William Lewis

Last updated February 02, 2026

William or Willie Lewis may refer to:

Politicians

William Lewis (MP for Anglesey) (by 1526–1601 or later), MP for Anglesey in 1553 and 1555
William Lewis (MP for Helston), MP for Helston in 1584
William Lewis (MP for King's Lynn) (died 1593), MP for King's Lynn in 1593
William Lewis (MP for Cardiff), MP for Cardiff in 1601
Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet (1598–1677), MP for Petersfield, Breconshire and Lymington
William Lewis (MP for Devizes) (1625–1661), MP for Devizes, 1660–1661
William J. Lewis (1766–1828), U.S. representative from Virginia
William Lewis (Australian politician) (1818–1895), businessman and politician of Kapunda, South Australia
William Lewis (New York politician) (1827–1891), New York politician
William James Lewis (1830–1910), physician and politician in New Brunswick, Canada
William Lewis (Kentucky politician) (1868–1959), U.S. representative from Kentucky
William Lewis, 3rd Baron Merthyr (1901–1977), deputy speaker of the House of Lords
William E. Lewis (1918–1989), Missouri politician
Frederick William Lewis (died 1907), Canadian politician from Ontario

William Lewis (chess player) (1787–1870), English chess competitor and author
William Lewis (cricketer) (1807–1889), English cricketer
William Lewis (football) (1860–1916), association football referee, and secretary of Chelsea F.C.
William H. Lewis (1868–1949), first African-American All-American football player and United States Assistant Attorney General
William Lewis (athlete) (1876–1962), American hurdler in the 1900 Olympic Games
Willie Lewis (boxer) (1884–1949), American boxer
William Ian Lewis (cricketer) (1935–2004), Irish cricketer
Will Lewis (American football) (born 1958), American football executive and former cornerback
Will Lewis (rugby union), Welsh international rugby union player
William Lewis (figure skater), former Canadian figure skater

William Thomas Lewis (1748–1811), English actor
Willard Louis (1882–1926), American actor who was sometimes credited as William Lewis
Willie Lewis (jazz musician) (1905–1971), jazz clarinettist
William Lewis (tenor) (born 1931), American operatic tenor
Willie Lewis (rockabilly musician) (born 1946), musician and founder of Rock-A-Billy Records
Spliff Star (William A. Lewis, born 1971), American rapper

William Lewis (chemist, died 1781) (c. 1708–1781), English chemist and physician
William Lewis (mineralogist) (1847–1926), professor of mineralogy at Cambridge University
William Lewis (chemist, born 1869) (1869–1963), professor of chemistry at Exeter University
William Lewis (physical chemist) (1885–1956), propounded collision theory
William M. Lewis Sr. (1921–2010), fish biologist

William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr (1837–1914), Welsh coal mining magnate
William Turnor Lewis (1840–1915), Wisconsin businessman and state legislator
William D. Lewis (1792–1881), banker, merchant, and railroad executive
William Lewis (journalist) (born 1969), publisher and CEO of The Washington Post

William Lewis (pirate) (fl. 1687-?), English pirate (possibly fictional)
William Lewis (judge) (1752–1819), United States federal judge
William Terrell Lewis (1757–1813), Nashville businessman
William Berkeley Lewis (1784–1866), confidant of Andrew Jackson and auditor of the U.S. Treasury
William B. Lewis (New York treasurer) (c. 1816–1884), New York State treasurer, 1862–1863
William Garrett Lewis (1821–1885), British Baptist preacher
William G. Lewis (1835–1901), Confederate general in the American Civil War
William Draper Lewis (1867–1949), dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; founding director of the American Law Institute
William Mather Lewis (1878–1945), president of George Washington and Lafayette Universities and government official
William F. Lewis (1902–1964), Episcopal bishop
Sir W. Arthur Lewis (William Arthur Lewis, 1915–1991), Saint Lucian economist

William Lewis & Son Co., a Chicago-based orchestral string instrument company acquired in 1995 by Selmer