and peer William Harris, American Civil War colonel, son of Ira Harris William W. Harris (Medal of Honor) (1850–1878), Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Indian Wars William Frederick Harris (1918–1950), United States Marine Corps officer Engineers, inventors and scientists William Cornwallis Harris (1807–1848), English military engineer, artist and hunter Sir William Gordon Harris (1912–2005), British civil engineer William Snow Harris (1791–1867), invented a ship-borne lightning rod William Harris, former director general of Science Foundation Ireland Others William Harris (beachcomber) (c. 1813–1889), British escaped convict and settler in pre-colonial Nauru William Harris (musician) (fl. 1927–1928), American country blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter William Harris (theatrical producer) (1844–1916), American theatre producer and vaudevillian performer William Harris (Tudor person) (1556–1616), English knight, landowner and incorporator in the third Virginia Company of London William Harris (settler) (1610–1681), founding settler of Providence, Rhode Island William Harris, 6th Earl of Malmesbury (1907–2000), British peer Bill Harris (neuroscientist) (born 1950), Canadian-born neuroscientist William Critchlow Harris (1854–1913), Canadian architect William C. Harris (police officer), Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 1856–1881 Sir William Henry Harris (1883–1973), English organist and composer William H. Harris (orthopaedic surgeon) (born 1927), American orthopaedic surgeon William Laurel Harris (1870–1924), American muralist and editor William Torrey Harris (1835–1909), United States Commissioner of Education, American educator, philosopher, lexicographer William Harris Jr. (1884–1946), Broadway theatrical producer William Harris, founder of the Ottawa Citizen newspaper William Bevan Harris, British-American comic actor, better known as Billy Bevan See also Bill Harris (disambiguation) William Harries (disambiguation) William Hamlyn-Harris (born 1978), Australian javelin thrower