William Coleman
# William Coleman

William, Will or Bill Coleman may refer to:

## Business

* William Coffin Coleman (1870–1957), founder of the Coleman Company
* William Frank Kobina Coleman, Ghanaian engineer and director-general of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
* William T. Coleman III, CEO of Veritas
* William Tell Coleman (1824–1893), American pioneer and businessman
* William C. Coleman (1901–1976), US railroad executive

## Entertainment

* Bill Coleman (artist) (1922–1993), Australian artist
* Bill Coleman (trumpeter) (1904–1981), jazz trumpeter
* Will Coleman (storyteller) Cornish film-maker, author, and musician
* William Stephen Coleman (1829–1904), English painter and book illustrator

## Politics

* Bill Coleman (Oklahoma politician), member of the Oklahoma Senate
* William Coleman (politician) (1878–?), house painter, labor activist, and Socialist politician from Milwaukee
* William D. Coleman (politician) (1842–1908), president of Liberia
* William Henry Coleman (1871–1943), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
* William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. (1920–2017), U.S. Secretary of Transportation

## Religion

* Bill Coleman (bishop) (1917–1992), Anglican bishop in Canada
* William D. Coleman (pastor) (1915–2001), first principal of the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad
* William Emmette Coleman (1843–1909), American clerk, Orientalist, spiritualist and writer

## Sports

* Will Coleman (American football) (1869–1934), American football coach at the University of Kansas
* William Coleman (basketball) (born 1988), American basketball player
* William Coleman (equestrian) (born 1983), American equestrian

## Other

* William Coleman (editor) (1766–1829), first editor of the New York Evening Post
* William Coleman (historian) (1934–1988), American historian of biology
* William Coleman (judge) (1704–1769), judge in colonial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* William Caldwell Coleman (1884–1968), American federal judge
* William D. Coleman (scientist), Canadian political science professor
* William Higgins Coleman (1812–1863), English botanist
* William Thaddeus Coleman III (born 1947), General Counsel of the U.S. Army
* William Peter Coleman (1928–2019), Australian writer and politician
* William B. Coleman, prisoner who carried out hunger strike which led to the Lantz v. Coleman case addressing the constitutionality of force-feeding
