William Cole

William Cole is the name of:

  • Bill Cole (born 1937), American jazz musician and professor
  • W. C. Cole, University of Virginia football coach 1905–1906
  • William Cole (antiquary) (1714–1782), antiquary
  • William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1736–1803), Irish peer and politician
  • William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807–1886), known as Viscount Cole
  • William Cole (Dean of Lincoln) (c. 1530–1600), Anglican priest and President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
  • William Cole (musician), conductor (1909–1997), composer and organist
  • William Cole (police officer) (died 1900), British policeman, who was awarded the Albert Medal for bravery
  • Sir William Cole (public servant) (born 1926), Australian senior public servant
  • William Cole (scholar) (1753–1806), English classical scholar, writer and churchman
  • William Carey Cole (1868–1935), U.S. Navy admiral
  • William Clay Cole (1897–1965), U.S. Congressman from Missouri
  • William H. Cole IV (born 1972), City Councilman from Baltimore, Maryland (2007–present); former Delegate in Maryland General Assembly (1999–2002)
  • William Hinson Cole (1837–1886), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
  • William Purington Cole, Jr. (1889–1957), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
  • William Washington Cole (1847–1915), part owner of the Barnum & Bailey Circus
  • W. Sterling Cole (1904–1987), U.S. Congressman from New York and first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency


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