William Ross

William Ross may refer to:

Nobility

 * William I, Earl of Ross (died 1274), ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland
 * William II, Earl of Ross (died c. 1323), ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland
 * William Ross, 8th Lord Ross (died 1640), Scottish nobleman
 * William Ross, 10th Lord Ross (died 1656), Scottish nobleman
 * William Ross, 12th Lord Ross (died 1738), Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician
 * William Ross, 14th Lord Ross (died 1754), Scottish nobleman

Politics

 * William Ross (speaker) (died 1830), New York politician, Speaker of the State Assembly 1814
 * William H. H. Ross (1814–1887), American politician and former governor of Delaware
 * William Ross (Canadian politician) (1824–1912), merchant, ship builder and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada
 * William Ross (Ontario politician) (1854–1937), merchant and politician in Ontario, Canada
 * William Benjamin Ross (1855–1929), Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman
 * William Roderick Ross (1869–1928), lawyer and politician in British Columbia, Canada
 * William Donald Ross (1869–1947), financier, banker and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
 * William B. Ross (1873–1924), Governor of Wyoming
 * William Henry Ross (1886–1943), provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada
 * Bill Ross (Australian politician) (1888–1966), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
 * William Gladstone Ross (1889–1948), lawyer, judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
 * Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock (1911–1988), Secretary of State for Scotland in the 1960s
 * William Cecil Ross (1911–1998), leader of the (communist) Labour Progressive Party of Manitoba in 1945
 * William Ross (Unionist politician) (born 1936), Ulster Unionist Party member of Parliament until 2001

Sports

 * William Ross (cricketer) (fl. 1860), Australian cricketer
 * William Ross (footballer, born 1874) (1874–?), English professional footballer active in the 1890s
 * William Ross (baseball) (1893–1964), American Negro leagues baseball player
 * William Ross (rower) (1900–1992), Canadian Olympic rower
 * William Alexander Ross (1913–1942), Scottish rugby player
 * William Ross (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1995), Scottish footballer
 * William Ross (water polo) (1928–2021), US water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
 * Bill Ross (footballer) (born 1944), Australian rules footballer
 * Bill Ross (rugby union) (born 1956), Australian rugby union player
 * Eric Ross (William Eric Ross, born 1944), Northern Irish footballer

Other people

 * William Ross (poet) (1762–1790/91), Scottish Gaelic poet
 * William Charles Ross (1794–1860), British artist
 * William P. Ross (1820–1891), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
 * William Murray Ross (1825–1904), entrepreneur in Melbourne
 * William Stewart Ross (1844–1906), Scottish writer and publisher
 * W. D. Ross (William David Ross, 1877–1971), British philosopher
 * William Ross (theatrical producer) (1915–1994), State Managers Association, Actors' Equity Association
 * William Ross (actor) (1923–2014), Tokyo-based American actor, voice actor, voice director and editor, and the founder of Frontier Enterprises
 * William Ross (composer) (born 1948), soundtrack composer

Fictional

 * William Ross (Star Trek), a character in Star Trek