William West
# 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
