English chemist and physician • William Lewis (mineralogist) (1847–1926), professor of mineralogy at Cambridge University • William Lewis (chemist, born 1869) (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 (1792–1881), banker, merchant, and railroad executive • William Lewis (journalist) (born 1969), former 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 (1757–1813), Tennessee businessman • William Lewis (militia officer) (c. 1767–1825), American militia officer • 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 States Army officer • 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 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 ==See also==