Politicians and Political Activists
- William Harris (MP) (c. 1652–1709), English landowner and Member of Parliament
- William Harris (born 1504), MP for Newport, Cornwall
- William Harris (died 1556), MP for Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Alexander Harris (Kansas) (1841–1909), U.S. Representative from Kansas
- William A. Harris (Virginia) (1805–1864), U.S. Representative from Virginia
- William J. Harris (1868–1932), U.S. Senator from Georgia
- William Harris (Australian civil rights leader) (1867–1931), Australian leader for Aboriginal civil rights
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