William Edwards

William Edwards may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * William Edwards (architect) (1719–1789), Welsh architect of the Pontypridd bridge in south Wales
 * William Camden Edwards (1777–1855), Welsh engraver
 * William Augustus Edwards (1866–1939), American architect in Atlanta
 * William Albert Edwards (1888–1976), American architect in Santa Barbara, California
 * William John Edwards (1898–1978), Welsh singer
 * William J. Edwards (architect) (fl. 1907), American architect, designed the Washington School (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Military

 * William Edwards (United States Navy officer) (c. 1790–1813), American navy officer.
 * William D. Edwards (1849–1903), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient.
 * William F.S. Edwards (1872-1941), decorated British brig. gen. 1st appointed soldier commissioned by the Crown to become Commissioner of Police in East Africa, including Uganda.
 * William Mordaunt Marsh Edwards (1855–1912), English army officer, awarded the Victoria Cross in the Sudan.

Politics and law

 * William Edwards (17th century MP) (fl. 1645), British politician, MP for the City of Chester
 * William P. Edwards (1835–1900), American lawyer, soldier, member-elect to the U.S. Congress from Georgia
 * William Henry Edwards (politician) (1857–1950), Canadian manufacturer and politician
 * William Edwards (Wisconsin politician) (1861–1944), American politician, Wisconsin state senator
 * Don Edwards (William Donlon Edwards, 1915–2015), U.S. Representative from California
 * Jack Edwards (American politician) (William Jackson Edwards, 1928–2019), U.S. Representative from Alabama
 * William Edwards (British politician) (1938–2007), British politician, MP for Merionethshire
 * W. Cary Edwards (William Cary Edwards, 1944–2010), American politician, Attorney General of New Jersey
 * W. Stuart Edwards, Canadian civil servant and lawyer

Sports

 * William Edwards (1831–1898), American harness racing pioneer
 * William Edwards (Kent cricketer) (1859–1947), English cricketer
 * William Edwards (Cornwall cricketer) (born 1938), English cricketer
 * William Edwards (rugby union) (born 1995), English rugby union and rugby sevens player

Others

 * William Edwards (inventor) (1770–1851), American inventor, grandson of Jonathan Edwards
 * William Frédéric Edwards (1777–1842), French physiologist, of Jamaican background
 * William Henry Edwards (1822–1909), American entomologist
 * William Cameron Edwards (1844–1921), Canadian businessman and parliamentarian
 * William Edwards (school inspector) (1851–1940), Welsh school inspector
 * William F. Edwards (1906–1989), American businessman, educator and professor at Brigham Young University
 * Willie Edwards (1932–1957), African American murdered by the Ku Klux Klan