William Harrison

William Harrison may refer to:

Politicians

• Bill Harrison (politician), mayor of Fremont, California
• William Harrison Jr. (c. 1750–1789), delegate for Maryland in the U.S. Continental Congress of 1786 and 1787
• William Harrison (Canadian politician) (1834–1922), saddlemaker, historian and reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario
• William Harrison (MP) (baptised 1619 –1643), English Member of Parliament and Royalist soldier
• William A. Harrison (1795–1870), Virginia politician, West Virginia founder and Supreme Court Justice
• William Alistair Harrison (born 1954), Governor of Anguilla
• William B. Harrison (1889–1948), mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
• William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), ninth President of the United States
• William Henry Harrison (Wyoming politician) (1896–1990), American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative from Wyoming
• William Henry Harrison (New Zealand politician) (1831–1879), New Zealand politician
• William Henry Harrison (state legislator) (1843–?), state legislator from Hancock County, Georgia
• William Henry Harrison (Canadian politician) (1880–1955), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Sportspeople

• William Harrison (Welsh footballer) (1872–?), Wrexham F.C. and Wales international footballer
• Billy Harrison (footballer, born 1886) (William Ewart Harrison, 1886–1948), English football player
• Billy Harrison (footballer, born 1901) (William Harrison, 1901–1984), English football player
• Billy Harrison (Australian footballer) (1884–1964), Australian rules footballer
• William Henry Harrison (cricketer) (1866–1936), English cricketer
• Billy Harrison (rugby league) (William Rapihana Harrison), rugby league footballer of the 1960s for New Zealand, and Wellington
• William Hendy Harrison (1863–1939), English cricketer
• William Harrison (cricketer, born 1875) (1875–1937), English cricketer and High Sheriff of Staffordshire
• William Harrison (cricketer, born 1838) (1838–1912), English cricketer and British Army officer
• Bill Harrison (ice hockey), American ice hockey coach
• Will Harrison (rugby union) (born 1999), Australian fly-half

Clergymen

• William Harrison (Archpriest of England) (c. 1553–1621), English Roman Catholic priest
• William Harrison (priest) (1534–1593), English clergyman
• William P. Harrison (1830–1895), Methodist minister and theologian, Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
• William Harrison (bishop) (1837–1920), Anglican bishop

Servicemen

• William Harrison (sea captain) (1812–1860), British merchant navy officer
• William Kelly Harrison (1870–1928), U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Kelly Harrison Jr. (1895–1987), U.S. Army officer
• William Leeming Harrison (1897–1960), Canadian fighter ace in World War I
• William Hardin Harrison (born 1933), retired U.S. Army lieutenant general
• William H. Harrison (USMC) (1896–1955), United States Marine Corps general

Businessmen

• William B. Harrison Jr. (born 1943), former chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase
• William Henry Harrison (businessman) (1892–1956), American general and businessman

Writers

• William Harrison (author) (1933–2013), author of "Roller Ball Murder" and the screenplay for Rollerball
• William Harrison (poet) (1685–1713), English poet and diplomat

Other

• William Harrison (instrument maker) (1728–1815), son of John Harrison, inventor of the chronometer
• William Harrison (physician) (1935–2010), American obstetrician
• William Harrison (singer) (1813–1868), English tenor and opera impresario
• William C. Harrison, chairman of North Carolina board of education
• William Greer Harrison (1836–1916), member of the Committee of Fifty after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
• William B. Harrison (Alamo defender) (1811–1836), Texan soldier
• William Henry Harrison (architect) (1897–1988), American architect in California
• William Jerome Harrison (1845–1908), British geologist, science writer, and amateur photographer
• "Victim" of a 1660 murder found alive two years later; see The Campden Wonder
• Grancer Harrison (1789–1860), plantation owner whose alleged ghost has been the subject of several stories

See also

• William Henry Harrison (disambiguation)