William Greene may refer to: Business figures William G. Greene (1812–1894), businessman and friend of Abraham Lincoln William Batchelder Greene (1819–1878), American individualist anarchist and banking reformer William Cornell Greene (1852–1911), mining magnate William Greene (economist) (born 1951), American economist Political and government figures William atte Greene represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency) William Greene (MP for Portsmouth) in 1597, Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth William Greene (colonial governor) (1695–1758), colonial governor of Rhode Island William Greene (governor) (1731–1809), governor of state of Rhode Island during American Revolutionary War William Greene (MP) (1748–1829), Member of Parliament for Dungarvan, 1802–1806 William Greene (lieutenant governor) (1797–1883), Rhode Island lieutenant governor after the Civil War William S. Greene (1841–1924), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts William Laury Greene (1849–1899), Nebraska Populist politician Sir William Graham Greene (1857–1950), English civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty William Pomeroy Crawford Greene (1884–1959), British Member of Parliament for Worcester, 1923–1945 Bill Greene (1930–2002), Democratic member of the California State Assembly and the California State Senate William G. Greene Jr. (born 1940), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Religious figures William Greene (Dean of Achonry) (died 1843), Dean of Achonry, 1821–1824 William Greene (Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin) (1827–1910), Dean of Christ Church, Dublin William Greene (Dean of Lismore) (died 1930), Dean of Lismore, 1919–1930 Others William Friese-Greene (1855–1921), portrait photographer and prolific inventor W. Howard Greene (1895–1956), Hollywood cinematographer specializing in Technicolor Willie Greene (born 1971), baseball player William P. Greene Jr., Chief Judge of United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims William Greene (aviator) (1874–1952), American aviation pioneer William A. Greene (1913–1967), publicist William Hallett Greene, first black member of the U.S. Signal Corps See also William Green (disambiguation) William Greene Turner (1833–1917), American sculptor