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 (c. 1826 – c. 1879), 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) (1826–1899), 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 • (William)
John Mitchell (cricketer) (born 1947), Northern Districts, New Zealand
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 ==