Religious Figures and Public Officials
- William Gray (Massachusetts) (1750–1825), American politician and merchant who became one of the wealthiest men of his era
- William H. Gray (Oregon politician) (1810–1889), American pioneer of Oregon Country and organizer of its government
- William Gray (Canadian politician) (1862–1916), politician in Ontario, Canada
- William Gray (Conservative politician) (1814–1895), British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton 1857–1874
- William Crane Gray (1835–1919), American religious figure; first bishop of the Episcopal Church's Missionary Jurisdiction
- William Bain Gray (1886–1949), British Foreign Office official; served as Administrator of Saint Vincent and Governor of Saint Helena
- Sir William Gray, Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1972–1975
- Wilfred James "Bill" Gray, Australian government official; specialist in Aboriginal matters
- William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician) (born 1941), American Democrat from Pennsylvania
- William Percival Gray (1912–1992), U.S. federal judge
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