William Dyer
Wikimedia disambiguation page
William Dyer may refer to:
William Dyer (settler) (1609 – c. 1677), early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
William Dyer (divine) (d. 1696), English nonconformist divine
William Dyer (cricketer) (1805–1865), English cricketer of the 1830s
William Dyer (footballer), English footballer
William John Dyer (1830–1909), New Zealand businessman and politician
William Dyer, a fictional character, the narrator of H. P. Lovecraft's novella At the Mountains of Madness
William J. Dyer (1881–1933), American actor
William A. Dyer (1903–1993), American journalist
Bill Dyer (Australian footballer) (1917–1957), Australian rules footballer
William G. Dyer (1925–1997), American educator
Willie Dyer (born 1987), Scottish footballer
William Dyer (died 1681), 1st Dyer baronet of Tottenham from 1678 to 1681
Bill Dyer (fl.
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