William Bennett (born 1943) is an American conservative pundit, political theorist and former Secretary of Education. William, Bill, or Billy Bennett may also refer to: Academia William Bennett (headmaster), teacher and teachers' representative in South Australia W. E. Bennett (William E. Bennett), American academic William G. Bennett (architect) (1896–1977), Australian architect Sir William H. Bennett (surgeon) (1852–1931), British surgeon William R. Bennett Jr. (1930–2008), American physicist William W. Bennett (educator) (1821–1887), American president of Randolph–Macon College from 1877 to 1887 Music William Bennett (flautist) (1936–2022), British flute player William Bennet (musician) (c. 17671833), English musician William Bennett (oboist) (1956–2013), San Francisco Symphony oboist William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), British composer Willie P. Bennett (1951–2008), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter William Bennett, British experimental musician and founding member of Whitehouse and Cut Hands Politics W. A. C. Bennett (1900–1979), premier of British Columbia William Bennett (Australian politician) (1843–1929), member of the Tasmanian Parliament William Bennett (English politician) (1873–1937), Member of Parliament for Battersea South, 1929–1931 William Gordon Bennett (1900–1982), Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Glasgow Woodside, 1950–1955 William Humphrey Bennett (1859–1925), Canadian senator William M. Bennett (1869–1930), New York politician William Weaver Bennett (1841–1912), mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, 1895–1907 Bill Bennett (1932–2015), premier of British Columbia and son of W. A. C Bennett Bill Bennett (Liberal MLA) (born 1950), British Columbia politician Religion William Bennet (bishop) (1746–1820), spelled Bennett on his memorial in Cloyne Cathedral William Bennett (clergyman) (–1857), British-born Methodist minister W. J. E. Bennett (1804–1886), Anglican priest William H. Bennett (Mormon) (1910–1980), Canadian agronomist and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sports Association football William Bennett (footballer) (1896–?), English footballer with Nelson William Bennett (football manager), Cuban football manager Billy Bennett (footballer, born 1872) (1872–?), English footballer who played for Crewe Alexandra and Small Heath Billy Bennett (footballer, born 1955), Scottish footballer Other sports William Bennett (cricketer) (1807–1886), English cricketer Bill Bennett (footballer) (born 1948), former Australian rules footballer Bill Bennett (ice hockey) (born 1953), American former ice hockey left winger Others William Bennett (Australian engineer) (1824–1889), (William Christopher Bennett) Irish-Australian surveyor and engineer William Bennett (painter) (1811–1871), English watercolour painter William Cox Bennett (1820–1895), English poet William G. Bennett (gaming executive) (1924–2002), American gaming executive and real estate developer William H. Bennett (newspaperman) (1879–1939), newspaper editor and proprietor in Peterborough, South Australia William James Bennett (1787–1844), English watercolour painter William Mineard Bennett (1778–1858), English miniature-painter