William Wallace (disambiguation)

Last updated July 18, 2025

William Wallace (died 1305) was a Scottish knight, landowner, and leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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William Wallace (philosopher) (1844–1897), Scottish philosopher
W. Stewart Wallace (1884–1970), Canadian historian, librarian, and editor
William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire (born 1941), British academic, writer and politician

William Vincent Wallace (1812–1865), Irish composer
William Ross Wallace (1819–1881), American poet
William Wallace (Scottish composer) (1860–1940), Scottish classical composer
William Tracy Wallace (1880–1947), Canadian-born artist in England
William O. Wallace (1906–1968), American set decorator
William Wallace, real name of Ali Bongo (1929–2009), British comedy magician

William Wallace (mason) (died 1631), Scottish master mason and architect
Sir William Wallace (marine engineer) (1881–1963), Scottish marine engineer and businessman
William Kelly Wallace (1883–1969), Irish railway engineer

William H. Wallace (1811–1879), American territorial governor and Congressional delegate from Idaho Territory
William J. Wallace (Indianapolis mayor) (1814–1894), American politician from Indiana
William Wallace (Canadian politician) (1820–1887), Scottish-born Canadian politician in Ontario
William A. Wallace (1827–1896), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
William T. Wallace (1828–1909), American lawyer and jurist in California
William James Wallace (1837–1917), American lawyer and federal judge
William C. Wallace (1856–1901), U.S. Representative from New York
William A. Wallace (Illinois politician) (born 1867), American politician from Illinois
William Robert Wallace (1886–1960), American judge

William A. A. Wallace (1817–1899), American Texas Ranger captain, nicknamed "Bigfoot"
W. H. L. Wallace (1821–1862), Union general in the American Civil War
William Henry Wallace (1827–1901), Confederate general and South Carolina state legislator
William Miller Wallace (1844–1924), U.S. Army general
William J. Wallace (USMC) (1895–1977), American Marine Corps aviation officer
William S. Wallace (born 1946), General in the United States Army

William Wallace (mathematician) (1768–1843), Scottish mathematician
William Wallace (surgeon) (1791–1837), Irish surgeon
William Wallace (chemist) (1832–1888), Scottish chemist and city analyst for Glasgow
William E. Wallace (1917–2004), American physical chemist
William A. Wallace (organizational theorist) (born 1935), American systems scientist

Billy Wallace (1878–1972), New Zealand rugby union player
William Middleton Wallace (1892–1915), Scotland rugby player
William Wallace (rower) (1901–1967), Canadian Olympic rower
Bill Wallace (American football) (1912–1993), American football player
Bill Wallace (martial artist) (born 1945), American kickboxer

William Wallace of Failford (d. 1616) Scottish courtier
Staker Wallace (1733–1798), United Irishman, sometimes referred to as William
William Wallace Lincoln (1850–1862), American typhoid victim, son of Abraham Lincoln
William Wallace (Jesuit) (1863–1922), Irish Jesuit priest and Indologist
William Herbert Wallace (1878–1933), English convicted murderer, later found to be innocent on appeal