William Ward

William Ward may refer to:

• William Ward (1893–1968), American boxer who fought under the name Kid Norfolk
• William Ward (cricketer) (1787–1849), English cricketer, scorer of the first ever double-century
• William Ward (American football) (1874–1936), American football coach at the University of Michigan in 1896
• William Ward (cricketer, born 1874) (1874–1961), English cricketer
• William Ward (Australian cricketer) (1863-1948), Australian cricketer
• Billy Ward (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s for Great Britain, England, and Leeds

• William Ward (Texas) (died 1836), American Lieutenant-Colonel during the Texas Revolution
• William E. Ward (born 1950), American general officer of the United States Army; inaugural combatant commander of United States Africa Command
• William H. Ward (1840–1927), American army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Thomas Ward (1808–1878), American army general and congressman from Kentucky

• William Ward (fl.1420), MP for Worcester
• William Ward (MP for Lancaster), Member of Parliament for Lancaster, 1547
• William Ward (MP for Morpeth and Carlisle) (fl. 1553-63), MP for Morpeth and Carlisle
• William Ward (1677–1720), Member of Parliament for Staffordshire, 1710–1713 and 1715–1720
• William Ward (Pennsylvania) (1837–1895), American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• William D. Ward, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives
• William F. Ward (born 1951), American lawyer and politician (Pennsylvania)
• William Ward (Pittsburgh) (born 1922), former Pittsburgh Police Chief in 1986
• William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (1867–1932), British politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Governor-General of Australia
• William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley (1894–1969), British Conservative politician
• William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1750–1823), British peer and politician
• William L. Ward (1856–1933), American politician, US Representative from New York
• William Dudley Ward (1877–1946), British Liberal politician and Olympic sailor
• William Ward (mayor) (1807–1889), English Mayor of Oxford
• William John Ward (1880–1971), Canadian farmer and politician in Manitoba

• William Ward (priest) (c. 1560–1641), English Roman Catholic martyr
• William Ward (missionary) (1769–1823), British pioneer, Baptist missionary
• William George Ward (1812–1882), English Roman Catholic theologian and mathematician
• William Hayes Ward (1835–1916), American clergyman, editor, and Orientalist
• William Ward (bishop) (1761–1838), Anglican clergyman and the Bishop of Sodor and Man

• William Ward (Utah architect) (1827–1893), architect in Utah
• William Ward (Pittsburgh) (born 1922), Pittsburgh Police supervisor, Acting Chief in 1986
• William Ward (1752–1822), frontiersman, early settler of western Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
• William Ward (engraver) (1762–1826), English engraver
• William Ward, (Oklahoma) (born 1950s), OCPD, SPD, PPD, TPD, DOD, DOS, United Nations
• William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817–1885), British peer and benefactor
• William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley (1920–2013), British peer
• William Arthur Ward (1921–1994), American motivational writer
• William Ayres Ward (1928–1996), American Egyptologist
• William Henry Ward, American inventor
• Adolphus William Ward (1837–1924), English historian and man of letters