William Cooper

William Cooper may refer to:

Business

 * William Cooper (accountant) (1826–1871), founder of Cooper Brothers
 * William Cooper (businessman) (1761–1840), Canadian businessman
 * William Cooper (co-operator) (1822–1868), English co-operator
 * William E. Cooper (civic leader) (1921–2008), prominent businessman in Dallas, Texas
 * William W. Cooper (1914–2012), management scientist

Government

 * William B. Cooper (Delaware politician) (1771–1849), American farmer and politician
 * William B. Cooper (North Carolina politician) (1867–1959), lieutenant governor of North Carolina
 * William C. Cooper (politician) (1832–1902), US congressman from Ohio
 * William Cooper (judge) (1754–1809), father of James Fenimore Cooper and founder of Cooperstown, New York
 * William Cooper (Prince Edward Island politician), Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
 * Prentice Cooper (William Prentice Cooper, 1895–1969), Tennessee governor
 * William Raworth Cooper (1793–1856), US congressman from New Jersey
 * William Frierson Cooper (1820–1909), lawyer, politician and judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court
 * Bill Cooper (Georgia politician) (born 1933), American former politician and judge
 * William Cooper (Australian politician) (1868–1957), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 * William Prentice Cooper (1870–1961), Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives

Literature and arts

 * William Cooper (novelist) (1910–2002), British novelist
 * William C. Cooper (actor) (1853–1918), stage and film actor
 * William Cooper Nell (1816–1874), African-American abolitionist
 * William Heaton Cooper (1903–1995), British landscape artist
 * William J. Cooper Jr. (born 1940), American historian
 * William T. Cooper (1934–2015), Australian natural history illustrator
 * Revd William Cooper (1824–1892), pseudonym of James Bertram, a Scottish pornography producer
 * William Sidney Cooper (1854–1927), English landscape artist
 * William Brown Cooper (1811–1900), American painter
 * William Y. Cooper (1934–2016), African-American painter, writer and illustrator
 * Milton William Cooper (1943–2001), American conspiracy theorist and author

Characters

 * William Cooper, a CIA agent in the 2010 film Red

Science

 * William Cooper (chemical manufacturer) (1813–1885), British sheep dip manufacturer
 * William Cooper (conchologist) (1798–1864), American conchologist
 * William Skinner Cooper (1894–1978), American ecologist
 * William White Cooper, English surgeon-oculist

Sports

 * Bill Cooper (American football) (born 1939), professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers
 * Bill Cooper (baseball) (1915–1985), American Negro leagues baseball player
 * Bill Cooper (hurler) (born 1987), Irish hurler
 * William Cooper (cricketer) (1849–1939), Australian cricketer
 * William Osborne Cooper (1891–1930), Australian cricketer
 * Bill Cooper (sailor) (1928–2016), Royal Navy officer, sailor and author
 * William Cooper (sailor) (1910–1968), Olympic gold medalist of 1932
 * Billy Cooper (Canadian football) (born 1945), Canadian football player
 * Billy Cooper (footballer) (1917–?), English footballer
 * Willie Cooper (1909–1994), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen FC)
 * Billy Cooper (trumpeter), cricket supporter and trumpet player for the Barmy Army
 * Willie Cooper (footballer, born 1886) (1886–?), English footballer for Barnsley and Rochdale

Other fields

 * Milton William Cooper (1943–2001), American writer, radio host, and political activist
 * William Cooper (Aboriginal Australian) (c. 1860–1941), Aboriginal rights leader
 * William Cooper (Puritan) (fl. 1653), chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia and ejected minister
 * William E. Cooper (university president), president of the University of Richmond (1998–2007)
 * William Cooper (priest) (1833/34–1909), Church of England priest
 * William Durrant Cooper (1812–1875), English lawyer and antiquary
 * William John Cooper (1882–1935), American educator
 * William Turakiuta Cooper (1886–1949), New Zealand interpreter and land officer
 * William Cooper (banker), Governor of the Bank of England from 1769 to 1771
 * William E. Cooper (general) (1929–2023), United States Army general