William Logan
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Bill, Willie or William Logan may refer to:
Politicians and activists
William Logan (politician) (1776–1822), U.S. Senator from Kentucky
William Logan (temperance campaigner) (1813–1879), Scottish missionary and temperance activist
William F. Logan (fl. 1860s), U.S. mayor, see List of mayors of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
William Turner Logan (1874–1941), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
William Logan Martin (1883–1959), U.S. Judge in Alabama and Attorney General
Bill Logan (spartacist) (fl. 1970s), New Zealand Spartacist and member of the International Communist League
William J. Logan (Orangeman) (fl. 1990s), Northern Irish Sovereign Grand Master of the Royal Black Preceptory
Willie Logan (born 1957), American politician from Florida
William Logan (Indian agent), U.S. Indian agent in Oregon and appointed superintendent of The Dalles Mint for the United States
Bill Logan (activist) (born 1948), New Zealand political activist
Artists and writers
William Logan (author) (1841–1914), Scottish author of Malabar Manual
William Logan (poet) (born 1950), U.S. poet and critic
Sportspersons
William Logan (cricketer) (fl.
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