William Gray

William Gray or Bill Gray is a name shared by the following individuals:

Religious figures and public officials

*William Gray (bishop) (before 1390–1436), English clergyman; served as Bishop of London (1425–31) and Bishop of Lincoln (1431–36)
*William Gray (Massachusetts) (1750–1825), American politician and merchant who became one of the wealthiest men of his era
*William H. Gray (Oregon politician) (1810–1889), American pioneer of Oregon Country and organizer of its government
*William Crane Gray (1835–1919), American religious figure; first bishop of the Episcopal Church's Missionary Jurisdiction
*William Bain Gray (1886–1949), British Foreign Office official; served as Administrator of Saint Vincent and Governor of Saint Helena
*William Gray (Glasgow), Scottish administrator who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1972 to 1975
*Wilfred James Gray, Australian government official from the 1970s to the 2000s; specialist in Aboriginal matters; best known as Bill Gray
*William H. Gray (Pennsylvania) (born 1941), American minister and political figure; Democrat from Pennsylvania; 2nd district (1979–91)

Writers and academics

*William S. Gray (1885–1960), American academic and prolific textbook author who was a foremost authority on the teaching of reading
*William G. Gray (1913–1992), English occultist, author and mystic whose prolific writings define modern studies of ritual and the occult
*George William Gray (born 1926), Scottish academic who is an internationally known authority on organic chemistry
*William M. Gray, (born 1931), American academic; Professor of Atmospheric Science; pioneer in techniques of forecasting hurricanes
*William D. Gray, American philosopher; author of the 1991 book "Thinking Critically About New Age Ideas"

ports personalities

*Bill Gray (baseball) (1871–1932), American Major League Baseball player whose career lasted from May 1890 to October 1898
*Bill Gray (football player) (1922–1978), American offensive lineman in the National Football League (Washington Redskins)
*Bill Gray (rugby player) (1932–1993), New Zealand Rugby Union footballer

Others

*Bill Gray (born 1938), American actor who portrayed teenager Bud Anderson on TV's "Father Knows Best"; best known as Billy Gray
*William J. Gray, American astronomer associated with Project Pluto

=See also=
*Gray (surname)
*Grey (surname)
*William Grey (before 1415–1478), English clergyman who served as Bishop of Ely from 1454 to 1478
*William Gray Purcell (1880–1965), American architect known for his late-19th- early-20th-century Midwestern "Prairie School" style
*William Francis Gray Swann (1884–1962), Anglo-American physicist particularly noted for research into cosmic rays and high energy
*William Gray Espy (born 1948), American actor best known for roles in daytime dramas "The Young and the Restless" and "Another World"
*Bill Gray's, American chain of fast-food restaurants based in New York State; founded in 1938 by Bill and Alberta Gray