William Walker

William Walker is the name of:

William Walker (soldier) (1824-1860), U.S. Soldier and Pirate who tried to conquer Central America. Briefly ruled Nicaragua
William Walker (composer) (1809-1875), composer in the shape note tradition, author of Southern Harmony
William Walker (politician), father of Jimmy Walker
William Walker (missionary) (1808-1896), missionary in Gabon
William Walker (assistant), assistant to George Eastman
William Walker (diplomat), US ambassador to El Salvador, leader of the Kosovo Verification Mission
William Walker (diver) (-1918), the diver who saved Winchester Cathedral from collapse
William Walker (US actor), African-American actor, appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
William Walker is also an important character in S.M. Stirling's Island in the Sea of Time series