William Coleman

William, Will or Bill Coleman may refer to:

Business

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

See also

  • William Coleman Anderson (1853–1902), American Republican politician
  • SS William T. Coleman, 1942 Liberty ship
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