title: William Wadsworth
text: # William Wadsworth
  
  William Wadsworth may refer to:
  
  * William Wadsworth (patriarch) (1594–1675), First Townsman and founder of Hartford, Connecticut
  * William Wadsworth (officer) (1765–;1833), Brigadier General in the New York State militia, before and during the War of 1812
  * William H. Wadsworth (1821–1893), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
  * William Wadsworth (cricketer) (1823–1891), English cricketer
  * William Wadsworth (actor) (1874–1950), American silent film actor
  * William Wadsworth (rower) (1875–1971), Canadian rower who won a silver medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics
  * William J. Wadsworth (died 1949), municipal politician in Toronto, Canada
  * William Wadsworth (poet) (born 1950), American poet
  