William Ward

Last updated September 12, 2025

William Ward or Willie Ward or Will Ward may refer to:

Sports

William Ward (American football) (1874–1936), American football coach at the University of Michigan in 1896
William Ward (Australian cricketer) (1863–1948), Australian cricketer
William Ward (cricketer, born 1787) (1787–1849), English cricketer, scorer of the first-ever double-century
William Ward (cricketer, born 1874) (1874–1961), English cricketer
William Ward (tennis) (born 1986), New Zealand tennis player
Willie Ward (1909–1987), American baseball player
Billy Ward (rugby league) (1888–?), rugby league footballer of the 1910s for Great Britain, England, and Leeds
William Ward (1893–1968), American boxer who fought under the name Kid Norfolk

William Ward (Royal Navy officer) (1829–1900)
William Ward (Texas soldier) (died 1836), American lieutenant-colonel during the Texas Revolution
William E. Ward (born 1949), American general officer of the United States Army; inaugural combatant commander of United States Africa Command
William F. Ward Jr. (1928–2018), United States Army general
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 (1677–1720), Member of Parliament for Staffordshire, 1710–1713 and 1715–1720
William Ward (mayor) (1807–1889), English Mayor of Oxford
William Ward (MP for Morpeth) (fl. 1553–63), MP for Morpeth, and for Carlisle
William Ward (Pennsylvania politician) (1837–1895), American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
William Ward (police officer) (1921–2006), 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 Ward Jr. (1865–1949), American politician from Pennsylvania
William D. Ward, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives
William Dudley Ward (1877–1946), British Liberal politician and Olympic sailor
William F. Ward (born 1951), American lawyer and politician (Pennsylvania)
William John Ward (1880–1971), Canadian farmer and politician in Manitoba
William L. Ward (1856–1933), American politician, US Representative from New York
William T. Ward (Wisconsin legislator), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for 1850
William W. Ward (1903–?), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

William Ward (bishop) (1761–1838), Anglican clergyman and the Bishop of Sodor and Man
William Ward (missionary) (1769–1823), British pioneer, Baptist missionary
William Ward (priest) (c. 1560–1641), English Roman Catholic martyr
William George Ward (1812–1882), English Roman Catholic theologian and mathematician
William Hayes Ward (1835–1916), American clergyman, editor, and Orientalist
William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward (1781–1835), clergyman

William Ward (astronomer) (1944–2018), American astronomer
William Ward (engraver) (1766–1826), English engraver
William Ward (frontiersman) (1752–1822), frontiersman, early settler of western Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
William Ward (goldsmith), English goldsmith and financier
William Ward (physician) (1534–1604?), English physician and translator
William Ward (Utah architect) (1827–1893), architect in Utah
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817–1885), British peer and benefactor
William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley (1920–2013), British peer
William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley (1685–1740)
William Ward, 8th Viscount Bangor (1948-)
William Arthur Ward (1921–1994), American motivational writer
William Ayres Ward (1928–1996), American Egyptologist
William Erskine Ward (1838–1916), British Indian Civil Service officer
William Henry Ward, American inventor
W. R. Ward (William Reginald Ward, 1925–2010), English historian