William Wilson
William Wilson, or variants, may refer to:

Politicians
American
Bill Wilson (activist) (born 1953), small government activist
Bill Wilson (Montana politician) (born 1961), Montana state representative
W. Eugene Wilson (William Eugene Wilson, 1929–2015), member of the North Carolina General Assembly
Will Wilson (Texas politician) (1912–2005), American politician, attorney, and judge in Texas
William A. Wilson (diplomat) (1914–2009), first U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
William Bauchop Wilson (1862–1934), U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader and political figure
SS William B. Wilson, a Liberty ship
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 (New York politician) (c. 1873–1901), New York assemblyman
William H. Wilson (1877–1937), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1935–1937
William K. Wilson (1817–1898), Wisconsin state senator
William Lyne Wilson (1843–1900), United States Postmaster General
William Sydney Wilson (1816–1862), Confederate politician
William T. Wilson (born 1937), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
William Warfield Wilson (1868–1942), U.S. Representative from Illinois
William Wilson (Iowa politician) (1820–1900), Iowa state senator
William M. Wilson (Iowa politician) (1838–1904), Iowa state senator
William Wilson (Ohio politician) (1773–1827), U.S. Representative from Ohio
William Wilson (Pennsylvania politician), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815–1819
William Wilson (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin state senator
Bill Wilson, mayor of Santa Clara, California, founder of the Bill Wilson Center for homeless youth

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 Wilson (Westhoughton MP) (1855–1921), British trade unionist and Member of Parliament for Westhoughton
William Wilson (Coventry MP) (1913–2010), British Labour Member of Parliament, 1964–1983
Bill Wilson (Scottish politician) (William L. Wilson, born 1963), Scottish nationalist
William Wilson, prime minister of the micronation Austenasia

Canadian
Bill Wilson (chief)
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

Australian
William Wilson (Queensland politician) (1832–1903), member of the Queensland Legislative Council
William Wilson (Victorian politician) (1834–1891), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Council

New Zealand
William Wilson (mayor) (1819–1897), first mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, 1868

Sports
Association football
William Wilson (defender), English footballer for Newcastle United and Bradford City
William Wilson (footballer, born 1902) (1902–?), English footballer
William Wilson (footballer, born 1915) (1915–?), English footballer
William Wilson (footballer, born November 1915) (1915–?), English footballer
William Wilson (footballer, born 1921), Scottish football goalkeeper for Queen of the South and Third Lanark
Billy Wilson (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1996), English footballer
Billy Wilson (footballer, born 1936), Northern Irish football player for Burnley
Billy Wilson (footballer, born 1946) (1946–2018), 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 1894) (1894–1956), Scottish footballer, played for Hearts and Cowdenbeath
Willie Wilson (footballer, born 1941) (1941–2001), Scottish footballer
Willie Wilson (footballer, born 1972), Scottish footballer

Baseball
William Wilson (baseball), American baseball player
Will Wilson (baseball) (born 1998), American baseball player
Willie Wilson (baseball) (born 1955), American baseball outfielder
Willy Wilson (baseball) (1884–1925), baseball player
Bill Wilson (catcher) (1867–1924), MLB catcher
Bill Wilson (outfielder) (1928–2017), MLB outfielder
Bill Wilson (pitcher) (1942–1993), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
Mookie Wilson (William Hayward Wilson, born 1956), MLB outfielder
Mutt Wilson (William Clarence Wilson, 1896–1962), MLB pitcher

Cricket
William Wilson (Australian sportsman) (1909–1976), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer for Essendon
William Wilson (cricketer, born 1912) (born c. 1912), Australian cricketer
William Wilson (South African cricketer) (1925-2005), South African cricketer
Billy Wilson (cricketer) (1868–1920), Australian cricketer

Rugby
Billy Wilson (Australian rugby league) (1927–1993), Australian rugby league footballer
Billy Wilson (New Zealand rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s, and 1920s for New Zealand, Wellington and Athletic
Will Wilson (rugby union) (born 1997), English rugby union and rugby sevens player

Other sports
William Wilson (field hockey) (1917–1984), American Olympic hockey player
Billy Wilson (Australian rules footballer) (1891–1957), Australian footballer for Fitzroy
Bill Wilson (footballer) (1924–1969), Australian rules footballer for Richmond and Glenelg
Billy Wilson (wide receiver) (1927–2009), NFL wide receiver
Billy Wilson (running back), college football player
William Wilson (aquatics) (1844–1912), Scottish writer on swimming, and the inventor of water polo
William George Wilson (1917–2007), sports cinematographer
William Wilson (swimmer) (born 1964), Filipino swimmer
Willy Wilson (born 1980), Filipino basketball player

Arts and entertainment
William Wilson (architect) (1641–1710), English architect, builder and sculptor
William Wilson (poet) (1801–1860), Scottish-American poet, bookseller and publisher
W. J. Wilson  (William John Wilson, 1833–1909), actor, scene painter and stage manager
William Hardy Wilson (1881–1955), Australian architect, artist and author
William Wilson (artist) (1905–1972), Scottish stained glass artist, printmaker and watercolours
William E. Wilson (writer) (1906–1988), American author and professor, son of the Indiana politician
William Scott Wilson (born 1944), author and translator of samurai literature
Will Wilson (artist) (born 1957), American painter of portraits, illustrations and trompe-l'œil works
Will Wilson (photographer) (born 1969), Native American photographer
William Wilson (vocalist), lead singer of Legion Within
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

Business
William Proctor Wilson (1921–2010), president of Buttrick Publishing Company
Willie Wilson (businessman) (born 1948), Chicago businessman, musician, philanthropist, and political candidate
William Willson (businessman) (died 2015), chairman of Aston Martin, 1972–1975
William Wilson, businessman, founder of Price's Candles
Bill Wilson, founder of US firearms manufacturer Wilson Combat

Law and crime
Billy Wilson (outlaw) (1862–1918), American outlaw who rode with Billy the Kid
Bill Wilson (convict) (born 1880), convicted of murdering two individuals who were later found alive
Billy Roy Wilson (William Roy Wilson Jr., born 1939), United States federal judge
William Wilson (Illinois jurist) (1794–1857), Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
Bill Wilson (judge), New Zealand judge of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
William C. Wilson (judge) (1812–1882), Vermont lawyer and judge
William Adam Wilson (1928–1994), professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh University
William Rae Wilson (1772–1849), Scottish lawyer and travel writer

Military
Sir William Deane Wilson (1843–1921), British army surgeon-general
William Wilson (Medal of Honor) (1847–1895), one of nineteen people 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

Religion
William Wilson (priest) (1545–1615), Canon of Windsor
William Wilson (Secession minister) (1690-1741), co-founder of the Secession Church
William Carus Wilson (1791–1859), English churchman and founder and editor of The Children's Friend
William Wilson (bishop) (1806–1888), Anglican bishop in Scotland
William Wilson (Dundee minister) (1808–1888) Presbyterian minister, moderator of the Free Church
William Hay Wilson (1864–1935), Anglican priest
William C. Wilson (minister) (1866–1915), General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
William Lyall Wilson (1866–1914), minister of the Church of Scotland
Bill Wilson (pastor) (born 1948), president and founder of Metro Ministries International
William Wilson (academic) (born 1958), theologian affiliated with Oral Roberts University
William Wilson (Dean of Cloyne), Dean of Cloyne, 1908–1934
William Croft Wilson, American Congregational minister

Science
William Wilson (botanist) (1799–1871), English botanist
William James Erasmus Wilson (1809–1884), physician and surgeon
William Edward Wilson (astronomer) (1851–1908), Irish astronomer
William Parkinson Wilson (1826–1874), English astronomer and professor of mathematics
William Wilson (English academic) (1875–1965), English physicist
William Wilson (physicist) (1887–1948), English-born physicist
William Hawkins Wilson (1866–1956), British physiologist

Others
William "Amos" Wilson (1762–1821), folklore figure of southern Pennsylvania, referred to as "The Pennsylvania Hermit"
William A. Wilson (folklorist) (1933–2016), studied and taught Mormon folklore
Bill W. (William Griffith Wilson, 1895–1971), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Edward Wilson (explorer) (1872–1912), known as Uncle Bill, Antarctic explorer
William Wilson (engineer) (1809–1862), first locomotive driver in Germany, railway pioneer
William E. Wilson, British railway civil engineer, first employer of John Harry Grainger
William Julius Wilson (born 1935), sociologist
William L. Wilson (Rice University), professor at Rice University

In fiction
"William Wilson" (short story), an 1839 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
"William Wilson", a song from The Smithereens' 1989 album 11
Wilson the Wonder Athlete (William Wilson), a character in British story and comic papers published by D.C. Thomson
Billy Wilson, a character in Angels with Broken Wings
Agent Bill Wilson, also known as CIA, a character in The Dark Knight Rises

See also
William Willson (disambiguation)