title: William Oliver
text: # William Oliver
  
  William Oliver may refer to:
  
  ## Arts
  
  * William Oliver (artist, born 1804) (1804–1853), English landscape painter
  * William Oliver (artist, born 1823) (1823–1901), English figurative and genre painter
  * William Oliver (songwriter) (1800–1848), Newcastle upon Tyne–born songwriter
  * W. H. Oliver (William Hosking Oliver, 1925–2015), New Zealand writer and poet
  
  ## Politics
  
  * William Oliver (Alberta politician) (1860–1951), mayor of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
  * William Oliver (Northern Ireland politician) (1912–1973), MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for Belfast Dock
  * William Olyver, 15th-century MP for Gloucester
  * William Bacon Oliver (1867–1948), American congressman
  * William M. Oliver (1792–1863), American lawyer and politician
  * Bill Oliver (politician), Canadian politician
  * William Oliver (MP for City of London) (died 1432/3)
  
  ## Other
  
  * Sir William Oliver (British Army officer) (1901–1981), British general
  * Sir William Oliver (businessman) (1885–1962), Scottish business advisor
  * William Oliver (footballer) (1892–?), English footballer
  * William Oliver (physician) (1695–1764), inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit
  * William J. Oliver (1774–1827), 19th-century informer and supposed agent provocateur
  * William J. Oliver (industrialist) (1867–1925), early 20th century American contractor
  * William Pearly Oliver (1912–1989), instrumental in developing organizations to support Black Nova Scotians
  * William Silver Oliver (1836–1908), Irish-born Canadian military surgeon
  * Bill Oliver (American football) (born 1939), college football coach
  