William Cox
William Cox may refer to:
Sports
- William Cox (athlete) (1904–1996), United States Olympic medallist
- William D. Cox (1909–1989), American businessman and sports executive
- Billy Cox (baseball) (1919–1978), American Major League Baseball middle infielder
- Bill Cox (American football) (born 1929), former American football end
- Bill Cox (baseball) (1913–1988), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Bill Cox (golfer) (1910–1985), author and professional golfer at Fulwell Golf Club from 1946 to 1975
- William Samuel Cox (1831–1895), Australian racecourse owner, namesake of the Cox Plate
Politicians
- William Cox (governor) (born 1936), known as Bill Cox, Governor of the state of Tasmania, Australia
- William Cox (UK politician) (1817–1889), Member of Parliament for Finsbury 1857–1859, 1861–1865
- William E. Cox (1861–1942), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- William Hopkinson Cox (1856–1950), American politician; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
- William Wesley Cox (1865–1948), Presidential, Vice Presidential, and perennial U.S. Senate candidate of the Socialist Labor Party
Military
- William Ruffin Cox (1832–1919), Confederate general in the United States Civil War, later Secretary of the United States
- William Cox (British general) (1776-1864), British general of the peninsular war, in Siege of Almeida (1810)
- William Sitgreaves Cox (1790–1874), court-martialled acting third lieutenant of the USS Chesapeake
Others
- William Cox (Nova Scotia lawyer), past president of the Canadian Bar Association
- William Cox (pioneer) (1764–1837), constructor of the road across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia
- William Denton Cox (1883–1912), heroic steward aboard RMS Titanic
- William George Cox (c. 1821–1878), Gold Commissioner for the Cariboo and Boundary Districts in the Colony of British Columbia, Canada during the Rock Creek Gold Rush
- William Harold Cox (1901–1988), U.S. federal judge
- William John Cox (born 1941), American public interest lawyer, prosecutor, author and political activist
- William Robert Cox (1901–1988), prolific writer of short stories and Western and Mystery novels mainly for the pulp and paperback markets
- William Sands Cox (1802–1875), surgeon in Birmingham, England
- Billy Cox (born 1941), American bassist best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix
See also
- William Cox Ellis (1787–1871), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- George William Cox (1827–1902), British historian
- William Coxe (disambiguation)
- William Cocks (disambiguation)
- William Cocke (1748–1828), American lawyer
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