# William Wilson

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

## Politicians

### American

- [Bill Wilson (activist)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(activist)) (born 1953), small government activist
- [Bill Wilson (Montana politician)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(Montana_politician)) (born 1961), Montana state representative
- [W. Eugene Wilson](/source/W._Eugene_Wilson) (William Eugene Wilson, 1929–2015), member of the North Carolina General Assembly
- [Will Wilson (Texas politician)](/source/Will_Wilson_(Texas_politician)) (1912–2005), American politician, attorney, and judge in Texas
- [William A. Wilson (diplomat)](/source/William_A._Wilson_(diplomat)) (1914–2009), first U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
- [William B. Wilson](/source/William_B._Wilson) (1862–1934), U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader and political figure - [SS William B. Wilson](/source/SS_William_B._Wilson), a Liberty ship
- [William C. Wilson (New York politician)](/source/William_C._Wilson_(New_York_politician)) (1866–1943), New York comptroller in 1906
- [William E. Wilson (Indiana politician)](/source/William_E._Wilson_(Indiana_politician)) (1870–1948), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- [William H. Wilson (New York politician)](/source/William_H._Wilson_(New_York_politician)) (c. 1873–1901), New York assemblyman
- [William H. Wilson](/source/William_H._Wilson) (1877–1937), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1935–1937
- [William K. Wilson](/source/William_K._Wilson) (1817–1898), Wisconsin state senator
- [William Lyne Wilson](/source/William_Lyne_Wilson) (1843–1900), United States Postmaster General
- [William Sydney Wilson](/source/William_Sydney_Wilson) (1816–1862), Confederate politician
- [William T. Wilson](/source/William_T._Wilson) (born 1937), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- [William Warfield Wilson](/source/William_Warfield_Wilson) (1868–1942), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- [William Wilson (Iowa politician)](/source/William_Wilson_(Iowa_politician)) (1820–1900), Iowa state senator
- [William M. Wilson (politician)](/source/William_M._Wilson_(politician)) (1838–1904), Iowa state senator
- [William Wilson (Ohio politician)](/source/William_Wilson_(Ohio_politician)) (1773–1827), U.S. Representative from Ohio
- [William Wilson (Pennsylvania politician)](/source/William_Wilson_(Pennsylvania_politician)), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815–1819
- [William Wilson (Wisconsin politician)](/source/William_Wilson_(Wisconsin_politician)) (1807–1892), Wisconsin state senator
- Bill Wilson, mayor of Santa Clara, California, founder of the [Bill Wilson Center](/source/Bill_Wilson_Center) for homeless youth

### British

- [William Wilson (died 1582)](/source/William_Wilson_(died_1582)), MP for Southwark
- [William Wilson (1720–1796)](/source/William_Wilson_(1720%E2%80%931796)), British Member of Parliament for Ilchester, 1761–1768
- [William Wilson (Donegal MP)](/source/William_Wilson_(Donegal_MP)) (1836–1876), MP for Donegal 1876–1879
- [William Wilson (Westhoughton MP)](/source/William_Wilson_(Westhoughton_MP)) (1855–1921), British trade unionist and Member of Parliament for Westhoughton
- [William Wilson (Coventry MP)](/source/William_Wilson_(Coventry_MP)) (1913–2010), British Labour Member of Parliament, 1964–1983
- [Bill Wilson (Scottish politician)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(Scottish_politician)) (William L. Wilson, born 1963), Scottish nationalist
- William Wilson, prime minister of the micronation [Austenasia](/source/Austenasia)

### Canadian

- [Bill Wilson (chief)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(chief)) (1944–2025), hereditary chief and politician in British Columbia
- [William Wilson (British Columbia politician)](/source/William_Wilson_(British_Columbia_politician)) (1838–1922), merchant and politician in British Columbia
- [William Wilson (New Brunswick politician)](/source/William_Wilson_(New_Brunswick_politician)) (1845–1921), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
- [William Wilson (Upper Canada politician)](/source/William_Wilson_(Upper_Canada_politician)) (1789–1847), politician in Upper Canada
- [William Wallace Wilson](/source/William_Wallace_Wilson) (1876–1967), Alberta politician
- [William Wilber Wilfred Wilson](/source/William_Wilber_Wilfred_Wilson) (1885–1964), Canadian politician

### Australian

- [William Wilson (Queensland politician)](/source/William_Wilson_(Queensland_politician)) (1832–1903), member of the Queensland Legislative Council
- [William Wilson (Victorian politician)](/source/William_Wilson_(Victorian_politician)) (1834–1891), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Council

### New Zealand

- [William Wilson (mayor)](/source/William_Wilson_(mayor)) (1819–1897), first mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, 1868

## Sports

### Association football

- [William Wilson (defender)](/source/William_Wilson_(defender)), English footballer for Newcastle United and Bradford City
- [William Wilson (footballer, born 1902)](/source/William_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1902)) (1902–?), English footballer
- [William Wilson (footballer, born 1915)](/source/William_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1915)) (1915–?), English footballer
- [William Wilson (footballer, born November 1915)](/source/William_Wilson_(footballer,_born_November_1915)) (1915–?), English footballer
- [William Wilson (footballer, born 1921)](/source/William_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1921)), Scottish football goalkeeper for Queen of the South and Third Lanark
- [William Wilson (footballer, born 2001)](/source/William_Wilson_(footballer,_born_2001)), Kenyan footballer
- [Billy Wilson (footballer, born 1896)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1896)) (1896–1996), English footballer
- [Billy Wilson (footballer, born 1936)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1936)) (1936–2025), Northern Irish football player for Burnley
- [Billy Wilson (footballer, born 1946)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1946)) (1946–2018), English footballer
- [Billy Wilson (American soccer)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(American_soccer)) (fl. 1920s–30s), American soccer player
- [Billy Wilson (Scottish footballer)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(Scottish_footballer)), played for Airdrieonians FC and managed Albion Rovers F.C.
- [Willie Wilson (footballer, born 1894)](/source/Willie_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1894)) (1894–1956), Scottish footballer, played for Hearts and Cowdenbeath
- [Willie Wilson (footballer, born 1941)](/source/Willie_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1941)) (1941–2001), Scottish footballer
- [Willie Wilson (footballer, born 1972)](/source/Willie_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1972)), Scottish footballer

### Baseball

- [William Wilson (baseball)](/source/William_Wilson_(baseball)), American baseball player
- [Will Wilson (baseball)](/source/Will_Wilson_(baseball)) (born 1998), American baseball player
- [Willie Wilson (baseball)](/source/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)) (born 1955), American baseball outfielder
- [Willy Wilson (baseball)](/source/Willy_Wilson_(baseball)) (1884–1925), baseball player
- [Bill Wilson (catcher)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(catcher)) (1867–1924), MLB catcher
- [Bill Wilson (outfielder)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(outfielder)) (1928–2017), MLB outfielder
- [Bill Wilson (pitcher)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(pitcher)) (1942–1993), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
- [Mookie Wilson](/source/Mookie_Wilson) (William Hayward Wilson, born 1956), MLB outfielder
- [Mutt Wilson](/source/Mutt_Wilson) (William Clarence Wilson, 1896–1962), MLB pitcher

### Australian rules football

- [William Wilson (sportsman, born 1909)](/source/William_Wilson_(sportsman,_born_1909)) (1909–1976), Australian rules footballer for Essendon and cricketer for Victoria
- [Bill Wilson (footballer)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(footballer)) (1924–1969), Australian rules footballer for Richmond and Glenelg
- [Billy Wilson (footballer, born 1891)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1891)) (1891–1957), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
- [Billy Wilson (footballer, born 2005)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(footballer,_born_2005)), Australian rules footballer for Carlton

### Cricket

- [William Wilson (cricketer, born 1912)](/source/William_Wilson_(cricketer,_born_1912)) (c. 1912–death unknown), Australian cricketer
- [William Wilson (South African cricketer)](/source/William_Wilson_(South_African_cricketer)) (1925–2005), South African cricketer
- [Billy Wilson (cricketer)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(cricketer)) (1868–1920), Australian cricketer

### Rugby

- [Billy Wilson (Australian rugby league)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(Australian_rugby_league)) (1927–1993), Australian rugby league footballer
- [Billy Wilson (New Zealand rugby league)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(New_Zealand_rugby_league)) (1889–1976), rugby league footballer of the 1910s, and 1920s for New Zealand, Wellington and Athletic
- [Will Wilson (rugby union)](/source/Will_Wilson_(rugby_union)) (born 1997), English rugby union and rugby sevens player

### Other sports

- [William Wilson (aquatics)](/source/William_Wilson_(aquatics)) (1844–1912), Scottish writer on swimming, and the inventor of water polo
- [Billy Wilson (running back)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(running_back)), college football player
- [William Wilson (field hockey)](/source/William_Wilson_(field_hockey)) (1917–1984), American Olympic hockey player
- [William George Wilson](/source/William_George_Wilson) (1917–2007), sports cinematographer
- [Willie Wilson (speedway rider)](/source/Willie_Wilson_(speedway_rider)) (1923–2016), Scottish speedway rider
- [Billy Wilson (wide receiver)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(wide_receiver)) (1927–2009), NFL wide receiver
- [William Wilson (swimmer)](/source/William_Wilson_(swimmer)) (born 1964), Filipino swimmer
- [Willy Wilson](/source/Willy_Wilson) (born 1980), Filipino basketball player
- [William Wilson (wrestler)](/source/William_Wilson_(wrestler)), (1887–1955), British Olympic wrestler

## Arts and entertainment

- [William Wilson (architect)](/source/William_Wilson_(architect)) (1641–1710), English architect, builder and sculptor
- [William Wilson (poet)](/source/William_Wilson_(poet)) (1801–1860), Scottish-American poet, bookseller and publisher
- [W. J. Wilson](/source/W._J._Wilson) (William John Wilson, 1833–1909), actor, scene painter and stage manager
- [William Hardy Wilson](/source/William_Hardy_Wilson) (1881–1955), Australian architect, artist and author
- [William Wilson (artist)](/source/William_Wilson_(artist)) (1905–1972), Scottish stained glass artist, printmaker and watercolours
- [William E. Wilson (photographer)](/source/William_E._Wilson_(photographer)) (1853–1905), English portrait photographer
- [William E. Wilson (writer)](/source/William_E._Wilson_(writer)) (1906–1988), American author and professor, son of the Indiana politician
- [William Scott Wilson](/source/William_Scott_Wilson) (born 1944), author and translator of samurai literature
- [Will Wilson (artist)](/source/Will_Wilson_(artist)) (born 1957), American painter of portraits, illustrations and trompe-l'œil works
- [Will Wilson (photographer)](/source/Will_Wilson_(photographer)) (born 1969), Native American photographer
- [William Wilson (vocalist)](/source/William_Wilson_(vocalist)), lead singer of Legion Within
- [William Llewellyn Wilson](/source/William_Llewellyn_Wilson), conductor, musician, teacher and music educator from Baltimore
- [Willie Wilson (drummer)](/source/Willie_Wilson_(drummer)) (born 1947), member of Quiver; worked with Pink Floyd, Al Stewart

## Business

- [William Proctor Wilson](/source/William_Proctor_Wilson) (1921–2010), president of Buttrick Publishing Company
- [Willie Wilson (businessman)](/source/Willie_Wilson_(businessman)) (born 1948), Chicago businessman, musician, philanthropist, and political candidate
- [William Willson (businessman)](/source/William_Willson_(businessman)) (died 2015), chairman of Aston Martin, 1972–1975
- [W. R. Wilson](/source/W._R._Wilson) (c. 1849–1900), an Australian businessman with extensive interests in mining and a racehorse owner and breeder
- William Wilson, businessman, founder of [Price's Candles](/source/Price's_Candles)
- Bill Wilson, founder of US firearms manufacturer [Wilson Combat](/source/Wilson_Combat)

## Law and crime

- [Billy Wilson (outlaw)](/source/Billy_Wilson_(outlaw)) (1862–1918), American outlaw who rode with Billy the Kid
- [Bill Wilson (convict)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(convict)) (1880–19??), convicted of murdering two individuals who were later found alive
- [Billy Roy Wilson](/source/Billy_Roy_Wilson) (William Roy Wilson Jr., 1939–2025), United States federal judge
- [William Wilson (Illinois jurist)](/source/William_Wilson_(Illinois_jurist)) (1794–1857), Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
- [Bill Wilson (judge)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(judge)), New Zealand judge of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
- [William C. Wilson (judge)](/source/William_C._Wilson_(judge)) (1812–1882), Vermont lawyer and judge
- [William Adam Wilson](/source/William_Adam_Wilson) (1928–1994), professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh University
- [William Rae Wilson](/source/William_Rae_Wilson) (1772–1849), Scottish lawyer and travel writer
- William Robert Wilson (born c. 1940), Australian murderer involved in the [1976 Spring Hill shooting](/source/1976_Spring_Hill_shooting)

## Military

- Sir [William Deane Wilson](/source/William_Deane_Wilson) (1843–1921), British army surgeon-general
- [William Wilson (Medal of Honor)](/source/William_Wilson_(Medal_of_Honor)) (1847–1895), one of nineteen people to receive the Medal of Honor twice
- [William Othello Wilson](/source/William_Othello_Wilson) (1867–1928), member of the US Army's 9th Cavalry, and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- [William Tecumseh Wilson](/source/William_Tecumseh_Wilson) (1823–1905), American Union brevet brigadier general from Ohio
- [William Wilson (Zouave)](/source/William_Wilson_(Zouave)) (1823–1874), American Union brevet brigadier general from New York
- [William Wilson (Commodore)](/source/William_Wilson_(Commodore)) (1715-1795), Commodore of the East India Company

## Religion

- [William Wilson (priest)](/source/William_Wilson_(priest)) (1545–1615), Canon of Windsor
- [William Wilson (Secession minister)](/source/William_Wilson_(Secession_minister)) (1690–1741), co-founder of the Secession Church
- [William Carus Wilson](/source/William_Carus_Wilson) (1791–1859), English churchman and founder and editor of *The Children's Friend*
- [William Wilson (bishop)](/source/William_Wilson_(bishop)) (1806–1888), Anglican bishop in Scotland
- [William Wilson (Dundee minister)](/source/William_Wilson_(Dundee_minister)) (1808–1888) Presbyterian minister, moderator of the Free Church
- William [Hay Wilson](/source/Hay_Wilson) (1864–1935), Anglican priest
- [William C. Wilson (minister)](/source/William_C._Wilson_(minister)) (1866–1915), General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
- [William Lyall Wilson](/source/William_Lyall_Wilson) (1866–1914), minister of the Church of Scotland
- [Bill Wilson (pastor)](/source/Bill_Wilson_(pastor)) (born 1948), president and founder of Metro Ministries International
- [William Wilson (American academic)](/source/William_Wilson_(American_academic)) (born 1958), theologian affiliated with Oral Roberts University
- [William Wilson (Dean of Cloyne)](/source/William_Wilson_(Dean_of_Cloyne)), Dean of Cloyne, 1908–1934
- [William Croft Wilson](/source/William_Croft_Wilson) (1931–1963), American Congregational minister

## Science

- [William Wilson (botanist)](/source/William_Wilson_(botanist)) (1799–1871), English botanist
- [William James Erasmus Wilson](/source/William_James_Erasmus_Wilson) (1809–1884), physician and surgeon
- [William Edward Wilson (astronomer)](/source/William_Edward_Wilson_(astronomer)) (1851–1908), Irish astronomer
- [William Parkinson Wilson](/source/William_Parkinson_Wilson) (1826–1874), English astronomer and professor of mathematics
- [William Wilson (English academic)](/source/William_Wilson_(English_academic)) (1875–1965), English physicist
- [William Wilson (physicist)](/source/William_Wilson_(physicist)) (1887–1948), English-born physicist
- [William Hawkins Wilson](/source/William_Hawkins_Wilson) (1866–1956), British physiologist
- [William L. Wilson (nanoscientist)](/source/William_L._Wilson_(nanoscientist)), American scientist

## Others

- [William "Amos" Wilson](/source/William_%22Amos%22_Wilson) (1762–1821), folklore figure of southern Pennsylvania, referred to as "The Pennsylvania Hermit"
- [William A. Wilson (folklorist)](/source/William_A._Wilson_(folklorist)) (1933–2016), studied and taught Mormon folklore
- [Bill W.](/source/Bill_W.) (William Griffith Wilson, 1895–1971), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
- [Edward Wilson (explorer)](/source/Edward_Wilson_(explorer)) (1872–1912), known as Uncle Bill, Antarctic explorer
- [William Wilson (engineer)](/source/William_Wilson_(engineer)) (1809–1862), English railway pioneer in Germany
- William E. Wilson, British railway civil engineer, first employer of [John Harry Grainger](/source/John_Harry_Grainger)
- [William Julius Wilson](/source/William_Julius_Wilson) (born 1935), sociologist
- [William L. Wilson (Rice University)](/source/William_L._Wilson_(Rice_University)), professor of electrical engineering

## In fiction

- ["William Wilson" (short story)](/source/William_Wilson_(short_story)), an 1839 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- "William Wilson", a song from The Smithereens' 1989 album *[11](/source/11_(The_Smithereens_album))*
- [Wilson the Wonder Athlete](/source/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](/source/Angels_with_Broken_Wings)*
- Agent Bill Wilson, also known as CIA, a character in *[The Dark Knight Rises](/source/The_Dark_Knight_Rises)*

## See also

- [William Willson (disambiguation)](/source/William_Willson_(disambiguation))

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