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Categorizing entries under headings "Religious figures and public officials", "Writers and academics", "Sports personalities", "Others" and "See also"; adding [[Bill Gray (football player)]]
'''William Gray''' or '''Bill Gray''' is a name shared by the following individuals:
==Religious figures and public officials==
*[[William Gray (bishop)]] (before 1390–1436), English clergyman; served as Bishop of London (1425–31) and Bishop of Lincoln (1431–36)
*[[William Gray (Massachusetts)]] (1750–1825), American politician and merchant who became one of the wealthiest men of his era
*[[William H. Gray (Oregon politician)]] (1810–1889), American pioneer of Oregon Country and organizer of its government
*[[William Crane Gray]] (1835–1919), American religious figure; first bishop of the Episcopal Church's Missionary Jurisdiction
*[[William Bain Gray]] (1886–1949), British Foreign Office official; served as [[List of Governors-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Administrator of Saint Vincent]] and Governor of Saint Helena
*[[William Gray (Glasgow)]], Scottish administrator who served as [[Lord Provost of Glasgow]] from 1972 to 1975
*[[Wilfred James Gray]], Australian government official from the 1970s to the 2000s; specialist in Aboriginal matters; best known as Bill Gray
*[[William H. Gray (Pennsylvania)]] (born 1941), American minister and political figure; Democrat from Pennsylvania; 2nd district (1979–91)
==Writers and academics==
*[[William S. Gray]] (1885–1960), American academic and prolific textbook author who was a foremost authority on the teaching of reading
*[[William G. Gray]] (1913–1992), English occultist, author and mystic whose prolific writings define modern studies of ritual and the occult
*[[George William Gray]] (born 1926), Scottish academic who is an internationally known authority on organic chemistry
*[[William M. Gray]], (born 1931), American academic; Professor of Atmospheric Science; pioneer in techniques of forecasting hurricanes
*[[William D. Gray]], American philosopher; author of the 1991 book ''Thinking Critically About [[New Age]] Ideas''
==Sports personalities==
*[[Bill Gray (baseball)]] (1871–1932), American [[Major League Baseball]] player whose career lasted from May 1890 to October 1898
*[[Bill Gray (football player)]] (1922–1978), American offensive lineman in the National Football League (Washington Redskins)
*[[Bill Gray (rugby player)]] (1932–1993), [[New Zealand Rugby Union]] footballer
==Others==
*Bill Gray (born 1938), American actor who portrayed teenager Bud Anderson on TV's ''[[Father Knows Best]]''; best known as Billy Gray
*[[William J. Gray]], American astronomer associated with [[Project Pluto]]
*[[Bill Gray (typesetter)]], lettering designer and [[typeface]] expert
=See also=
*[[Gray (surname)]]
*[[Grey (surname)]]
*[[William Grey]] (before 1415–1478), English clergyman who served as Bishop of Ely from 1454 to 1478
*[[William Gray Purcell]] (1880–1965), American architect known for his late-19th- early-20th-century Midwestern "Prairie School" style
*[[William Francis Gray Swann]] (1884–1962), Anglo-American physicist particularly noted for research into cosmic rays and high energy
*[[William Gray Espy]] (born 1948), American actor best known for roles in daytime dramas ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''Another World''
*[[Bill Gray's]], American chain of fast-food restaurants based in New York State; founded in 1938 by Bill and Alberta Gray
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