William Mitchell

William Mitchell may refer to:

Media and the arts

• W. O. Mitchell (1914–1998), Canadian writer
• William Frederick Mitchell (1845–1914), British naval artist
• William Mitchell (sculptor) (born 1925), English sculptor and muralist
• William Mitchell, former alias of actor Peter Finch
• William Paul Mitchell, known as Large Professor (born 1973), American hip hop producer

Politics and the law

• William Mitchell (barrister) (died 1937), Scottish Advocate and Liberal politician
• William B. Mitchell (1832–1900), former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
• William D. Mitchell (1874–1955), former U.S. Attorney General
• William F. Mitchell (Wisconsin politician), Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William Foot Mitchell (1859–1947), Conservative Party politician in England, MP 1910 and 1922–1929
• William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (1811–1884), Australian politician
• William Mitchell (Lancashire politician) (1838–1914), Conservative MP for Burnley, 1900–1905
• William Mitchell (congressman) (1807–1865), Congressman from Indiana
• William Mitchell (Huntingdonshire MP) (c. 1703–1745), Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire, 1741–1745
• William Mitchell (North Dakota) (1830–1890), North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction
• William Mitchell (died 1823), Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle, 1796–1799
• William Mitchell (politician) (1851–1926), Canadian senator
• W. Franklin Mitchell, Republican politician from North Carolina, USA

Military

• William L. Billy Mitchell (1879–1936), American general and airpower advocate
• William Mitchell (RAF officer) (1888–1944), senior Royal Air Force commander and former Black Rod
• William Mitchell (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1745–1816), Royal Navy admiral

Science and engineering

• William Mitchell (mathematician), set theorist, see Jónsson cardinal
• William A. Mitchell (1911–2004), corporate chemist responsible for Tang and Pop Rocks
• Bill Mitchell (designer) (William L. Mitchell, 1912–1988), American automobile designer
• William Mitchell (physicist) (1925–2002), Oxford physicist who helped pioneer neutron scattering

Sports

• William Grant Mitchell (1865–1905), English international rugby union player
• John Mitchell (cricketer) (William John Mitchell, born 1947), Northern Districts cricketer
• William Mitchell (cricketer, born 1859) (1859–1929), English cricketer

Other

• Bill Mitchell (economist) (William Francis Mitchell, born 1952), Australian economist
• William J. Mitchell (1945–2010), Australian-born American urban designer and architect
• W. J. T. Mitchell (born 1942), American historian
• William Mitchell (philosopher) (1861–1962), University of Adelaide Professor, Vice Chancellor and Chancellor, 1942–1948
• William Mitchell (missionary) (1803–1870), Anglican priest who established religious services in the Swan River Colony
• William Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur) (1781–1854), co-founder of the Alloa Coal Company

• President Bill Mitchell, fictional President of the United States in the film Dave
• William Mitchell (EastEnders), fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders

• William Mitchell College of Law, law school named for William B. Mitchell