William Cotton

William Cotton is the name of the following people:

• William Cotton (Bishop) († 1621), English clergyman, Bishop of Exeter
• William Cotton (banker) (1786–1866), English inventor, banker and philanthropist
• William Cotton (inventor) (1817-1887), British inventor of the cotton machine
• William Charles Cotton (1813–1879), Anglican priest, missionary and beekeeper
• William R. Cotton (* 1940), American meteorologist

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