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 Builders and engineers William Baker, builder after whom Baker Street, London, is named William Baker (engineer) (1817–1878), English railway engineer 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 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 H. Baker (Pennsylvania and Indiana politician), 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 William P. 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 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