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William Stewart, Will Stewart, Willie Stewart, Bill Stewart and Billy Stewart may refer to:

Contents 1 Public officials 1.1 Scotland, Northern Ireland and England 1.2 Canada 1.3 United States 1.4 New Zealand 2 Sportspeople 3 Music and television personalities 4 Others 5 See also

[edit] Public officials

[edit] Scotland, Northern Ireland and England

• William Stewart (bishop) (1490–1545), Scottish clergyman and diplomat who served as Bishop of Aberdeen from 1532 to 1545
• William Stewart of Houston (ca. 1540–ca. 1605), Scottish soldier who rose to colonel and served as captain of the guard for James VI; privy councilor and diplomat; knighted in 1594
• William Stewart (ca. 1706–1748), Scottish Member of Parliament of Great Britain who represented Wigtown Burghs from 1741 to 1747
• William Stewart (1737–1797), Scottish Member of Parliament of Great Britain who represented Wigtown Burghs (1770–74) and Kirkcudbright Stewartry (1774–80)
• William Stewart (1774–1827), Scottish Member of Parliament of Great Britain and, from 1800, the United Kingdom; represented Saltash, Wigtownshire and Wigtown Burghs (1795–1805, 1812–16)
• William Charles Stewart (1778–1854), Anglo-Irish military leader, political figure and nobleman with the title Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
• William Houston Stewart (1822–1901), Scottish naval officer who served as captain during Crimean War; Controller of the Navy (1872–81); K.C.B. (1877); rose to admiral in 1881; G.C.B. (1887)
• William Stewart (Belfast South) (1868–1946), Northern Ireland Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (Ulster Unionist Party) who served from 1929 to 1945
• William Stewart (Houghton-le-Spring) (ca. 1878–1960), English Member of Parliament (Labour) who served from 1935 to 1945
• William Allen Stewart (1943–1998), English clergyman, 201 cm. tall, who rose through Anglican hierarchy to become Bishop of Taunton, serving for final nine months of his life

[edit] Canada

• William Stewart (Upper Canada and Canada West) (1803–1856), businessman who served in 2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada (1844–47)
• William D. Stewart (1839–ca. 1879), merchant and political figure on Prince Edward Island; represented 1st Queens in Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (1873–79)
• William J. Stewart (1863–1925), government official who spent 41 years charting Canada's geographic features; in 1893 appointed nation's first Chief Hydrographic Surveyor
• William James Stewart (1889–1969), mayor of Toronto (1931–34); Conservative/Progressive Conservative; speaker of Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1943–47)
• William Atcheson Stewart (1915–1990), member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1957–75); Progressive Conservative; Chancellor of University of Guelph (1983–89)
• William Douglas Stewart (born 1938), member of House of Commons (1968–74); Liberal from Victoria, British Columbia

[edit] United States

• William Stewart (Pennsylvania) (1810–1876), represented 23rd congressional district from 1857 to 1861; Republican from Mercer county seat
• William Morris Stewart (1827–1909), one of Nevada's first two U.S. senators; served as Republican in 1865–75 and as Silver Republican in 1887–1905
• William Thomas Stewart (1853–1935), Utah territorial legislature (1887 and 1889); mayor of Kanab (1889–91); Mormon; polygamist as of 1879; settled Alamo, Nevada (1901)
• William R. Stewart (1864–1958), second African-American elected to Ohio State Senate; served 1896–1900; Republican from Youngstown; practiced law for 70 years
• William Alvah Stewart (1903–1953), jurist who served in Judge Advocate General's Corps during World War II; federal judge (Western District of Pennsylvania, 1951–53)
• William H. Stewart (1921–2008), pediatrician and epidemiologist who served as U.S. Surgeon General from 1965 to 1969
• William R. Stewart (U.S. Government lawyer) (1932–2004), first African-American Chief Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (1994–97)

[edit] New Zealand

• William Downie Stewart (1842–1898), member of House of Representatives for City of Dunedin (1879–81) and Dunedin West (1884–90)
• William Stewart (Bay of Islands) (1861–1955), Reform Party member of House of Representatives (1915–17); Legislative Council (1918–32)
• William Downie Stewart (1878–1949), historian; mayor of Dunedin (1913–14); member for Dunedin West (1914–35); Finance Minister (1931–33); son of William Downie Stewart (1842–1898)

[edit] Sportspeople

• Willie Stewart (1872–1945), Scottish footballer; inside-forward and half-back; career began at Newton Heath in 1889; Luton Town (1895)
• Bill Stewart (sports official) (1894–1964), American who worked in baseball (National League umpire in 1933–54) and as head coach in ice hockey (Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks in 1938)
• William Stewart (cyclist), British Olympic competitor who won a silver medal in cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
• Bill Stewart (baseball) (born 1928), American right-handed outfielder who played for Kansas City Athletics from April to September 1955
• Bill Stewart (American football) (born 1952), began career as college coach in 1977; head coach at VMI (1994–96) and West Virginia University (starting in 2008)
• Bill Stewart (ice hockey) (born 1957), Canadian defenceman in NHL (1977–87) and Europe (1987–95); from 1998 coach in U.S., Canada and Germany
• Billy Stewart (footballer) (born 1965), English goalkeeper; turned professional in 1983 with hometown club, Liverpool; 20-year career with numerous clubs; coach with Liverpool

[edit] Music and television personalities

• William G. Stewart (born 1935), English television producer, director and presenter of game and comedy programs; best known for Fifteen to One (1988–2003)
• Billy Stewart (1937–1970), African-American musical artist skilled on the piano and drums who became popular as distinctive scat singer; died in car accident at 32
• Bill Stewart (television journalist) (1941–1979), American TV correspondent for ABC News; victim of unexplained execution by member of Nicaraguan national guard
• Bill Stewart (actor) (1942–2006), English performer, primarily on TV; best known as reporter Sandy Longford on long-running series A Touch of Frost; career spanned 1972 to 2006
• Bill Stewart (musician) (born 1966), American jazz drummer, composer, bandleader and recording artist with a distinctive polyrhythmic sound

[edit] Others

• William Robert Stewart (before 1760–1818), American ship captain who attempted to engage in trade with Japan via Dutch merchant interests
• William George Drummond Stewart (1831–1868), Scottish recipient of Victoria Cross for valor during 1857 Indian Mutiny in Lucknow; Crimean War veteran
• Will Stewart (1908–2006), occasional pen name of American science fiction writer John Stewart Williamson, best known as Jack Williamson, "Dean of Science Fiction"
• William Stewart (scientist) (born 1937), Scottish microbiologist whose long career includes chairmanship of Health Protection Agency; numerous writings; knighted in 1994
• Bill Stewart (programmer) (born 1950), American software creator, manufacturer and marketer; founded Stewart Software Company in his hometown of Memphis

[edit] See also

• William Stewart Rose (1775–1843), English poet and translator who served in government as Reading Clerk to House of Lords and Secretary of the Navy; translated Orlando Furioso
• William Stewart Simkins (1842–1929), American legal scholar and longtime law professor at University of Texas; as young cadet, credited with firing first shot of Civil War
• William Stewart Loggie (1850–1944), Canadian merchant and political figure; Liberal from New Brunswick; House of Commons (1904–21)
• William Stewart Halsted (1852–1922), American physician; innovative and influential surgical practitioner who introduced myriad improvements in practice
• William Stewart Duke-Elder (1898–1978), Scottish ophthalmologist; prolific writer (Textbook of Ophthalmology, System of Ophthalmology); knighted in 1933
• William Stewart King (born 1930), Canadian political figure; New Democratic Party from British Columbia; Minister of Labour in provincial government (1972–75)
• William Stewart Agras (born 1931), American research psychiatrist and longtime Professor of Behavioral Science at Stanford University; best known as Stewart Agras
• Stewart (name)
• William Stuart (disambiguation)

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