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) (1913-2010), British Labour Member of Parliament, 1964-1983
• William Wilson (Donegal MP) (1836-1876), MP for Donegal 1876-1879
• William Tyson Wilson (1855-1921), British trade unionist and Member of Parliament for Westhoughton

United States politics

• Bill Wilson (activist) (born 1953), Washington-based activist
• Bill Wilson (Montana politician) (born 1961), Montana State Representative
• Will Wilson (1912-2005), American politician, attorney, and judge in Texas
• William Wilson (Ohio politician) (1773-1827), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• William Wilson (Pennsylvania), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-1819
• William Wilson (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin State Senator
• William A. Wilson (1914-2009), 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 K. Wilson, Wisconsin State Senator
• William Lyne Wilson (1843-1900), United States Postmaster General
• William Sydney Wilson (1816-1862), prominent Confederate politician
• William Warfield Wilson (1868-1942), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• W. Eugene Wilson, former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly

Canadian politics

• 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, Alberta politician
• William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964), Canadian politician

Sports

• Bill Wilson (footballer) (1924-1969), Australian rules footballer
• Bill Wilson (pitcher) (1942-1993), MLB pitcher
• Bill Wilson (catcher) (1867-1924), MLB catcher
• Bill Wilson (outfielder) (born 1928), MLB outfielder
• Billy Wilson (rugby league) (1927-1993), Australian rugby league footballer
• Billy Wilson (American football) (1927-2009), NFL wide receiver
• William Wilson (aquatics) (1844-1912), 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) (born 1921), Scottish football goalkeeper for Queen of the South F.C. and Clyde F.C.
• William George Wilson (1917-2007), Sports cinematographer
• Willie Wilson (baseball) (born 1955), American baseball outfielder
• Willie Wilson (footballer), Scottish soccer player
• Willy Wilson (born 1980), Filipino basketball player
• Willy Wilson (baseball) (1884-1925), baseball player
• Mookie Wilson (William Hayward Wilson, born 1956), MLB outfielder
• Mutt Wilson (William Clarence Wilson, 1896-1962), MLB pitcher

Academics

• William Julius Wilson (born 1935), sociologist
• William L. Wilson (Rice University), professor at Rice University
• William Wilson (professor) (1875-1965), molecular physicist at St Andrews University

Military

• William Wilson (Medal of Honor) (1847-1895), noted for being one of only nineteen individuals 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

Architecture

• William Wilson (architect) (1641-1710), English architect, builder and sculptor
• William Hardy Wilson (1881-1955), Australian architect, artist and author

Religion

• Bill Wilson (pastor) (born 1947), president and founder of Metro Ministries International
• William C. Wilson (1866-1915), General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
• Willie Wilson (minister), Baptist minister and candidate for mayor of Washington, D.C.
• William Wilson (bishop) (1806-1888), Anglican bishop in Scotland
• William Hay Wilson (1864-1935), Anglican priest

Music

• William Wilson, lead singer of Legion Within, a gothic industrial rock band founded in 2000
• William Llewellyn Wilson, conductor, musician, teacher and music educator from Baltimore
• William Wilson, song by The Smithereens from their 1989 album 11

Literature

• William Wilson (poet) (1801-1860), Scottish-American poet, bookseller and publisher
• William E. Wilson (writer) (1906-1988), American author and professor
• William Scott Wilson (born 1944), author and translator of samurai literature

Others

• Bill Wilson (convict), convicted of murdering two individuals who were later found alive
• William Edward Wilson (astronomer) (1851-1908), Irish astronomer
• Bill W. (William Griffith Wilson, 1895-1971), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
• William (Amos) Wilson (1762-1821), folklore figure of southeastern and south-central Pennsylvania, often referred to as The Pennsylvania Hermit
• Edward Adrian Wilson (aka Bill Wilson, 1872-1912), Antarctic explorer
• William James Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884), physician and surgeon
• William Proctor Wilson (1921-2010), former president of Buttrick Publishing Company
• William Roy Wilson, Jr. (born 1939), United States federal judge
• William Wilson (engineer), first locomotive driver in Germany, railway pioneer
• William Wilson (physicist) (1887-1948), recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1943
• William Wilson (businessman), chairman of Aston Martin, 1972-1975
• Bill Wilson, founder of US firearms manufacturer Wilson Combat
• William Wilson (mayor) (1819-1897), first mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, 1868

In fiction

• "William Wilson" (short story) by Edgar Allan Poe
• Wilson the Wonder Athlete, a character in British story and comic papers published by D.C. Thomson

[ Source: Wikipedia ]