William Mitchell
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People
- W. O. MitchellW. O. MitchellWilliam Ormond Mitchell, PC, OC better known as W.O. Mitchell was a Canadian writer.-Early life and career:...
(1914–1998), Canadian writer - William A. MitchellWilliam A. MitchellDr. William A. "Bill" Mitchell was an American food chemist who, while working for General Foods Corporation between 1941 and 1976, was the key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, quick-set Jell-O, Cool Whip, and powdered egg whites. During his career he received over 70 patents.He was born in...
(1911–2004), corporate chemist responsible for Tang and Pop Rocks - William B. MitchellWilliam B. MitchellWilliam Mitchell was a distinguished American lawyer and judge from Minnesota. He was the namesake of William Mitchell College of Law and father of William DeWitt Mitchell, U.S. Attorney General during the Hoover Administration.- Early life :Mitchell was born to Scottish immigrants in Ontario,...
(1832–1900), former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court - William D. MitchellWilliam D. MitchellWilliam DeWitt Mitchell was appointed to the position of U.S. Solicitor General by Calvin Coolidge on June 4, 1925, which he held until he was appointed to the position of U.S. Attorney General for the entirety of Herbert Hoover's Presidency.Born in Winona, Minnesota to William B...
(1874–1955), former U.S. Attorney General - William Foot MitchellWilliam Foot MitchellWilliam Foot Mitchell was a Conservative Party politician in England.He was elected to the House of Commons at the January 1910 general election as Member of Parliament for Dartford, beating the sitting Liberal-Labour MP James Rowlands...
(1859–1947), Conservative Party politician in England, MP 1910 and 1922–1929 - Bill Mitchell (economist)Bill Mitchell (economist)William Francis "Bill" Mitchell is a professor of economics at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and a notable proponent of Modern Monetary Theory.-Early life:...
(William Francis "Bill" Mitchell) (born 1952), Australian economist - William Frederick MitchellWilliam Frederick MitchellWilliam Frederick Mitchell was a British artist commissioned to paint various ships of the Royal Navy. His collected works were original published in The Royal Navy in a series of illustrations. He has many works in the National Maritime Museum Collection in England...
(1845-1914), a British naval artist - William Grant MitchellWilliam Grant MitchellWilliam Grant "Willie" Mitchell was an English rugby union fullback who was a member of the first official British Isles team. Mitchell represented several club teams and was an original member of touring team, the Barbarians....
(1865-1904), English international rugby union player - William Henry Fancourt MitchellWilliam Henry Fancourt MitchellSir William Henry Fancourt Mitchell was an Australian politician. Mitchell was the son of the Rev. George Mitchell of Leicester, England....
(1811–1884), Australian politician - William J. MitchellWilliam J. MitchellWilliam John Mitchell was an Australian-born architect and urban designer, who played a major role in planning a major expansion project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
(1944-2010), Australian-born American urban designer and architect - Bill Mitchell (designer) (William L. Mitchell) (1912–1988), American automobile designer
- Billy Mitchell (general) (William L. Mitchell) (1879–1936), American general and airpower advocate
- William Mitchell (Lancashire politician)William Mitchell (Lancashire politician)William Mitchell was a British Conservative Party politician in Lancashire.Mitchell was born in Waterfoot, Rossendale and Educated at Burnley Grammar School and Liverpool Collegiate Institute....
(1838–1914), Conservative MP for Burnley, 1900–1905 - William Mitchell (congressman)William Mitchell (congressman)William Mitchell was a United States Representative from Indiana. He was born in Root, New York where he attended the public schools. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1836. He moved to Kendallville, Indiana and commenced the practice of law...
(1807–1865), Congressman from Indiana - William Mitchell (cricketer) (born 1947), Northern Districts cricketer
- William Mitchell (Huntingdonshire MP) (c. 1703–1745), Member of Parliament for HuntingdonshireHuntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)Huntingdonshire was a Parliamentary constituency covering the county of Huntingdonshire in England. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons the Parliament of the United...
, 1741–1745 - William Mitchell (mathematician), set theorist, see Jónsson cardinalJónsson cardinalIn set theory, a Jónsson cardinal is a certain kind of large cardinal number.An uncountable cardinal number κ is said to be Jónsson if for every function f: [κ]...
- William Mitchell (North Dakota) (1830–1890), North Dakota Superintendent of Public InstructionNorth Dakota Superintendent of Public InstructionThe North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction oversees the operations of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The Superintendent enforces state and federal statutes and regulations regarding public schools and related programs within the U.S. state of North Dakota...
- William Mitchell (philosopher)William Mitchell (philosopher)Sir William Mitchell was Professor of English Language, Literature and Mental and Moral Philosophy at the University of Adelaide from 1894–1922, Vice-Chancellor 1916–1942 and Chancellor 1942–1948....
(1861–1962), University of Adelaide Professor, Vice Chancellor and Chancellor (1942–1948) - William Mitchell (physicist)William Mitchell (physicist)Sir Edgar William John Mitchell, CBE, FRS was a professor of physics at Oxford, and helped pioneer the field of neutron scattering....
(1925–2002), Oxford physicist who helped pioneer neutron scattering - William Mitchell (died 1823), Member of Parliament for Plympton ErlePlympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency)Plympton Erle, also spelt Plympton Earle, was a parliamentary borough in Devon. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-1295-1640:-1640-1832:...
, 1796–1799 - William Mitchell (politician)William Mitchell (politician)William Mitchell was a Canadian politician.Born in Durham Township, Canada West, the son of Thomas Mitchell and Margaret Patrick, both from the north of Ireland, Mitchell started working for a railway company in Maine. He moved back to Durham where he worked in the lumber business...
(1851–1926), Canadian senator - William Mitchell (missionary) (1803–1870), an Anglican priest who established religious services in the Swan River Colony
- William Mitchell (RAF officer)William Mitchell (RAF officer)Air Chief Marshal Sir William Gore Sutherland Mitchell, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC, AFC was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and the first RAF officer to hold the post of Black Rod.-RAF career:...
(1888–1944), senior Royal Air Force commander and former Black Rod - William Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)William Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)Sir William Mitchell, KCB was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Mitchell is best known for rising from humble origins to high rank, having joined the Navy in 1766 as an able seaman and died in 1816 as a vice-admiral...
(c. 1745–1816), Royal Navy admiral - William Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur)William Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur)William Mitchell was a Scottish entrepreneur. He was born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, the second son of Alexander Mitchell and Janet Barrowman....
(1781–1854), co-founder of the Alloa Coal Company - William Mitchell, former alias of actor Peter FinchPeter FinchPeter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...
- William Paul Mitchell, known as Large ProfessorLarge ProfessorLarge Professor , also known as Large Pro and Xtra P, is a New York City-based hip hop record producer and emcee. He is also best known as a founding member of the influential underground hip hop group Main Source, and as a frequent collaborator with Nas...
, American hip hop producer
Fictional characters
- President Bill Mitchell, fictional President of the United States in the movie Dave
- William Mitchell (EastEnders), fictional character in the BBC Soap opera EastEnders
Institutions and companies
- William Mitchell College of LawWilliam Mitchell College of LawWilliam Mitchell College of Law, or WMCL, is a private, independent law school located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Accredited by the American Bar Association , it offers full and part-time legal education in pursuit of the Juris Doctor degree....
, law school named for William B. Mitchell
See also
- Bill Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Billy Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Willie Mitchell (disambiguation)