William Baker may refer to:

Artists and designers

  • William Baker (fashion designer) (born 1973), English fashion designer
  • William Baker of Audlem (1705–1771), English architect
  • William A. Baker (1911–1981), American naval architect
  • William Bliss Baker (1859–1886), American landscape artist
  • William T. Baker (born 1956), American residential designer and author

Business leaders and owners

  • William Baker (printer) (1742–1785), English printer
  • William F. Baker (engineer) (born 1953), American partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
  • William F. Baker (television) (born 1942), retired American television executive
  • William Meath Baker (1857–1935), English pottery owner and benefactor
  • William O. Baker (1915–2005), former Bell Labs president

Military personnel

  • William Baker (Indian Army officer) (1888–1964), British officer who served in the Indian Army
  • William Baker (colonist) ( 1761–1836), British soldier and early Australian settler
  • William Erskine Baker (1808–1881), British Indian Army officer
  • William Clyde Baker Jr. (1904–1966), American major general who served in the Engineer Corps

Politicians

American politicians

  • William Baker (Kansas politician) (1831–1910), U.S. representative from Kansas
  • William Baker (New York politician) (1795–1871), speaker of the New York Assembly in 1834
  • William Benjamin Baker (1840–1911), U.S. representative from Maryland
  • William C. Baker (1858–1931), mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
  • William Baker (Pennsylvania and Indiana politician) (1813–1872), Pennsylvania state legislator and mayor of Evansville, Indiana
  • William H. Baker (1827–1911), U.S. representative from New York
  • William Leonard Baker (1831–1893), Australian politician, member of the WA Legislative Assembly
  • Bill Baker (politician) (William Pond Baker, born 1940), U.S. representative from California
  • William R. Baker (1820–1890), mayor of Houston, Texas
  • William Washington Baker (1844–1927), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
  • William Y. Baker (1829–?), Wisconsin state assemblyman
  • Will Baker (born 1965), American perennial candidate

Commonwealth politicians

  • Sir William Baker (British politician) (1705–1770), British businessman and politician; member of parliament for Plympton Erle
  • William Baker (1743–1824), British member of parliament for Aldborough, Hertford, Hertfordshire and Plympton Erle
  • William Baker (Lower Canada politician) (1789–1866), politician in Lower Canada
  • William George Baker (1885–1960), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

Religious figures

  • William Baker (bishop of Norwich) (1668–1732), bishop of Bangor and of Norwich in the Church of England
  • William Baker (bishop of Zanzibar) (1902–1990), English Anglican bishop of Zanzibar
  • William Baker (headmaster) (1841–1910), English headmaster and Church of England prebendary
  • William Baker (priest) (1870–1950), Anglican archdeacon of Sheffield
  • William Mumford Baker (1825–1883), American Presbyterian minister and author

Sports

  • William Baker (baseball) (1866–1930), owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, 1913–1930
  • William Baker (Surrey cricketer) (1807–1885), English cricketer
  • William de Chair Baker (1823–1888), English cricketer
  • William Baker (Kent cricketer) (1832–1912), English cricketer
  • William Baker (footballer) (1882–1916), British footballer for Plymouth Argyle
  • Bill Baker (baseball) (William Presley Baker, 1911–2006), American baseball catcher
  • Bill Baker (ice hockey, born 1882) (William Henry Baker, 1882–1916), Canadian hockey player
  • Bill Baker (ice hockey, born 1956) (William Robert Baker), American hockey player
  • Bill Baker (racing driver) (William Edwin Baker, 1931–1978), American NASCAR driver
  • Billy Baker (footballer, born 1892) (William Edward Baker, 1892–1980), English footballer
  • Billy Baker (footballer, born 1920) (William George Baker, 1920–2005), Welsh footballer

Others

  • William Baker (engineer) (1817–1878), English railway engineer
  • William Spohn Baker (1824–1897), American writer, collector and title examiner
  • William Baker, real name of the fictional character Sandman
  • William Morrant Baker (1839–1896), English surgeon and describer of Baker's cyst
  • William E. Baker (1873–1954), United States federal judge
  • William Baker, lynched on March 8, 1922, see lynching of William Baker
  • Willie Baker, American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

See also

  • Bill Baker (disambiguation)