William Coleman

William, Will or Bill Coleman may refer to:

Business

• William Coffin Coleman (1870–1957), founder of the Coleman Company
• William Frank Kobina Coleman (born 1922), Ghanaian engineer and director-general of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
• William T. Coleman III (1947–2020), American businessman, CEO of Veritas Technologies
• William Tell Coleman (1824–1893), American pioneer and businessman
• William C. Coleman (1901–1976), US railroad executive

Entertainment

• Bill Coleman (artist) (1922–1993), Australian artist
• Bill Coleman (trumpeter) (1904–1981), jazz trumpeter
• Will Coleman (storyteller) Cornish film-maker, author, and musician
• William Stephen Coleman (1829–1904), English painter and book illustrator

Politics

• Bill Coleman (Oklahoma politician), member of the Oklahoma Senate
• William Coleman (politician) (1878–?), house painter, labor activist, and Socialist politician from Milwaukee
• William D. Coleman (politician) (1842–1908), president of Liberia
• William Henry Coleman (1871–1943), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. (1920–2017), U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Religion

• Bill Coleman (bishop) (1917–1992), Anglican bishop in Canada
• William D. Coleman (pastor) (1915–2001), first principal of the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad
• William Emmette Coleman (1843–1909), American clerk, Orientalist, spiritualist and writer

Sports

• Will Coleman (American football) (1869–1934), American football coach at the University of Kansas
• William Coleman (basketball) (born 1988), American basketball player
• William Coleman (equestrian) (born 1983), American equestrian

Other

• William Coleman (editor) (1766–1829), first editor of the New York Evening Post
• William Coleman (historian) (1934–1988), American historian of biology
• William Coleman (judge) (1704–1769), judge in colonial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• William Caldwell Coleman (1884–1968), American federal judge
• William D. Coleman (scientist) (1950–2023), Canadian political science academic
• William Higgins Coleman (1812–1863), English botanist
• William Thaddeus Coleman III (born 1947), General Counsel of the U.S. Army
• William Peter Coleman (1928–2019), Australian writer and politician
• William B. Coleman, prisoner who carried out hunger strike which led to the Lantz v. Coleman case addressing the constitutionality of force-feeding

See also

• William Coleman Anderson (1853–1902), American Republican politician
• SS William T. Coleman, 1942 Liberty ship