title: William Spencer
text: # William Spencer
  
  William Spencer may refer to:
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * William Spencer (MP for Bristol), MP of Bristol 1467
  * William Spencer (MP for Ipswich) (by 1473–1529 or later), MP for Ipswich 1510
  * William Spencer (Sheriff) (c.1496–1532), High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1531
  * William Spencer (MP for Ripon), MP for Ripon 1584–1586
  * William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer (1591–1636), British peer and MP for Brackley 1614 and Northamptonshire 1620–22 & 1624–27
  * William Spencer (settler) (1825–1901), early settler and MP in Western Australia
  * William B. Spencer (1835–1882), U.S. Representative from Louisiana
  * William R. Spencer, Suffolk County Legislator, New York
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Bill Spencer, Jr., a fictional character from the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
  * Bill Spencer, Sr., a fictional character from the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
  
  ## Sports
  
  * William Spencer (athlete) (1900–1983), American Olympic athlete
  * William Spencer (footballer) (1903–1969), English footballer for Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City
  * William Spencer (cyclist) (1895–1963), American bicycle racer
  * Willie Spencer (baseball) (born 1914), American Negro leagues baseball player
  * Bill Spencer (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer on 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain
  * Bill Spencer (biathlete), American biathlete who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics
  * Bill Spencer (cross-country skier), American cross-country skier at the 1988 Winter Olympics
  
  ## Writers
  
  * William Browning Spencer (born 1946), American writer
  * William Robert Spencer (1769–1834), British poet
  
  ## Others
  
  * William Spencer (judge) (1782–1871), American lawyer, judge, postmaster and state representative
  * William Spencer (navigational instrument maker) (c.1751–c.1816), English mathematical instrument maker
  * William George Spencer (1790–1866), English schoolmaster and tutor, known as a mathematical writer
  * William Spencer (silent film actor) (fl. 1920s), American actor
  * William J. Spencer (1867–1933), American labor leader
  * William Henry Spencer (1857–1925), Afro-American educator
  