William Turner (disambiguation)
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William Turner may refer to:
In fiction:
- William Turner (artist)William Turner (artist)William Turner was an English painter who specialised in watercolour landscapes. He was a contemporary of the more famous artist J. M. W. Turner and his style was not dissimilar. He is often known as William Turner of Oxford or just Turner of Oxford to distinguish him from his better known namesake...
of Oxford, English watercolour painter - William Turner (naturalist), (?-1568), English ornithologist and botanist
- William Turner (bishop of Buffalo) (1871–1936), Irish-American Roman Catholic bishop
- William Turner (bishop of Galloway)William Turner (Bishop of Galloway)William Turner was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Galloway from 1893 to 1914.Born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 12 December 1844, he was ordained to the priesthood on 26 April 1868. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway by the Holy See on 16 June 1893,...
(1844–1914), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop - William Turner (bishop of Salford)William Turner (Bishop of Salford)William Turner was the first Bishop of Salford, a Roman Catholic diocese in the north-west of England.Before 1850 he was the Vicar General for the Hundreds of Salford and Blackburn, and when these areas were formed into the Salford Diocese, he became its first bishop in 1851...
(1799–1872), English Roman Catholic bishop and vicar apostolic - William Turner (composer)William Turner (composer)William Turner was a composer and countertenor of the Baroque era. A contemporary of John Blow and Henry Purcell, he is best remembered for his verse anthems, of which over forty survive...
, baroque English composer - William Turner (envoy) (1792–1867)
- William Turner (minister at Wakefield)William Turner (minister at Wakefield)William Turner was an English dissenting divine.-Life:The son of John Turner , he was born at Preston, Lancashire, on 5 December 1714. His father, a restless man, who was minister for short periods at Preston, Rivington, Northwich, Wirksworth, and Knutsford, distinguished himself on the Hanoverian...
(1714–1794) - William Turner (Unitarian minister)William Turner (Unitarian minister)William Turner was a Unitarian minister and educator who advanced the anti-slavery movement in Northern England, contributed to the development of intellectual institutions in Newcastle upon Tyne, and published sermons on a variety of topics.-Life:...
, son of the minister at Wakefield - William Turner (biographer)William Turner (biographer)William Turner was an English Unitarian minister, known as a biographer.-Life:The son of William Turner, he was born at Newcastle on 13 January 1788. He was educated at Glasgow University, where he graduated M.A. in 1806, at Manchester College , and at Edinburgh University...
, son of the Unitarian minister - William Turner (university principal)William Turner (University Principal)Sir William Turner was a British anatomist and was the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1903 to 1916....
, Scottish academic - William B. Turner (1892–1918), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- William H. Turner, Jr., American racehorse trainer
- William J. G. TurnerWilliam J. G. TurnerWilliam John Gascoyne Turner worked extensively as a composer, director, dramatist, producer and actor. He wrote for nearly 30 productions, including three operas and numerous musicals....
(aka Bill Turner), composer and stage director - William Greene TurnerWilliam Greene Turner-Life:Turner was born at Newport, Rhode Island, the son of James Varnum Turner and Catharine Turner .During his adult life Turner was a dentist before enlisting at the outbreak of the American Civil War...
(1833–1917), American sculptor - William Ernest Stephen Turner (1881–1963), English chemist and glass technologist
- William Thomas TurnerWilliam Thomas TurnerWilliam Thomas Turner was the Captain of the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German torpedo in May 1915.-Early Life:...
(1856–1933) Captain of the RMS Lusitania - J. M. W. TurnerJ. M. W. TurnerJoseph Mallord William Turner RA was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting...
(William Turner) (1775–1851), English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker - Bill Turner (basketball), American basketball player
- Bill Turner (footballer)Bill Turner (footballer)William "Bill" Turner was an English footballer who played as a half back with Southampton, Bury and Queens Park Rangers in the 1920s.-Football career:...
(1894–1970), English footballer - William George TurnerWilliam George TurnerWilliam George Turner was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Turner became a fruiterer on the Shankill Road. He first stood for election to the Belfast Corporation in the Cliftonville ward in 1909. Although he was officially an independent Unionist, he...
(1872–1937), Lord Mayor of Belfast - William Turner (MP for Blackburn)William Turner (MP for Blackburn)William Turner was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1841.Turner was the youngest of four sons of a family that arrived in Blackburn at the beginning of the nineteenth century and opened a calico printing works at Mill Hill. Turner married his cousin...
, British Member of Parliament for Blackburn - William Turner (MP for Bodmin), British Member of Parliament for BodminBodmin (UK Parliament constituency)Bodmin was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall from 1295 until 1983. Initially, it was a parliamentary borough, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England and later the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1868 general...
- William Turner (MP for City of London), British Member of Parliament for City of LondonCity of London (UK Parliament constituency)The City of London was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950.-Boundaries and boundary...
- William Turner Thiselton-DyerWilliam Turner Thiselton-DyerSir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer KCMG FRS FLS was a leading British botanist, and the third director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.- Life and career :Thiselton-Dyer was born in Westminster, London...
(1843–1928), British botanist.
In fiction:
- Will TurnerWill TurnerWilliam "Will" Turner, Jr. is a central character in the first three titles of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series produced by Walt Disney Pictures. He is played by Orlando Bloom . Will is a blacksmith's apprentice working in Port Royal...
, fictional character in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films - Bootstrap Bill Turner, father of Will Turner in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films
- William Turner III, son of Will Turner in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films