William Churchill may refer to: William Churchill (burgess)(1649–1710) British attorney who became merchant, burgess and planter in the Virginia colony, great-grandfather of 9th president of USA William Henry Harrison William Churchill (Dorchester MP) (1627–1702), MP for Dorchester 1685–1689 William Churchill (Ipswich MP) (1661–1737), MP for Ipswich 1707–1714 and 1715–1717 William Churchill (ethnologist) (1859–1920), American Polynesian ethnologist and philologist William Churchill (athlete) (1885–1969), American long-distance runner Bill Churchill (1904–1959), Australian rules footballer William Algernon Churchill (1865–1947), art historian and British diplomat William Nosworthy Churchill (1796–1846), British-born journalist in Turkey William Sydney Churchill (1860–1918), British military officer