William or Willie Bell may refer to: Arts and entertainment William Bell (artist) (1735–1794), English portrait painter William Bell (architect) (1789–1865), Scottish-born architect who practiced in North Carolina William Bell (photographer) (1830–1910), English-born American photographer William Henry Bell (1873–1946), English composer William Bell (tuba player) (1902–1971), American tuba player and teacher William J. Bell (1927–2005), American writer and producer of TV soap operas William Bell (singer) (born 1939), American soul singer and songwriter William Bell (author) (1945–2016), Canadian young adult fiction author William Brent Bell, American film director William Bell (Fringe), character from the 2008–2013 TV series Fringe Politics and law United Kingdom William Bell (lawyer) (c. 1538–1598), English lawyer William Bell (apothecary) (died 1668), English apothecary and politician who sat in the House of Commons Cory Bell (William Cory Heward Bell, 1875–1961), British MP for Devizes United States William Bell Jr. (politician) (1828–1902), American politician from Ohio William H. Bell (Wisconsin politician) (1863–?), American politician from Wisconsin William A. Bell (born 1949), mayor of Birmingham, Alabama Other countries William R. Bell (1876–1927), Australian colonial District Officer in the Solomon Islands, assassinated William Henry Dillon Bell (1884–1917), New Zealand politician William Henry Bell (businessman) (fl. 1930s), British businessman and politician in Hong Kong William F. Bell (1938–2013), Canadian politician; mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario William Montgomerie Bell, merchant and politician in colonial Victoria, Australia Religion William Bell (bishop) (died 1343), Scottish Bishop of St Andrews William Bell (priest) (1625–1683), English archdeacon of St Albans and sermon writer William Bell (field preacher) (fl. 1670s), Scottish minister and prisoner on the Bass Rock William Bell (theologian) (1731–1816), English theologian William Bell (clergyman) (1780–1857), Scottish-born Presbyterian minister in Upper Canada William Yancy Bell (1887–1962), American bishop for the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Sports Association football (soccer) William Bell (Welsh footballer) (1859–?), Welsh footballer William Bell (English footballer) (1905–1937), English footballer (Sheffield United, Grimsby Town, Hull City) Willie Bell (born 1937), Scottish football player and manager Other sports William P. Bell (1886–1953), American golf course architect Billy Bell (ice hockey) (1891–1952), Canadian ice hockey player William Bell (baseball) (1897–1969), American Negro league baseball pitcher and manager William M. Bell (1909–1991), American football player and coach William Bell Jr. (baseball) (born 1930), American Negro league baseball pitcher William Bell (American football) (born 1971), American football player William Lawrence Bell, Jr (pickleball) (1924–2006), one of the creators of the racket sport pickleball Others William Bell (East