William Cooper may refer to:
Business William Cooper (businessman) (1761–1840), Canadian businessman William Cooper (co-operator) (1822–1868), English co-operator William Cooper (accountant) (1826–1871), founder of Cooper Brothers William W. Cooper (1914–2012), management scientist William E. Cooper (civic leader) (1921–2008), businessman in Dallas, Texas
Government William B. Cooper (Delaware politician) (1771–1849), American farmer and politician William B. Cooper (North Carolina politician) (1867–1959), lieutenant governor of North Carolina William C. Cooper (politician) (1832–1902), US congressman from Ohio William Cooper (New York politician) (1754–1809), father of James Fenimore Cooper and founder of Cooperstown, New York William Cooper (Prince Edward Island politician), speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island Prentice Cooper (William Prentice Cooper, 1895–1969), Tennessee governor William R. Cooper (1793–1856), US congressman from New Jersey William Frierson Cooper (1820–1909), lawyer, politician and judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court Bill Cooper (Georgia politician) (born 1933), American former politician and judge William Cooper (Australian politician) (1868–1957), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly William Prentice Cooper (1870–1961), speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Sir William Cooper, 1st Baronet (c.1689–1761), Irish lawyer and politician William S. Cooper (judge) (born 1941), American lawyer and justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court
Literature and arts William Brown Cooper (1811–1900), American painter William Cooper Nell (1816–1874), African-American abolitionist Revd William Cooper (1824–1892), pseudonym of James Bertram, Scottish pornography producer William C. Cooper (actor) (1853–1918), stage and film actor William Sidney Cooper (1854–1927), English landscape artist William Heaton Cooper (1903–1995), British landscape artist William Cooper (novelist) (1910–2002), British novelist William T. Cooper (1934–2015), Australian natural history illustrator William Y. Cooper (1934–2016), African-American painter, writer and illustrator William J. Cooper Jr. (born 1940), American historian Milton William Cooper (1943–2001), known as Bill, American conspiracy theorist and author William Cooper, a CIA agent in the 2010 film Red
Science William Cooper (conchologist) (1798–1864), American conchologist William Cooper (chemical manufacturer) (1813–1885), British sheep dip manufacturer William White Cooper (1816–1886), English surgeon-oculist William Skinner Cooper (1894–1978), American ecologist
Sports William Cooper (cricketer) (1849–1939), Australian cricketer Willie Cooper (footballer, born 1886) (1886–?), English footballer for Barnsley and Rochdale William Osborne Cooper (1891–1930), Australian cricketer Willie Cooper (1909–1994), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen FC) William Cooper (sailor) (1910–1968), Olympic gold medalist of 1932 Bill Cooper (baseball) (1915–1985), American Negro leagues baseball player Billy Cooper (footballer) (1917–?), English footballer Bill Cooper (sailor) (1928–2016), Royal Navy officer, sailor and author Bill Cooper (American football) (born 1939), professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers Billy Cooper (Canadian football) (born 1945), Canadian football player Bill Cooper (hurler) (born 1987), Irish hurler Billy Cooper (trumpeter), cricket supporter and trumpet player for the Barmy Army
Other fields William Cooper (Puritan) (fl. 1653), chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia and ejected minister William Cooper (banker), governor of the Bank of England from 1769 to 1771 William Durrant Cooper (1812–1875), English lawyer and antiquary William Cooper (priest) (1833/34–1909), Church of England priest William Cooper (Quaker) (1856–1952), director of Cadbury Ltd in Australia William Cooper (Aboriginal Australian) (c. 1860–1941), Aboriginal rights leader William John Cooper (1882–1935), American educator William Turakiuta Cooper (1886–1949), New Zealand interpreter and land officer William Cooper (police officer) (c.1888–1941), one of 4 New Zealand police officers shot in the 1941 Kowhitirangi shootings. William E. Cooper (general) (1929–2023), United States Army general William E. Cooper (university president), president of the University of Richmond (1998–2007)
See also William Couper (disambiguation) William Cowper (disambiguation)