William Davis may refer to:

Politicians

• Bill Davis (born 1929), Ontario politician
• William Davis (politician) (born 1968), Illinois State Representative for the 30th district
• William C. Davis (born 1939), Canadian politician
• William C. Davis (American politician) (1867-1934), 11th lieutenant governor of Alabama
• William E. Davis (born 1929), former university president and Democratic politician and head football coach
• William Hammatt Davis (1879-1964), American politician
• William Henry Davis (1872-?), appointed assistant to the Secretary of War, 1917
• William Morris Davis (congressman) (1815-1891), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• William Z. Davis (1839-1923), Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio and Ohio Supreme Court Judge

Sportsmen

• Bill Davis (baseball) (born 1942), baseball player
• Bill Davis (coach) (1941-2002), former head college football coach for the Tennessee State University Tigers and Savannah State Tigers
• Bill Davis (darts player) (born 1959), American darts player
• Bill Davis (NASCAR owner), motorsports car owner
• Bill Davis (offensive tackle), American football offensive tackle
• J. William Davis, father of the National Letter of Intent for college athletics
• Willie Davis (baseball) (1940-2010), center fielder in Major League Baseball
• Willie Davis (defensive end) (born 1934), American football defensive end
• Willie Davis (wide receiver) (born 1967), American football wide receiver
• Will Davis (American football) (born 1986), American football defensive end

Film industry and writers

• William Davis (journalist) (born 1933), economics editor, BBC presenter, editor of Punch, 1969-1977
• William B. Davis (born 1938), actor, professor, and waterskiier
• Will S. Davis (1882-1920), American film director
• William Stearns Davis (1877-1930), American educator, historian, and writer
• William T. Davis (1862-1945), naturalist, entomologist and historian

Others

• Bill Davis (artist) (born 1949), American illustrator, animation director and designer, graphic designer and painter
• Wild Bill Davis (1918-1995), American jazz musician
• William "Bill" Davis, baritone, a founding member of the 1950s R&B group The Crows
• William Davis (artist) (1812-1873), Irish Pre-Raphaelite artist
• William C. Davis (historian), professor of history at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• William C. Davis, Jr. (1921-2010), American ballistics engineer and author
• William Davis (miner) (1887-1925), miner killed during strike protest leading to Davis Day
• William Heath Davis (1822-1909), early settler of San Diego, California, USA
• William Hatcher Davis, professor of philosophy, Auburn University
• William H. Davis (Pittsburgh), Sheriff of Allegheny County, 1954-1970
• William John Davis (1848-1934), British trade unionist
• William Morris Davis (1850-1934), American geographer, geologist and meteorologist
• William Rhodes Davis (1889-1941), American oil man and Nazi collaborator
• William Davis (Royal Navy officer) (1901-1987), British admiral
• William Davis (bishop) (1908-1987), Anglican bishop and Archbishop in Canada
• Will Davis (musician) (born 1926), jazz pianist
• William Mahlon Davis (1876-1918), Canadian surveyor, civil engineer, harbour engineer and officer
• William Virgil Davis, American poet

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