William Shaw

William Shaw may refer to:

  • William Shaw (Irish politician) (1823–1895), Irish Protestant nationalist politician and leader of the Home Rule League
  • William Shaw (philosopher) (born 1948), chair of the Philosophy department in San José State University
  • William Shaw (minister), 17th century British Christian clergyman who founded Barton, Maryland in the United States in 1794
  • William Shaw (businessman), president and chief operating officer of Marriott International Inc
  • William Shaw (writer), British journalist and writer
  • William Rawson Shaw (1860–1932), British politician, MP for Halifax, 1893–1897
  • William Shaw (Quebec politician) (born 1932), Canadian politician and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, 1976–1981
  • William Shaw (New Brunswick politician) (1839–?), farmer, baker and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
  • William McNairn Shaw (1822–1868), Ontario lawyer and political figure
  • William Shaw (mathematician) (born 1958), British mathematician
  • William Shaw (actor)
  • William J. Shaw (1877–1939), founded the Wack Wack Golf & Country Club
  • William Thomas Shaw (1879–1965), British Member of Parliament for Forfar, 1918–1922 and 1931–1945
  • William Shaw (yacht designer) (died 2006), American yacht designer
  • Bill Kennedy Shaw (1901–1979), British desert explorer, botanist, archaeologist and founding member of the Long Range Desert Group
  • Bill Shaw (footballer) (1886–?), Scottish footballer who played for Kilmarnock, Bristol Rovers and Dumbarton Harp
  • Bill Shaw, southern gospel tenor with the The Blackwood Brothers
  • Billy Shaw (born 1938), American college and professional football player

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