William Martin

William Martin may refer to:

Arts

 * William Martin (painter) (1753– c.  1836), English history painter
 * William Martin (architect) (1829–1900), British architect
 * E. William Martin (1891–1977), Scottish-born American architect
 * William Martin (garden designer) (born 1953), plantsman and garden designer
 * William Martin (novelist), American novelist
 * William Martin (tenor) (1898–?), American opera singer
 * William E. Martin (1945–2016), American songwriter, screenwriter and voice actor
 * William H. "Dad" Martin, American photographer
 * William Martin (director), American stage director

Military

 * William T. Martin (1823–1910), American lawyer, politician and Confederate States Army general
 * William Martin (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1696–1756), naval officer and admiral
 * Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet (1801–1895), First Sea Lord of Britain, 1858–1859
 * William Martin (American sailor, USS Benton) (1835–1914), New York born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
 * William Martin (American sailor, USS Varuna) (1839–?), Irish born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
 * William Martin (Royal Marine officer), invented by British military intelligence for a Second World War deception plan
 * William Franklin Martin (1863–1942), United States Army general

Politics and government

 * William Martin, 1st Baron Martin (died 1324), English noble
 * Sir William Martin (Athelhampton), MP for Dorset in 1478
 * William Martin (MP for Exeter) (died c. 1609), MP for Exeter (UK Parliament constituency), 1597
 * William D. Martin (1789–1833), US congressman from South Carolina
 * William Martin (merchant) (1806–1859), American merchant, politician in Tennessee
 * Sir William Martin (judge) (1807–1880), first Chief Justice of New Zealand, 1841–1857
 * William Harrison Martin (1822–1898), U.S. Representative from Texas
 * William V. Martin (c. 1870s–?), British Vice-Consul in Ferrol, Spain
 * William T. Martin (mayor) (1788–1866), mayor of Columbus, Ohio
 * Lee Martin (politician) (William Lee Martin, 1870–1950), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
 * William Melville Martin (1876–1970), premier of Saskatchewan
 * William Martin (Canadian politician) (1886–1973), Canadian clergyman and politician
 * William Martin (Scottish politician) (1886–1939), British MP for Dunbartonshire, 1923–1924
 * William McChesney Martin (1906–1998), American business executive, former Federal Reserve Chairman
 * William Martin (Australian politician) (1834–1917), New South Wales politician
 * William B. Martin (1846–1916), American politician
 * William O'Hara Martin (1845–1901), American merchant, politician and banker from Nevada
 * William E. Martin (New York politician) (1886–1923), American politician from New York

Science, engineering and philosophy

 * William Martin (naturalist) (1767–1810), English naturalist and palaeontologist
 * William Martin (philosopher) (1772–1851), English inventor, eccentric, and philosopher
 * William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864), English naturalist
 * William Clyde Martin Jr. (1929–2013), American physicist
 * William Keble Martin (1877–1969), British botanist
 * William A. Martin (1938–1981), American computer scientist
 * William F. Martin (born 1957), American botanist and molecular biologist
 * William Flynn Martin (born 1950), energy economist, educator, and international diplomat
 * William Hamilton Martin (1931–1987), American cryptologist, defector to the Soviet Union

Sport

 * William Martin (Australian cricketer) (1856–1938), Australian cricketer
 * William Martin (English cricketer) (1844–1871), English cricketer
 * William Martin (footballer), professional footballer for Huddersfield Town
 * William Martin (sport shooter) (1866–1931), American Olympic sport shooter
 * William Martin (swimmer), Australian Paralympic swimmer
 * William Martin (water polo) (1906–1980), British Olympic water polo player
 * William Martin (Olympic sailor) (1828–1905), French sailor
 * William C. Martin, University of Michigan athletics director
 * William K. Martin (c. 1868–1949), American college football and baseball coach
 * Trevor Martin (umpire) (William Trevor Martin, 1925–2017), New Zealand Test cricket umpire

Others

 * William Martin (born 1796), with Bass and Flinders in Tom Thumb, see Martin Islet (New South Wales)
 * William Alexander Parsons Martin, American Presbyterian missionary and translator
 * William Byam Martin, English merchant and official of the East India Company
 * William Clyde Martin (1893–1984), American Methodist bishop
 * William Joseph Martin Jr. (1868–1943), president of Davidson College
 * William R. H. Martin, American businessman
 * William Thomas Martin (1883–?), South Australian school inspector