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 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 Music Bill Wells (born c. 1963), Scottish musician Dicky Wells (William Wells, 1907–1985), American jazz trombonist 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 New Zealand Parliament William Wells (1818–1889), British Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Beverley, 1852–1857, and Peterborough, 1874–1874 Other fields 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 & farmer of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (UK); and Brattleboro, VT 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 See also Welles (name) Wells (name)