William Anderson

William Anderson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• William Anderson (artist), (1757-1837), painter of marine and historical paintings
• Bill Anderson (singer) (born 1937), American country music singer, songwriter and game show host
• William Alonzo Anderson (1916–1981), known as Cat Anderson, American jazz trumpeter
• William Anderson (guitarist) (born 1962), American classical guitarist and composer
• William M. Anderson, film editor
• Wil Anderson (born 1974), Australian comedian
• William West Anderson (born 1928), known as Adam West, American actor, best known for playing Batman from 1966 to 1968

Authors

• William Charles Anderson (1920–2003), American author
• William J. Anderson (1811–?), American slave and author
• William Anderson (writer) - American biographer, specialising in the Laura Ingalls Wilder times

Law and politics

• William Anderson (Pennsylvania) (1762–1829), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
• William Anderson (Ontario politician) (1822–1897), Canadian politician
• William Clayton Anderson (1826–1861), United States Representative from Kentucky
• William Anderson (Australian politician) (1829-1882), politician from Victoria, Australia
• William Coleman Anderson (1853–1902), United States Representative from Tennessee
• William Hamilton Anderson (1874–c.1959), superintendent of the New York Anti-Saloon League
• William Crawford Anderson (1877–1919), British socialist politician
• William Stafford Anderson (born 1889), politician in New Brunswick, Canada
• William Anderson (Canadian politician) (1905–1961), member of Canadian House of Commons for Waterloo South electoral district
• William Anderson (naval officer) (1921–2007), United States Representative from Tennessee and commander of the first nuclear submarine

Medicine

• William G. Anderson, DO, physician and social activist

Military

• William Anderson (naval officer) (1921–2007), commander of the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, later a United States Representative from Tennessee
• William Anderson (RAAF officer) (1891–1975), Australian air marshal
• William Anderson (VC) (1885–1915), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Herbert Anderson (1881–1918), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William T. Anderson (1839–1864), American Civil War guerrilla commander, known as "Bloody Bill"
• Maurice Anderson, often known as Bill Anderson, British Army medical officer

Science and Academics

• William L. Anderson, American economist and writer
• William Anderson (engineer) (1835–1898), British engineer and philanthropist, see Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• William Anderson (naturalist) (died 1778), naturalist on Captain Cook's third voyage (1776–1780), died aboard the Resolution
• William Anderson (political scientist) (born 1888), professor at University of Minnesota, served on federal commissions
• William French Anderson (born 1936), American geneticist and molecular biologist
• William James Anderson, Scottish physician who emigrated to Canada

Sports

• William Anderson (cricketer), mid-18th century English cricketer
• William Anderson (cricketer, born 1871) (1871-1948), cricketer
• William Anderson (footballer), English footballer, 1883 FA Cup Final winner with Old Etonians
• William Anderson (Scottish footballer), 1885 FA Cup Finalist with Queen's Park in 1884 and 1885 and Scotland international
• Bill Anderson (baseball) (1895–1983), Major League Baseball player
• Bill Anderson (football coach), college football head coach at Howard Payne University
• Bill Anderson (American football) (born 1936), American football player
• Bill Anderson (Highland games), Scottish sportman
• Bill "Red" Anderson, ice hockey player
• William Anderson (cricketer born 1909), first class cricketer
• William Anderson (cyclist), Canadian Olympic cyclist

Other

• William Louis Anderson (1892–1972), Bishop of Salisbury, England
• William Anderson (collector) (1842–1900), British surgeon and collector of Japanese art
• William Anderson (missionary) (1770–1852), English-Anglican missionary to South Africa
• Sir Eric Anderson (born 1936), full name William Eric Kinloch Anderson, Provost of Eton College from 2000-2009.
• Chief William Anderson, namesake of Anderson, Indiana

See also

• Bill Andersen (politician), 1988 Republican candidate from Tennessee for the U.S. Senate
• Bill Andersen (1924–2005), New Zealand communist and trade union leader
• Billy Anderson (disambiguation)
• Willie Anderson (disambiguation)

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