William Martin may refer to: Arts William Martin (painter) (1753–c. 1836), English history painter William Martin (architect) (1829–1900), British architect William Martin (garden designer) (born 1953), plantsman and garden designer William Martin (novelist), American novelist William Martin (tenor) (1898–?), American opera singer William E. Martin (1945–2016), American songwriter, screenwriter and voice actor William H. "Dad" Martin, American photographer William Martin (director), American stage director Military William T. Martin (1823–1910), American lawyer, politician and Confederate States Army general William Martin (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1696–1756), naval officer and admiral Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet (1801–1895), First Sea Lord of Britain, 1858–1859 William Martin (American sailor, USS Benton) (1835–1914), New York born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient William Martin (American sailor, USS Varuna) (1839–?), Irish born American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient William Martin (Royal Marine officer), invented by British military intelligence for a Second World War deception plan William Franklin Martin (1863–1942), United States Army general Politics and government Sir William Martin (Athelhampton), MP for Dorset in 1478 William Martin (MP for Exeter) (died c. 1609), MP for Exeter (UK Parliament constituency), 1597 William D. Martin (1789–1833), US congressman from South Carolina William Martin (merchant) (1806–1859), American merchant, politician in Tennessee Sir William Martin (judge) (1807–1880), first Chief Justice of New Zealand, 1841–1857 William Harrison Martin (1822–1898), U.S. Representative from Texas William V. Martin (c. 1870s–?), British Vice-Consul in Ferrol, Spain William T. Martin (mayor) (1788–1866), mayor of Columbus, Ohio Lee Martin (politician) (William Lee Martin, 1870–1950), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party William Melville Martin (1876–1970), premier of Saskatchewan William Martin (Canadian politician) (1886–1973), Canadian clergyman and politician William Martin (Scottish politician) (1886–1939), British MP for Dunbartonshire, 1923–1924 William McChesney Martin (1906–1998), American business executive, former Federal Reserve Chairman William Martin (Australian politician) (1834–1917), New South Wales politician William B. Martin (1846–1916), American politician William O'Hara Martin (1845–1901), American merchant, politician and banker from Nevada William E. Martin (New York politician) (1886–1923), American politician from New York Science, engineering and philosophy William Martin (naturalist) (1767–1810), English naturalist and palaeontologist William Martin (philosopher) (1772–1851), English inventor, eccentric, and philosopher William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864), English naturalist William Clyde Martin Jr. (1929–2013), American physicist William Keble Martin (1877–1969), British botanist William A. Martin (1938–1981), American computer scientist William F. Martin (born 1957), American botanist and molecular biologist William Flynn Martin (born 1950), energy economist,