William Owen
William Owen may refer to:
Politicians
[edit]- William Owen (Oxford MP) (c. 1540–1580), MP for Oxford
- Sir William Owen (Shrewsbury MP), MP for Shrewsbury, 1625–1628
- Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (c. 1697–1781), British Member of Parliament for Pembroke and Pembrokeshire
- William Mostyn Owen (1742–1795), British landowner and politician
- William L. Owen (1809–1881), planter, businessman, and politician from Virginia
- William Owen (Australian politician) (1815–1869), businessman and politician in South Australia, prominent Total Abstainer
- William Owen (Wisconsin politician, born 1825) (1825–1894), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- William D. Owen (1846–disappeared 1906), United States Representative from Indiana
- William Reid Owen (1864–1949), mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1924
- William E. Owen (1888–1976), member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly
- Will Owen (politician) (1901–1981), British politician
Sports
[edit]- William Digby Owen (1857–1901), Oswestry F.C. and Wales international footballer
- William O. Owen (1859–1947), who climbed the true summit of Grand Teton in 1898
- William Pierce Owen (1860–1937), Ruthin Town F.C. and Wales international footballer
- William Owen (footballer, born 1862) (1862–?), Chirk F.C. and Wales international footballer
- William Owen (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1945), footballer who played for Stoke
- William Owen (footballer, born 1906) (1906–?), English football goalkeeper with Birmingham, Fulham and Coventry City
- Will Owen (cricketer) (born 1988), Welsh cricketer
Others
[edit]- William Owen (priest) (died 1680), Welsh Anglican priest
- William Owen (Royal Navy officer, born 1737) (1737–1778), British Royal Navy officer and settler of Campobello Island, Canada
- William Owen (painter) (1769–1825), British portrait painter
- William Fitzwilliam Owen (1774–1857), British Royal Navy vice-admiral and explorer
- William Owen (architect, born 1791) (1791–1879), Welsh architect
- William Owen (composer) (1814–1893), Welsh composer of hymn tunes, including Bryn Calfaria
- Sir William Owen (New South Wales judge) (1834–1912), Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
- William Lancaster Owen (1843–1911), British civil engineer
- William Owen (trade unionist) (1844–1912), English trade unionist, journalist and political activist
- William Owen (architect, born 1846) (1846–1910), English architect
- William C. Owen (1854–1929), British–American anarchist, writer during the Mexican Revolution
- Will Owen (illustrator) (1869–1957), English book illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist and artist
- William David Owen (1874–1925), Welsh novelist
- Sir William Owen (judge) (1899–1972), Justice of the High Court of Australia, grandson of Sir William Owen of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
- William T. Owen (1905–1942), Australian Army officer killed in action during World War II