In Politics and Government
- William D. Martin (1789–1833), US Congressman from South Carolina
- Sir William Martin (judge) (1807–1880), first Chief Justice of New Zealand, 1841–1857
- William Harrison Martin (1822–1898), U.S. Representative from Texas
- William V. Martin (c. 1870s–?), British Vice-Consul in Ferrol, Spain
- Lee Martin (politician) (William Lee Martin, 1870–1950), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
- William Melville Martin (1876–1970), premier of Saskatchewan
- William Martin (Canadian politician) (1886–1973), Canadian clergyman and politician
- William Henry Porteous Martin (1886–1939), British MP for Dunbartonshire, 1923–1924
- William McChesney Martin (1906–1998), chairman of the board of the U.S. Federal Reserve
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