William Wilson

William Wilson (or variations such as Bill or Willie) may refer to:

Politics

UK politics

• Bill Wilson (Scottish politician) (born 1963 as William L. Wilson), Scottish nationalist
• William Wilson (1720–1796), British Member of Parliament for Ilchester, 1761–1768
• William Wilson (Labour politician) (born 1913), British Labour Member of Parliament, 1964–1983
• William Wilson (Donegal MP), MP for Donegal 1876–1879
• William Tyson Wilson (1855–1921), British trade unionist and Member of Parliament for Westhoughton

United States politics

• Bill Wilson (Americans for Limited Government), Washington-based activist
• Bill Wilson (Montana politician), Montana State Representative
• Will Wilson (1912–2005), American politician, attorney, and judge in Texas
• William Wilson (Ohio politician), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• William Wilson (Pennsylvania), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815–1819
• William A. Wilson, 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 (1870–1948), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• William H. Wilson (1877–1937), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1935–1937
• William Lyne Wilson, United States Postmaster General
• William W. Wilson, U.S. Representative from Illinois

Canadian politics

• William Wilson (New Brunswick politician) (1845–1921), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• William Wallace Wilson, Alberta politician
• William Wilber Wilfred Wilson, Canadian politician

Sports

• Bill Wilson (footballer) (1924–1969), Australian rules footballer
• Billy Wilson, Australian rugby league footballer
• Billy Wilson (American football), NFL wide receiver
• William Wilson (aquatics), Scottish writer on swimming, and the inventor of water polo
• William Wilson (Australian sportsman) (1909–1976), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer
• William Wilson (footballer), English soccer player
• William Wilson (goalkeeper), Scottish football goalkeeper for Queen of the South F.C. and Clyde F.C.
• Willie Wilson (baseball) (born 1955), American baseball outfielder
• Willie Wilson (footballer), Scottish soccer player
• Willy Wilson (born 1980), Filipino basketball player
• Mookie Wilson (b. William Hayward Wilson), MLB outfielder
• Mutt Wilson (b. William Clarence Wilson), MLB pitcher

Academics

• William Julius Wilson, sociologist
• William L. Wilson (Rice University), professor at Rice University

Military

• William Wilson (soldier) (1847–1895), noted for being one of only nineteen individuals to receive the Medal of Honor twice
• William Othello Wilson, member of the US Army's 9th Cavalry, and recipient of the Medal of Honor

Architecture

• William Wilson (architect) (1641–1710), English architect, builder and sculptor
• William Hardy Wilson, Australian architect, artist and author

Religion

• Bill Wilson (pastor), president and founder of Metro Ministries International
• William C. Wilson, General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
• William Gilbert Wilson (1918–1999), Anglican Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
• Willie Wilson (minister), Baptist minister and candidate for mayor of Washington, D.C.

Others

• Bill Wilson (convict), convicted of murdering two individuals who were later found alive
• Bill W. (b. William Griffith Wilson), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
• William (Amos) Wilson (c. 1762–1821), folklore figure of southeastern and south-central Pennsylvania, often referred to as The Pennsylvania Hermit
• Edward Adrian Wilson (aka Bill Wilson), Antarctic explorer
• William E. Wilson (writer) (1906–1988), American author and professor
• William James Erasmus Wilson, physician and surgeon
• William Llewellyn Wilson, conductor, musician, teacher and music educator from Baltimore
• William Roy Wilson, Jr. (born 1939), United States federal judge
• William Scott Wilson (born 1944), author and translator of samurai literature
• William Wilson (engineer), first locomotive driver in Germany, railway pioneer
• Willie Wilson (trombonist), whose album Dedication! features Duke Pearson and Freddie Hubbard

In fiction

• "William Wilson" (short story) by Edgar Allan Poe

See also

• William Willson (disambiguation)
• Billy Wilson (disambiguation)

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