William Davis
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Politicians
- Bill DavisBill DavisWilliam Grenville "Bill" Davis, was the 18th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was a cabinet minister overseeing the education...
, (born 1929), Ontario politician - William Davis (politician)William Davis (politician)William “Will” Quincy Davis is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 30th District since 2002.-Background:...
, Illinois State Representative for the 30th district - William C. DavisWilliam C. DavisWilliam C. Davis is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party...
, (born 1939), Canadian politician - William C. Davis (American politician) (born 1867), 11th lieutenant governor of Alabama
- William E. DavisWilliam E. Davis- Glory Colorado! :While working on his doctoral degree and coaching the football team Davis was writing his thesis. He received special permission from the doctoral thesis committee to bypass the standard format and write the historical narrative book about the history of the University of...
, former university president and Democratic politician and head football coach - William Hammatt DavisWilliam Hammatt DavisWilliam Hammatt Davis was the Chairman of the War Labor Board in the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt, where his job was keeping industrial peace between management and labor. He was also appointed US Economic Stabilizer in the last months of World War II, though Roosevelt's...
(1879–1964), American politician - William Henry DavisWilliam Henry DavisWilliam Henry Davis was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 18, 1872. The son of former slaves Jerry and Susan Davis, Davis graduated form Louisville Colored High School in June 1888 at the age of 16, second in his class of eighteen students. Davis delivered the graduation address he titled,...
(1872–?), appointed assistant to the Secretary of War, 1917 - William Morris Davis (congressman)William Morris Davis (congressman)William Morris Davis , was an abolitionist, author and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Among his friends were the New York sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, and the lock inventor Linus Yale.-Early life:William Morris Davis was born in Keene Valley, New York...
(1815–1891), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Sportsmen
- Bill Davis (baseball)Bill Davis (baseball)Arthur Willard Davis is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Cleveland Indians from to and the San Diego Padres in ....
(born 1942), baseball player - Bill Davis (coach), former head college football coach for the Tennessee State University Tigers and Savannah State Tigers
- Bill Davis (darts player)Bill Davis (darts player)Bill Davis is an American darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation.Davis made his televised debut in the States, taking part in the World Series of Darts in 2006, losing in the first round to Denis Ovens in a tight game...
, American darts player - Bill Davis (NASCAR)Bill Davis (NASCAR)Bill Davis is a NASCAR car owner that won the Daytona 500 with Ward Burton in 2002. His former team, Bill Davis Racing, fielded the #22 Caterpillar Inc. Toyota Camry and the #27 Camry in the Sprint Cup series, as well as Toyotas in the Camping World Truck Series for Mike Skinner, Tyler Walker, and...
, motorsports car owner - Bill Davis (offensive tackle), American football offensive tackle
- J. William DavisJ. William DavisDr. J. William Davis is known as the father of the National Letter of Intent for college athletics.Dr. Davis was chairman of Texas Tech University's Athletic Council from 1948 to 1969. He created a form, the National Letter of Intent, to prevent coaches from pulling recruits from other schools. The...
, father of the National Letter of Intent for college athletics - William Davis (basketball player), former Saskatchewan HawksSaskatchewan HawksThe Saskatchewan Hawks was a professional basketball club based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 1999-2000 season. The team's ownership group was composed of Tom Tao and former NBA owner Ted Stepien, as well as local private owners...
basketball player - Willie Davis (baseball)Willie Davis (baseball)William Henry Davis was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers...
- Willie Davis (defensive end), American football defensive end
- Willie Davis (wide receiver)Willie Davis (wide receiver)Willie Clark Davis was a professional American football wide receiver who played for eight seasons in the National Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Houston Oilers, and the Tennessee Titans. He is a scout for the Chiefs and a lecturer at the University of Maryland.-References:...
, American football wide receiver - Will Davis (American football)Will Davis (American football)William Benjamin Davis, Jr. is a American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Illinois.-Early years:...
, American football defensive end - Willy Davis (Quarter Midget Driver, Wrestler) Garden State Quarter Midget Racing Club,Central Regional High School
Film industry and writers
- William Davis (journalist)William Davis (journalist)William Davis, Knight, Order of Merit of Italian Republic, , is a journalist, broadcaster, editor, company director, and founder of the in-flight magazine High Life. In the early 1990s Davis became chairman of the British Tourist Authority and English Tourist Board...
, Economics Editor, BBC presenter, editor of Punch, 1969–1977 - William B. DavisWilliam B. DavisWilliam Bruce Davis is a Canadian actor, known for his role as The Smoking Man on The X-Files. He has also appeared in Stargate SG-1 as Damaris, a Prior of the Ori and as Mayor Tate on Smallville...
, actor, professor, and waterskiier - Will S. DavisWill S. DavisWill S. Davis was an American film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 36 films between 1913 and 1920. He also wrote for 13 films between 1914 and 1917.-Selected filmography:* Destruction...
(1882–1920), American film director - William Stearns DavisWilliam Stearns DavisWilliam Stearns Davis , American educator, historian, and author, has been cited as one who “contributed to history as a scholarly discipline, . ....
(1877–1930), American educator, historian, and writer - William T. DavisWilliam T. DavisWilliam Thompson Davis was an American naturalist, entomologist, and historian especially associated with Staten Island in New York City. He was prominent in the borough's affairs throughout his life....
(1862 – 1945), naturalist, entomologist and historian
Others
- Bill Davis (artist)Bill Davis (artist)William Robert Davis, aka Bill Davis is an American illustrator, animation director and designer, graphic designer and painter...
(born 1949), American illustrator, animation director and designer, graphic designer and painter - Wild Bill DavisWild Bill DavisWild Bill Davis was the stage name of American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger William Strethen Davis.Davis was born in Glasgow, Missouri...
, American jazz musician - William "Bill" Davis, baritone, a founding member of the 1950s R&B group The CrowsThe CrowsThe Crows were an American R & B singing group who achieved commercial success in the 1950s. The group's first single and only major hit, "Gee", released in June 1953, has been credited with being the first Rock n’ Roll hit by a rock and roll group...
- William Davis (artist)William Davis (artist)William Davis was an Irish artist, and part of a group of Liverpool based artists who were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting....
(1812–1873), Irish Pre-Raphaelite artist - William C. Davis (historian)William C. Davis (historian)William C. Davis is a professor of history at Virginia Tech University. An expert on the American Civil War, Davis has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He has written more than forty books on the American Civil War and other aspects of Southern history. He was twice nominated for a...
, professor of history at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - William C. Davis, Jr.William C. Davis, Jr.William C. Davis, Jr. was an American ballistics engineer best remembered as an author with the National Rifle Association.-Early life:...
, (1921-2010) American ballistics engineer and author - William Davis (miner)William Davis (miner)William Davis, , was a coal miner from Cape Breton Island. He was born in Gloucestershire, England and died in New Waterford, Nova Scotia....
, (1887–1925), miner killed during strike protest leading to Davis Day - William Heath DavisWilliam Heath DavisWilliam Heath "Kanaka" Davis, Jr. was an early settler of San Diego, California.-Life:Davis was born in 1822, in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands to William Heath Davis, Sr. and Hannah Holmes Davis, a daughter of Oliver Holmes, royal governor of Oahu, and relative of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.. Both...
(1822–1909), early settler of San Diego, California, USA - William Hatcher DavisWilliam Hatcher DavisWilliam Hatcher Davis is Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University. He is interested in the philosophy of religion, ethics, epistemology, and pragmatism. Among his publications are Peirce's Epistemology, The Freewill Question and "Why be Moral?"....
Professor of Philosophy, Auburn University - William John DavisWilliam John DavisWilliam John Davis was a British trade unionist.Born in Birmingham, Davis began working in a brass foundry. In 1869, he represented his local reform organisation at the Trades Union Congress...
(1848-1934), British trade unionist - William Maurice DavisWilliam Maurice DavisWilliam Maurice Davis, also known as Willie Mo D, was a small time drug dealer and bookie in the Oakland, California area who was shot and killed in his backyard swimming pool in what has become an infamous gangland murder...
(c.1978–2004), drug dealer, bookie and gangland murder victim - William Morris DavisWilliam Morris DavisWilliam Morris Davis was an American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist, often called the "father of American geography"....
(1850–1934), American geographer, geologist and meteorologist - William Rhodes DavisWilliam Rhodes DavisWilliam Rhodes Davis was an American businessman, named in assistant U.S. Attorney General O. John Rogge's Nazi Report, published in 1961, as Abwehr agent C-80, financed with the personal approval of Hitler, engaged in supplying petroleum to Germany.-Biography:William Rhodes Davis first married...
American oil man and Nazi collaborator - William Davis (Royal Navy officer)William Davis (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir William Wellclose Davis GCB DSO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.-Naval career:...
(1901-1987), British admiral - William Davis (bishop)William Davis (bishop)William Wallace Davis , DD was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century.Davis was educated at the University of Bishop’s College, Lennoxville and ordained in 1932....
, Anglican bishop and Archbishop in Canada
See also
- Billy Newton-DavisBilly Newton-DavisBilly Newton-Davis is a Canadian R&B, jazz and gospel singer-songwriter.Newton-Davis grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio a suburb of Cleveland. He was one of two lead singers in a local soul band called The Illusions. After working as a singer and dancer on Broadway, he moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1980...
, Canadian R&B, jazz and gospel singer-songwriter - William Davies (disambiguation)