William Ross
William McKinley Ross may refer to:
He was born and raised in Opelika, Alabama in the Jim Crow south, but Rose to become a very prominent public figure in Harlem who was known and loved by his community Mr. Ross as most called him, helped the many people in Harlem find jobs and to go to school he was dearly loved in Harlem and was even mentored buy some of the greatest civil rights activists such as Bayard Rustin and A Philip Randolph and Dorothy height, unfortunately, he died in January 2014 he was succeeded by his wife, Sibyl Ross and two kids Nicole and Marc. Mr. Ross did more for this community than he could ever know. And as someone from Harlem(2330 5th),we appreciate it.
Nobility
- William Ross, 8th Lord Ross (died 1640), Scottish nobleman
- William Ross, 10th Lord Ross (died 1656), Scottish nobleman
- William Ross, 12th Lord Ross (died 1738), Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician
- William Ross, 14th Lord Ross (died 1754), Scottish nobleman
Politics
- William Ross (New York politician) (died 1830), New York politician, speaker of the State Assembly 1814
- William H. H. Ross (1814–1887), American politician and governor of Delaware
- William Ross (Canadian politician) (1824–1912), merchant, ship builder and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada
- William Ross (Ontario politician) (1854–1937), merchant and politician in Ontario, Canada
- William Benjamin Ross (1855–1929), Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman
- William Roderick Ross (1869–1928), lawyer and politician in British Columbia, Canada
- William Donald Ross (1869–1947), financier, banker and lieutenant governor of Ontario
- William B. Ross (1873–1924), Governor of Wyoming
- William Henry Ross (1886–1943), provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada
- Bill Ross (Australian politician) (1888–1966), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- William Gladstone Ross (1889–1948), lawyer, judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock (1911–1988), secretary of state for Scotland in the 1960s
- William Cecil Ross (1911–1998), leader of the (communist) Labour Progressive Party of Manitoba in 1945
- William Ross (Unionist politician) (born 1936), Ulster Unionist Party member of parliament until 2001
Sports
- William Ross (cricketer) (fl. 1860), Australian cricketer
- William Ross (footballer, born 1874) (1874–?), English professional footballer active in the 1890s
- William Ross (baseball) (1893–1964), American Negro leagues baseball player
- William Ross (rower) (1900–1992), Canadian Olympic rower
- William Alexander Ross (1913–1942), Scottish rugby player
- William Ross (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1995), Scottish footballer
- William Ross (water polo) (1928–2021), US water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Bill Ross (footballer) (1944-2020), Australian rules footballer
- Bill Ross (rugby union) (born 1956), Australian rugby union player
- Eric Ross (William Eric Ross, born 1944), Northern Irish footballer
Other fields
- William Ross (poet) (1762–1790/91), Scottish Gaelic poet
- William Charles Ross (1794–1860), British artist
- William P. Ross (1820–1891), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
- William Murray Ross (1825–1904), entrepreneur in Melbourne
- William Stewart Ross (1844–1906), Scottish writer and publisher
- W. D. Ross (William David Ross, 1877–1971), British philosopher
- William Edward Daniel Ross (1912–1995), Canadian actor, playwright and bestselling writer
- William Ross (theatrical producer) (1915–1994), State Managers Association, Actors' Equity Association
- William Ross (actor) (1923–2014), Tokyo-based American actor, voice actor, voice director and editor, and the founder of Frontier Enterprises
- William Ross (composer) (born 1948), soundtrack composer
Fictional
- William Ross (Star Trek), a character in Star Trek