William Wells

William Wells may refer to:

Military

 * William Wells (general) (1837–1892), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient for the Battle of Gettysburg
 * William Wells (Medal of Honor) (1832–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
 * William Wells (soldier) (1770–1812), American army officer and adopted member of the Miami tribe
 * William Lewis Wells (1895–1918), World War I flying ace

Music

 * Bill Wells (born c. 1963), Scottish musician
 * Dicky Wells (William Wells, 1907–1985), American jazz trombonist

Sports

 * Billy Wells (American football) (William Prescott Wells, 1931–2001), American professional football player
 * Bombardier Billy Wells (William Thomas Wells, 1889–1967), English heavyweight boxer
 * William Wells (boxer) (born 1936), British Olympic boxer
 * Willie Wells (1906–1989), American professional baseball player
 * Willie Wells Jr. (1922–1994), American professional baseball player
 * Bill Wells (footballer) (1920–2013), Australian rules footballer
 * Billy Wells (footballer) (1916–1984), Australian rules footballer

Politics

 * William Benjamin Wells (1809–1881), Canadian lawyer, judge, journalist and politician
 * William H. Wells (1769–1829), American lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
 * William S. Wells (1848–1916), member of the Maine House of Representatives
 * William Wells (1908–1990), barrister, MP for Walsall North from 1945–74
 * William Wells (New Zealand politician) (1810–1893), member of the New Zealand Parliament
 * William Wells (1818–1889), British Liberal Member of Parliament

Religion

 * William Wells (bishop) (died 1444), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Rochester
 * William Wells (priest) (died 1675), English Church of England Archdeacon of Colchester
 * William Wells (minister) (1744–1827), minister and farmer

Other fields

 * William Charles Wells (1757–1817), Scottish-American physician and printer
 * William F. Wells (1886–1963), American scientist and sanitary engineer
 * William Frederick Wells (1762–1836), English watercolour painter and etcher
 * William H. Wells (educator) (1812–1865), educator who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools
 * William Wells (whaling master) (1815–1880), English captain of whaling ships
 * William George Wells, Chief Scout Commissioner of Scouts Australia
 * William Wells (cricketer) (1881–1939), English cricketer
 * William Storrs Wells (1849–1926), American businessman, prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age