'''William Johnson''' may refer to:
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==Entertainment== * Bunk Johnson (William Gary Johnson, 1879–1949), American jazz musician * Holly Johnson (William Johnson, born 1960), English artist, musician and writer * William H. Johnson (artist) (1901–1970), African-American painter of the Harlem Renaissance * Bill Johnson (musical theatre actor) (William Thomas Johnson, 1916–1957), American actor * Bill Johnson (New Zealand actor) (William Johnson, 1924–2016) * William Johnson (organist), English-born organist, composer and organ builder in Sydney, Australia * William Manuel Johnson (1872–1972), American jazz musician * William L. Johnson, American actor and musician * William Allen Johnson (1816–1901), American organ builder, founder of Johnson Organs * Zip the Pinhead (William Henry Johnson, 1842–1926), American circus entertainer * Bill Johnson (author) (William Anthony Johnson, 1956–2022), American science fiction writer * Bill Johnson (banjoist) (William K. Johnson, died 1955), American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and vocalist * Bill Johnson (reed player) (William Luther Johnson, 1912–1960), American alto saxophonist, clarinetist, and arranger * Will Johnson (composer) (William T. Johnson), American composer and improviser
==Law== * William Johnson (judge) (1771–1834), justice of the United States Supreme Court ** SS William Johnson, a Liberty ship * William Johnson (New Hampshire judge) (1930–2009), American state supreme court judge * William Tell Johnson (1848–1930), American lawyer and judge from Missouri * William Moore Johnson (1828–1918), Irish barrister and judge * William P. Johnson (born 1959), U.S. federal judge
==Military== * Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774), Anglo–Irish major general and British Indian agent * Sir William Johnson, 4th Baronet (1830–1908), English soldier and aristocrat * William Henry Johnson (VC) (1890–1945), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Henry Johnson (World War I soldier) (William Henry Johnson, 1892–1929), American recipient of the Medal of Honor * William Johnson (Medal of Honor) (1855–1903), American recipient of the Medal of Honor * William Johnson (Royal Navy officer) (1784–1851), Scottish naval captain
==Politics== ===United States=== * William Johnson (educator) (1895–1981), educator who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools * William A. Johnson Jr. (born 1942), mayor of Rochester, New York * William A. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1922–1977), state legislator from Milwaukee * William Cost Johnson (1806–1860), Maryland congressman * William Daniel Johnson (born 1954), white nationalist, attorney, and perennial candidate * William E. Johnson (Nebraska politician) (1906–1976), lieutenant governor of Nebraska * William E. Johnson (prohibitionist) (1862–1945), temperance movement leader * William Elting Johnson (1837–1912), New York politician * William F. Johnson (1819–?), mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts * William H. Johnson (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin state legislator * William Johnson (politician, born 1821) (1821–1875), New York state senator and Civil War colonel * William M. Johnson (1847–1928), New Jersey state senator * William Richard Johnson (1875–1938), Illinois congressman * William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819), United States Founding Father * William Wallace Johnson (1813–1900), Wisconsin state assemblyman * William Ward Johnson (1892–1963), U.S. representative from California * William Wartenbee Johnson (1826–1887), Ohio politician and judge * Bill Johnson (Mississippi politician) (William Alphonse Johnson Jr., born 1954/1955), American politician * Bill Johnson (university president) (William Leslie Johnson, born 1954), American university administrator and U.S. representative from Ohio
===United Kingdom=== * William Johnson (MP for Kingston-upon-Hull) (by 1523 – 1553 or later), MP for Kingston–upon–Hull * William Johnson (MP for Aldeburgh) (c. 1660–1718), MP for Aldeburgh, and for Orford * William Augustus Johnson (1777–1863), English soldier and MP * William Cowlishaw Johnson (1862–1943), member of London County Council * William Johnson (Liberal-Labour politician) (1849–1919), English coal miner, trade unionist and Liberal–Labour politician * William Johnson (trade unionist) (1866–?), English trade union leader and socialist activist * William Johnson (MP for Bedford) (by 1513–1558), MP for Bedford and New Woodstock
===Other countries=== * William Dartnell Johnson (1870–1948), Labor politician from Western Australia * William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician * Elliot Johnson (politician) (William Elliot Johnson, 1862–1932), Australian politician * William James Johnson (Canadian politician) (1881–1949), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia * William Granger Johnson, Fijian businessman and politician * Sir William Gillilan Johnson, Irish politician and barrister * William Johnson (Irish politician) (1760–1845), Irish politician, law officer and judge
==Religion== * William Johnson (bishop) (1889–1960), Anglican Bishop of Ballarat, Australia * William Bullein Johnson (1782–1862), American Baptist minister, first president of the Southern Baptist Convention * William Decker Johnson (bishop) (1869–1936) American AME Bishop * William Percival Johnson (1854–1928), Anglican missionary, translator of the Bible into Chinyanja * William Robert Johnson (1918–1986), American Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange * William Johnson (archdeacon) (1642–1698), Anglican priest * William R. Johnson (minister) (born 1946), American minister of the United Church of Christ, first openly gay minister to be ordained in a historic Protestant denomination
==Science== * William Johnson (surveyor) (died 1883), British surveyor in India and governor of Ladakh * William Arthur Johnson (biologist) (1816–1880), amateur biologist and clergyman in Canada * William Arthur Johnson (biochemist) (1913–?), British biochemist * William Frederick Johnson (1852–1934), Irish naturalist * William B. Johnson (mathematician) (born 1944), American mathematician * William Brooks Johnson (1763–1830), English physician and botanist * William Summer Johnson (1913–1995), American chemist * Mike Johnson (technologist) (William Michael Johnson), American pioneer in superscalar microprocessor design * Bill Johnson (scientist), FRS (1922 – 2010) British engineer
==Sports== ===American football=== * Bill Johnson (defensive end) (William Erick Johnson, 1916–2002), American football defensive end * Bill Johnson (center) (William Levi Johnson Sr., 1926–2011), American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals) * Bill Johnson (guard) (William Marvin Johnson, 1936–2020), American football player * Bill Johnson (punter) (William Henry Johnson III, born 1944), football player with the New York Giants * Bill Johnson (running back) (William Thomas Johnson, born 1960), American football player * Bill Johnson (defensive tackle) (William Edward Johnson, born 1968), American football defensive lineman * Billy "White Shoes" Johnson (William Arthur Johnson, born 1952), American football wide receiver and return specialist * Will Johnson (cornerback) (William Johnson, born 2003), American football cornerback * Will Johnson (defensive lineman) (William Alexander Johnson, born 1964), Canadian football defensive lineman * Will Johnson (fullback) (William Christopher Johnson, born 1988), American football coach and fullback
===Baseball=== * William Johnson (baseball) (1848–1909), American baseball player * Bill Johnson (1910s outfielder) (William Lawrence Johnson, 1892–1950), Major League Baseball outfielder * Bill Johnson (catcher) (William Henry Johnson, 1895–1988), American Negro leagues baseball catcher * Bill Johnson (1940s outfielder), American Negro leagues outfielder * Bill Johnson (pitcher) (William Charles Johnson, 1960–2018), Major League Baseball pitcher * Billy Johnson (baseball) (William Russell Johnson, 1918–2006), American baseball player * Judy Johnson (William Julius Johnson, 1899–1989), American baseball player * Lefty Johnson (outfielder) (William F. Johnson, 1862–1942), Major League Baseball outfielder
===Other sports=== * William Johnson (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1941), Australian cricketer * William Johnson (cricketer, born 1962), English cricketer * Bill Johnson (cricketer) (William Johnson, born 1959), English cricketer * William Johnson (handballer) (born 1953), American Olympic handball player * Bill Johnson (rugby league) (William Harold Johnson, 1916–1997), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Wales, and Huddersfield * William Johnson (swimmer) (1947–2005), American freestyle swimmer at the 1968 Summer Olympics * William Johnson (wrestler) (1901–1928), American wrestler * William "Hootie" Johnson (1931–2017), American golfer * C. William Johnson (1917–1993), American skeleton racer * Skinny Johnson (William C. Johnson, 1911–1980), American basketball player * Bill Johnson (footballer, born 1886) (William Stephen Johnson, 1886–1964), Australian rules footballer * Bill Johnson (footballer, born 1900) (William Johnson, 1900–?), English footballer * Bill Johnson (skier) (William Dean Johnson, 1960–2016), American alpine ski racer * Billy Johnson (footballer) (William Robert Johnson, born 1999), English footballer * Billy Johnson (racing driver) (William Ryan Johnson, born 1986), American racing driver * Billy Johnson (rugby league) (William Jasper Johnson, 1911–1974), Australian rugby league player * Will Johnson (footballer, born 2005) (William Jack Johnson), English footballer * Will Johnson (rugby union, born 1974) (William Warwick Johnson), English rugby union player * Will Johnson (rugby union, born 1984) (William Drew Johnson), American rugby union player * Will Johnson (soccer) (William David Johnson, born 1987), Canadian soccer player
==Other professions== * William Johnson (Canadian author) (1931–2020), Canadian journalist and author * William Johnson (barber) (1809–1851), free African American barber and businessman * William Johnson (historian) (1909–1992), American journalist, sometimes credited William W. Johnson * William Johnson (police officer), English police officer * William Andrew Johnson (1858–1943), formerly enslaved American pastry chef * William D. Johnson (CEO) (born 1954), American chairman and CEO of Progress Energy * William D. Johnson (journalist), American journalist and labor activist * William Decker Johnson (editor) (1860–?), English-born American newspaper founder, editor * William Ernest Johnson (1858–1931), British logician * William Hallock Johnson (1865–1963), American educator, president of Lincoln University * William Henry Johnson (valet) (died 1864), President Abraham Lincoln's barber and valet * William Johnson Cory (William Johnson, 1823–1892), English educator and poet * William R. Johnson (born 1949), chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the H. J. Heinz Company * William Templeton Johnson (1877–1957), San Diego architect * William Woolsey Johnson (1841–1927), American mathematician
==See also== * Johnson (surname) * William Decker Johnson (disambiguation) * William R. Johnson Coliseum, an arena in Nacogdoches, Texas
===With middle names=== * William B. Johnson (disambiguation) * William Henry Johnson (disambiguation) * William R. Johnson (disambiguation) * William S. Johnson (disambiguation)
===First name variations=== * Billy Johnson (disambiguation) * Bill Johnson (disambiguation) * Will Johnson (disambiguation) * Willie Johnson (disambiguation)
===Surname variations=== * William Johnston (disambiguation) * William Johnstone (disambiguation) * William Jonsson, Canadian politician activist
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