William Harrison

William Harrison may refer to:

  • William Harrison (clergyman) (1534–1593), English clergyman
  • William Harrison (poet) (1685–1713), English poet and diplomat
  • William Harrison (instrument maker) (1728–1815), son of John Harrison, inventor of the chronometer.
  • William Harrison, Jr. (c. 1750–1789), delegate for Maryland in the U.S. Continental Congress of 1786 and 1787
  • William Harrison (merchant navy officer) (1812–1860), British merchant navy officer
  • William Harrison (Canadian politician) (1834–1922), saddlemaker, historian and reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario
  • William Harrison (Welsh footballer) (1872–1920), Wrexham F.C. and Wales international footballer
  • William Harrison (author) (born 1933), author of "Roller Ball Murder" and the screenplay for Rollerball
  • William Harrison (physician) (1935–2010), American obstetrician
  • William Alistair Harrison (born 1954), Governor of Anguilla
  • William B. Harrison (1889–1948), mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
  • William B. Harrison, Jr. (born 1943), chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase
  • William C. Harrison, chairman of North Carolina board of education
  • Billy Harrison (William Ewart Harrison, 1886–1948), English football player
  • William Greer Harrison (1836–1916), member of the Committee of Fifty after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
  • William H. Harrison (Wyoming Congressman) (1896–1990), American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative from Wyoming
  • William Hendy Harrison (1863–1939), English cricketer
  • William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), ninth President of the United States
  • William Henry Harrison (businessman) (1892–1956), American general and businessman
  • William Henry Harrison (cricketer) (1866–1936), English cricketer
  • William Henry Harrison (New Zealand politician) (1831–1879), New Zealand politician
  • William Kelly Harrison (1870–1928), United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient
  • William Leeming Harrison (1897–1960), Canadian fighter ace in World War I
  • William P. Harrison (1830–1895), Methodist minister and theologian, Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
  • William Harrison (bishop) (1837–1920), Anglican bishop
  • Billy Harrison (rugby league) (William Rapihana Harrison), rugby league footballer of the 1960s for New Zealand, and Wellington
  • "Victim" of a 1660 murder found alive two years later; see The Campden Wonder

Famous quotes containing the word harrison:

    When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?
    —Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)