William Wilson
William Wilson, or variants, may refer to:
Politicians
British
- William Wilson (died 1582), MP for Southwark
- William Wilson (1720–1796), British Member of Parliament for Ilchester, 1761–1768
- William Wilson (Donegal MP) (1836–1876), MP for Donegal 1876–1879
- William Tyson Wilson (1855–1921), British trade unionist and Member of Parliament for Westhoughton
- William Wilson (Labour politician) (1913–2010), British Labour Member of Parliament, 1964–1983
- Bill Wilson (Scottish politician) (William L. Wilson, born 1963), Scottish nationalist
American
- Bill Wilson (activist) (born 1953), Washington-based activist
- Bill Wilson (Montana politician) (born 1961), Montana State Representative
- Will Wilson (1912–2005), American politician, attorney, and judge in Texas
- William Wilson (Illinois jurist) (1794–1857), Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
- William Wilson (Ohio politician) (1773–1827), U.S. Representative from Ohio
- William Wilson (Pennsylvania), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815–1819
- William Wilson (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin State Senator
- William A. Wilson (1914–2009), first U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
- William Bauchop Wilson (1862–1934), U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader and political figure
- William C. Wilson (New York politician), New York comptroller in 1906
- William E. Wilson (Indiana politician) (1870–1948), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- William H. Wilson (1877–1937), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1935–1937
- William H. Wilson (New York politician) (c. 1873–1901), New York assemblyman
- William K. Wilson, Wisconsin State Senator
- William Lyne Wilson (1843–1900), United States Postmaster General
- William Sydney Wilson (1816–1862), prominent Confederate politician
- William Warfield Wilson (1868–1942), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Willie Wilson (businessman) (born 1948), Chicago businessman, musician, philanthropist, and political candidate
- W. Eugene Wilson (William Eugene "Gene" Wilson, 1929–2015), member of the North Carolina General Assembly
Canadian
- William Wilson (British Columbia politician) (1838–1922), merchant and politician in British Columbia
- William Wilson (New Brunswick politician) (1845–1921), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
- William Wilson (Upper Canada politician) (1789–1847), politician in Upper Canada
- William Wallace Wilson (1876–1967), Alberta politician
- William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885–1964), Canadian politician
Australasian
- William Wilson (Australian politician) (1834–1891), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Council
- William Wilson (mayor) (1819–1897), first mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, 1868
Sports
- Bill Wilson (footballer) (1924–1969), Australian rules footballer for Richmond and Glenelg
- Billy Wilson (Australian rules footballer) (1891–1957), Australian footballer for Fitzroy
- William Wilson (Australian sportsman) (1909–1976), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer for Essendon
- William Wilson (cricketer, born 1912), Australian cricketer
- Bill Wilson (catcher) (1867–1924), MLB catcher
- Willy Wilson (baseball) (1884–1925), baseball player
- Mutt Wilson (William Clarence Wilson, 1896–1962), MLB pitcher
- Bill Wilson (outfielder) (born 1928), MLB outfielder
- Bill Wilson (pitcher) (1942–1993), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
- Willie Wilson (baseball) (born 1955), American baseball outfielder
- Mookie Wilson (William Hayward Wilson, born 1956), MLB outfielder
- Billy Wilson (American football) (1927–2009), NFL wide receiver
- Billy Wilson (rugby league) (1927–1993), Australian rugby league footballer
- Billy Wilson (New Zealand rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s for New Zealand, Wellington and Athletic
- Willy Wilson (born 1980), Filipino basketball player
- William Wilson (aquatics) (1844–1912), Scottish writer on swimming, and the inventor of water polo
- William George Wilson (1917–2007), sports cinematographer
- Billy Wilson (running back), college football player
Association football
- William Wilson (defender), English footballer for Newcastle United and Bradford City
- William Wilson (footballer, born 1902), English footballer
- William Wilson (footballer, born 1915), English footballer
- William Wilson (footballer, born November 1915), English footballer
- William Wilson (footballer, born 1921), Scottish football goalkeeper
- Billy Wilson (footballer, born 1936), Northern Irish football player for Burnley
- Billy Wilson (footballer, born 1946), English footballer
- Billy Wilson (American soccer) (fl. 1920s–30s), American soccer player
- Billy Wilson (Scottish footballer), played for Airdrieonians FC and managed Albion Rovers F.C.
- Willie Wilson (footballer, born 1941) (1941–2001), Scottish footballer
- Willie Wilson (footballer, born 1972), Scottish footballer
Academics
- William Julius Wilson (born 1935), sociologist
- William L. Wilson (Rice University), professor at Rice University
- William Wilson (English academic) (1875–1965), English physicist
Military
- William Wilson (Medal of Honor) (1847–1895), noted for being one of only nineteen individuals to receive the Medal of Honor twice
- William Othello Wilson (1867–1928), member of the US Army's 9th Cavalry, and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- William Tecumseh Wilson (1823–1905), American Union brevet brigadier general from Ohio
- William Wilson (Zouave) (1823–1874), American Union brevet brigadier general from New York
Art and architecture
- William Wilson (architect) (1641–1710), English architect, builder and sculptor
- William Hardy Wilson (1881–1955), Australian architect, artist and author
- William Wilson (artist) (1905–1972), Scottish stained glass artist, printmaker and watercolour painter
- Will Wilson (photographer) (born 1969), Native American photographer
Religion
- Bill Wilson (pastor) (born 1948), president and founder of Metro Ministries International
- William C. Wilson (1866–1915), General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
- William Wilson (bishop) (1806–1888), Anglican bishop in Scotland
- William Carus Wilson (1791–1859), English churchman and founder and editor of The Children's Friend
- William Hay Wilson (1864–1935), Anglican priest
- Billy Wilson (academic) (born 1958), theologian affiliated with Oral Roberts University
- William Wilson (priest) (1545–1615), Canon of Windsor
Music
- William Wilson (vocalist), lead singer of Legion Within, a gothic industrial rock band founded in 2000
- William Llewellyn Wilson, conductor, musician, teacher and music educator from Baltimore
- Willie Wilson (drummer) (born 1947), member of Quiver; worked with Pink Floyd, Al Stewart
- "William Wilson", song by The Smithereens from their 1989 album 11
Literature
- William Wilson (poet) (1801–1860), Scottish-American poet, bookseller and publisher
- William E. Wilson (writer) (1906–1988), American author and professor
- William Scott Wilson (born 1944), author and translator of samurai literature
Others
- Bill Wilson (convict) (1880–?), convicted of murdering two individuals who were later found alive
- Bill Wilson, founder of US firearms manufacturer Wilson Combat
- Bill Wilson (judge), New Zealand judge of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
- Bill W. (William Griffith Wilson, 1895–1971), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Billy Roy Wilson (William Roy Wilson, Jr., born 1939), United States federal judge
- Billy Wilson (outlaw) (1862–1918), American outlaw who rode with Billy the Kid
- Edward Adrian Wilson (aka Bill Wilson, 1872–1912), Antarctic explorer
- William "Amos" Wilson (1762–1821), folklore figure of southeastern and south-central Pennsylvania, often referred to as The Pennsylvania Hermit
- William E. Wilson, British railway civil engineer, first employer of John Harry Grainger
- William Edward Wilson (astronomer) (1851–1908), Irish astronomer
- William James Erasmus Wilson (1809–1884), physician and surgeon
- William Wilson (botanist) (1799–1871), English botanist
- William Proctor Wilson (1921–2010), former president of Buttrick Publishing Company
- William Wilson (businessman) (died 2015), chairman of Aston Martin, 1972–1975
- William Wilson (engineer) (1809–1862), first locomotive driver in Germany, railway pioneer
- William Wilson (physicist) (1887–1948), English-born physicist
- William Wilson, founder of Price's Candles
In fiction
- "William Wilson" (short story), an 1839 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- Wilson the Wonder Athlete, a character in British story and comic papers published by D.C. Thomson
- Billy Wilson, a character in Angels with Broken Wings
See also
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