William Martin
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William Martin may refer to:
Arts
William Martin (painter) (1753 – c. 1836), English history painter
William Martin (architect) (1829–1900), British architect
E. William Martin (1891–1977), Scottish-born American architect
William Martin (garden designer) (born 1953), Scottish-born Australian plantsman and garden designer
William Martin (novelist), American novelist
William Martin (tenor) (1898–1960), American opera singer
William E. Martin (1945–2016), American songwriter, screenwriter and voice actor
William H. "Dad" Martin (fl. 1894–1912), American photographer
William Martin (director) (fl. 1974–2017), American stage director
Bill Martin Jr. (William Ivan Martin Jr., 1916–2004), American educator, publishing executive, and author
Military
William T. Martin (1823–1910), American lawyer, politician and Confederate States Army general
William Martin (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1696–1756), naval officer and admiral
Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet (1801–1895), First Sea Lord of Britain, 1858–1859
William Martin (American sailor, USS Benton) (1835–1914), New York born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
William Martin (American sailor, USS Varuna) (fl. 1839–1863), Irish-born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
William Martin (Royal Marines officer), invented by British military intelligence for a Second World War deception plan
William Franklin Martin (1863–1942), United States Army general
Politics and government
William Martin, 1st Baron Martin (died 1324), English noble
Sir William Martin (Athelhampton), MP for Dorset in 1478
William Martin (MP for Exeter) (died c. 1609), MP for Exeter (UK Parliament constituency), 1597
William D. Martin (1789–1833), US congressman from South Carolina
William Martin (merchant) (1806–1859), American merchant, politician in Tennessee
Sir William Martin (judge) (1807–1880), first chief justice of New Zealand, 1841–1857
William Harrison Martin (1822–1898), U.S. representative from Texas
William V. Martin (fl. 1880–1916), British vice-consul in Ferrol, Spain
William T. Martin (mayor) (1788–1866), mayor of Columbus, Ohio
Lee Martin (politician) (William Lee Martin, 1870–1950), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
William Melville Martin (1876–1970), premier of Saskatchewan
William Martin (Canadian politician) (1886–1973), Canadian clergyman and politician
William Martin (Scottish politician) (1886–1939), British MP for Dunbartonshire, 1923–1924
William McChesney Martin (1906–1998), American business executive, former Federal Reserve Chairman
William Martin (Australian politician) (1834–1917), New South Wales politician
William B. Martin (1846–1916), American politician
William O'Hara Martin (1845–1901), American merchant, politician and banker from Nevada
William E. Martin (New York politician) (1886–1923), American politician from New York
William J. Martin (1861–1941), member of the California State Assembly
William Martin (unionist) (1845–1923), Scottish-born American labor union leader
Science, engineering and philosophy
William Martin (naturalist) (1767–1810), English naturalist and palaeontologist
William Martin (philosopher) (1772–1851), English inventor, eccentric, and philosopher
William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864), English naturalist
William Clyde Martin Jr. (1929–2013), American physicist
William Keble Martin (1877–1969), British botanist
William A. Martin (1938–1981), American computer scientist
William F. Martin (born 1957), American botanist and molecular biologist
William Flynn Martin (born 1950), American energy economist, educator and diplomat
William Hamilton Martin (1931–1987), American cryptologist, defector to the Soviet Union
Sport
William Martin (Australian cricketer) (1856–1938), Australian cricketer
William Martin (English cricketer) (1844–1871), English cricketer
William Martin (English footballer), professional footballer for Huddersfield Town
William Martin (footballer, born 2007), Danish-Irish footballer
William Martin (sport shooter) (1866–1931), American Olympic sport shooter
William Martin (swimmer) (born 2000), Australian Paralympic swimmer
William Martin (water polo) (1906–1980), British Olympic water polo player
William Martin (Olympic sailor) (1828–1905), French sailor
Bill Martin (athletic director) (William C. Martin), University of Michigan athletics director
William K. Martin (c. 1868–1949), American college football and baseball coach
Trevor Martin (umpire) (William Trevor Martin, 1925–2017), New Zealand Test cricket umpire
Willie Martin (Scottish footballer) (fl.
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