Politicians
- William Gregory (fl.1406), MP for Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Gregory (died 1616), MP for Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Gregory (1625–1696), English MP for Hereford and Weobley, Speaker of the House of Commons
- William Henry Gregory (1817–1892), Anglo-Irish politician, MP for Dublin and County Galway
- William S. Gregory (1825–1887), mayor of Kansas City
- William Gregory (Rhode Island) (1849–1901), American governor
- William Voris Gregory (1877–1936), US Congressman from Kentucky
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