William Maxwell


William Maxwell may refer to:

Arts

  • William Maxwell , printer of the Sentinel of the Northwest Territory newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • W. B. Maxwell, British novelist
  • William Hamilton Maxwell, Scots-Irish novelist
  • William James Maxwell, Scottish-born sculptor in Australia
  • William Keepers Maxwell Jr., American editor and writer

    Education

  • William Maxwell , seventh President of Hampden–Sydney College
  • William Henry Maxwell, superintendent of public schools in New York City

    Medicine

  • William Maxwell , Scottish physician
  • William Maxwell , Scottish physician

    Military

  • William Maxwell , Irish-born American soldier from New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War
  • William C. Maxwell, American pilot in the United States Air Force

    Politics and administration

  • Sir William Maxwell, 5th Baronet, of Monreith, British MP for Wigtownshire, 1805–1812 and 1822–1830
  • William Maxwell , gold miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
  • William Maxwell , Scottish co-operative activist
  • William Maxwell , American business executive and politician, president of the Erie Railroad 1842–1843
  • William Edward Maxwell, British colonial official, governor of the Gold Coast
  • George Maxwell , British naturalist and colonial administrator in British Malaya and Straits Settlements
  • William Herries Maxwell, British MP for Dumfriesshire, 1892–1895 and 1900–1906
  • William John Maxwell, 18th Naval Governor of Guam

    Sports

  • William Maxwell , Scottish footballer, manager of the Belgium national football team
  • Bill Maxwell, Australian rules footballer

    Other

  • William Maxwell, 5th Lord Herries of Terregles, Scottish politician
  • William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Catholic nobleman
  • William Maxwell , British journalist, soldier, writer and civil servant
  • William Sutherland Maxwell, Canadian architect and a Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith