William Bell

William Bell may refer to:

People

Music

• William Bell (tuba player) (1902–1971), player and teacher of the tuba in America
• William Bell (singer) (born 1939), American soul singer and songwriter
• William Henry Bell (1873–1946), composer

Politics and law

• William Bell (lawyer) (c. 1538–1598), English lawyer
• Bill Bell (mayor) (born 1941), mayor of Durham, North Carolina, USA
• William Bell (apothecary) (died 1668), English apothecary and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648
• William Bell, Jr. (1828–1902), Democratic politician in Ohio
• William A. Bell (born 1949), mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
• William Cory Heward Bell (1875–1961), British MP for Devizes, 1918–23
• William H. Bell (Wisconsin politician) (1863–?), Republican politician in Wisconsin
• William R. Bell (1876–1927), assassinated colonial District Officer in the Solomon Islands
• William F. Bell (1938–2013), mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario
• William Henry Bell (businessman), businessman and politician in Hong Kong
• William Henry Dillon Bell (1884–1917), New Zealand politician

Sports

• Billy Bell (ice hockey) (1891–1952), Canadian ice hockey player
• William Bell (baseball) (1897–1969), American right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro Leagues
• William Bell (American football) (born 1971), American football player
• William Bell (footballer, born 1859), Welsh footballer (Wales)
• William Bell (footballer, born 1905), English footballer (Sheffield United, Grimsby Town, Hull City)

Other

• William Bell (priest) (1625–1683), archdeacon of St Albans and sermon writer
• William Bell (architect) (1789–1865), Scottish-born architect who practiced in North Carolina
• William Bell (author) (1945–2016), Canadian author
• William Bell (bishop) (died 1343), Bishop of St Andrews
• William Bell (artist) (1735–1794), portrait painter from Newcastle
• William Bell (Canadian businessman, born 1806) (1806–1844), businessman and militia officer from Perth, Upper Canada
• William Bell (clergyman) (1780–1857), Scottish-born Presbyterian minister in Upper Canada
• William H. Bell (fl. 1860s), witness to assassination attempt on William H. Seward
• William Bell (photographer) (1830–1910), English-born American photographer
• William Bell (theologian) (1731–1816), English theologian
• William Abraham Bell (1841–1921), physician, photographer, businessman, and founder of Manitou Springs, Colorado
• William Brent Bell, American film director
• William Dwane Bell (born 1978), New Zealand criminal
• William Harrison Bell (1927–2016), American surgeon
• William J. Bell (1927–2005), writer and producer of TV soap operas
• William Nathaniel Bell (1817–1887), Seattle pioneer
• William P. Bell (1886–1953), golf course architect
• William Robert Bell (1845–1913), militia officer, farmer, and businessman
• William Yancy Bell (1887–1962), bishop for the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
• William Bell, No. 24, an 1865 pilot boat used by the Sandy Hook pilots in New Jersey

Fictional people

• William Bell (Fringe), a fictional character from the television series Fringe