William Wells

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William Wells may refer to:

Military

William Wells (general) (1837–1892), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient for the Battle of Gettysburg
William Wells (Medal of Honor) (1832–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
William Wells (soldier) (1770–1812), American army officer and adopted member of the Miami tribe
William Lewis Wells (1895–1918), World War I flying ace

Music

Bill Wells (born c. 1963), Scottish musician
Dicky Wells (William Wells, 1907–1985), American jazz trombonist

Sports

Billy Wells (American football) (William Prescott Wells, 1931–2001), American professional football player
Bombardier Billy Wells (William Thomas Wells, 1889–1967), English heavyweight boxer
William Wells (boxer) (born 1936), British Olympic boxer
Willie Wells (1906–1989), American professional baseball player
Willie Wells Jr. (1922–1994), American professional baseball player
Bill Wells (footballer) (1920–2013), Australian rules footballer
Billy Wells (footballer) (1916–1984), Australian rules footballer

Politics

William Benjamin Wells (1809–1881), Canadian lawyer, judge, journalist and politician
William H. Wells (1769–1829), American lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
William S. Wells (1848–1916), member of the Maine House of Representatives
William Wells (1908–1990), barrister, MP for Walsall North from 1945–74
William Wells (New Zealand politician) (1810–1893), member of the New Zealand Parliament
William Wells (1818–1889), British Liberal Member of Parliament

Religion

William Wells (bishop) (died 1444), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Rochester
William Wells (priest) (died 1675), English Church of England Archdeacon of Colchester
William Wells (minister) (1744–1827), minister and farmer

Other fields

William Charles Wells (1757–1817), Scottish-American physician and printer
William F. Wells (1886–1963), American scientist and sanitary engineer
William Frederick Wells (1762–1836), English watercolour painter and etcher
William H. Wells (educator) (1812–1865), educator who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools
William Wells (whaling master) (1815–1880), English captain of whaling ships
William George Wells, Chief Scout Commissioner of Scouts Australia
William Wells (cricketer) (1881–1939), English cricketer
William Storrs Wells (1849–1926), American businessman, prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age