title: William West
text: # William West
  
  William West may refer to:
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * William West (artist) (1801–1861), English artist (of Bristol)
  * William West (director) of Flying Wild
  * William H. West (entertainer) (1853–1902), American minstrel show producer
  * William Edward West (1788–1859), American painter
  * William E. West Sr. (1922–2014), American painter
  * William West Anderson (1928–2017), birth name of American actor Adam West
  * William West (actor) (1856–1915), American actor
  
  ## Law and politics
  
  * William West (Rhode Island politician) (c. 1733–1816), American militia general in the American Revolutionary War and later political leader
  * William West, 1st Baron De La Warr (c. 1520–1595), British political figure
  * William H. West (judge) (1824–1911), politician and member of the Ohio Supreme Court, 1872–1873
  * William H. West (policeman) (1842–1915), soldier and police officer
  * William H. West (Louisiana politician) (1928-2016), American politician and educator
  * William West (legal writer) (c. 1548–1598), English lawyer, known as the author of Symbolæographia
  * William Stanley West (1849–1914), U.S. Senator from Georgia
  * William West (1612–1670), English politician
  * William J. West (Canadian politician) (1892–1985), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  * William J. West (UK politician) (1868–?), British politician and trade unionist
  
  ## Science
  
  * William West (chemist) (1792–1851), English chemist of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
  * William West (botanist) (1848–1914), English botanist
  * William West Jr (1875–1901), English botanist
  * William James West (died 1848), English surgeon and apothecary
  * William Dixon West (1901–1994), English geologist
  
  ## Sport
  
  * William West (sailor) (born 1931), Canadian Olympic sailor
  * William West (umpire) (1863–1938), cricketer and test match umpire
  * William West (equestrian) (1887–1953), American equestrian
  * William West (wrestler), British Olympic wrestler
  * Willie West (born 1938), American football defensive back
  * Wild Bill West (1875–?), American baseball player
  
  ## Other
  
  * William Marcus West (fl. 1830s), Scottish-American pioneer
  