William Edwards may refer to: William Edwards (17th century MP), Member of Parliament for the City of Chester William Edwards (architect) (1719–1789), minister and architect of the Pontypridd bridge in south Wales William Edwards (inventor) (1770–1851), American inventor, grandson of Jonathan Edwards William Frédéric Edwards (1777–1842), French physiologist, of Jamaican background William Camden Edwards (1777–1855), Welsh engraver William Edwards (United States Navy officer) (c. 1790–1813), officer in the United States Navy William Henry Edwards (1822–1909), American entomologist William P. Edwards (1835–1900), lawyer, soldier, member-elect Republican to the Fortieth Congress William Cameron Edwards (1844–1921), Canadian businessman and parliamentarian William D. Edwards (1849–1903), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient William Edwards (school inspector) (1851–1940), Welsh school inspector William Mordaunt Marsh Edwards (1855–1912), Old Etonian awarded the Victoria Cross in the Sudan William Henry Edwards (politician) (1857–1950), Canadian manufacturer and politician William Edwards (Wisconsin politician) (1861–1944), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate William Augustus Edwards (1866–1939), Atlanta-based American architect William John Edwards (1898–1978), Welsh singer William F. Edwards (1906–1989), businessman, educator and professor at Brigham Young University Don Edwards (William Donlon Edwards, 1915–2015), U.S. Representative from California Jack Edwards (American politician) (William Jackson Edwards, born 1928), U.S. Representative from Alabama Willie Edwards (1932–1957), African American murdered by the Ku Klux Klan William Edwards (Cornwall cricketer) (born 1938), English cricketer William Edwards (Kent cricketer) (1859–1947), English cricketer William Edwards (politician) (1938–2007), British Labour Party politician, MP for Merionethshire, 1966–1974 William Edwards (rugby) (born 1995), English rugby union and rugby sevens player William J. Edwards (architect), who designed Washington School