William Bennett (disambiguation)

William Bennett (born 1943) is an American conservative pundit, political theorist and former Secretary of Education.

William, Bill, or Billy Bennett may also refer to:

Academia

 * William Bennett (headmaster) (1858–1934), teacher and teachers' representative in South Australia
 * W. E. Bennett (William E. Bennett), American academic
 * William G. Bennett (architect) (1896–1977), Australian architect
 * Sir William H. Bennett (surgeon) (1852–1931), British surgeon
 * William R. Bennett Jr. (1930–2008), American physicist
 * William W. Bennett (educator) (1821–1887), American president of Randolph–Macon College from 1877 to 1887

Music

 * William Bennett (flautist) (1936–2022), British flute player
 * William Bennet (musician) (c. 1767–1833), English musician
 * William Bennett (oboist) (1956–2013), San Francisco Symphony oboist
 * William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), British composer
 * Willie P. Bennett (1951–2008), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter
 * William Bennett, British experimental musician and founding member of Whitehouse and Cut Hands

Politics

 * W. A. C. Bennett (1900–1979), premier of British Columbia
 * William Bennett (Australian politician) (1843–1929), member of the Tasmanian Parliament
 * William Bennett (English politician) (1873–1937), Member of Parliament for Battersea South, 1929–1931
 * William Gordon Bennett (1900–1982), Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Glasgow Woodside, 1950–1955
 * William Humphrey Bennett (1859–1925), Canadian senator
 * William M. Bennett (1869–1930), New York politician
 * William Weaver Bennett (1841–1912), mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, 1895–1907
 * Bill Bennett (1932–2015), premier of British Columbia and son of W. A. C Bennett
 * Bill Bennett (Liberal MLA) (born 1950), British Columbia politician

Religion

 * William Bennet (bishop) (1746–1820), spelled Bennett on his memorial in Cloyne Cathedral
 * William Bennett (clergyman) (c. 1770–1857), British-born Methodist minister
 * W. J. E. Bennett (1804–1886), Anglican priest
 * William H. Bennett (Mormon) (1910–1980), Canadian agronomist and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Association football

 * William Bennett (footballer) (1896–?), English footballer with Nelson
 * William Bennett (football manager), Cuban football manager
 * Billy Bennett (footballer, born 1872) (1878–1953), English footballer who played for Crewe Alexandra and Small Heath
 * Billy Bennett (footballer, born 1955), Scottish footballer

Other sports

 * William Bennett (cricketer) (1807–1886), English cricketer
 * Bill Bennett (footballer) (born 1948), former Australian rules footballer
 * Bill Bennett (ice hockey) (born 1953), American former ice hockey left winger

Others

 * William Bennett (Australian engineer) (1824–1889), (William Christopher Bennett) Irish-Australian surveyor and engineer
 * William Bennett (painter) (1811–1871), English watercolour painter
 * William Cox Bennett (1820–1895), English poet
 * William G. Bennett (gaming executive) (1924–2002), American gaming executive and real estate developer
 * William H. Bennett (newspaperman) (1879–1939), newspaper editor and proprietor in Peterborough, South Australia
 * William James Bennett (1787–1844), English watercolour painter
 * William Mineard Bennett (1778–1858), English miniature-painter
 * William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917–1994), American diplomat
 * Bill Bennett (director) (born 1953), Australian film director
 * Billy Bennett (comedian) (1887–1942), British comedian