William Wilson

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Many real people and fictitious characters share the name William Wilson, or variations such as Bill Wilson or Willie Wilson, including:

• Dr. Bill Wilson, professor at Rice University.
• Bill Wilson (convict), a man convicted of murdering two individuals who were later found alive.
• Bill W. (William Griffith Wilson, 1895-1971), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
• Bill Wilson (BBC), a BBC television producer of, among other things, Not the Nine O'Clock News.
• Bill Wilson (Montana), a Montana state representative.
• Bill Wilson, Senior Vice President of Product Development, Activant Solutions
• Bill Wilson (pastor), the president and founder of Metro Ministries International.
• Edward Adrian Wilson, nicknamed Bill, an antarctic explorer.
• Mookie Wilson (William Hayward Wilson, 1956- ), a baseball outfielder
• William Wilson (Pennsylvania politician), member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1815-19.
• William Wilson (Ohio politician) (1773-1827), member of the House of Representatives from Ohio.
• William Wilson (engineer) (1809-1862), first locomotive engineer in Germany.
• Sir William James Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884), a physician and surgeon.
• William Wilson (mayor) (William Barbour Wilson, 1819-1897), first mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand.
• William Wilson (Donegal MP) (1836–1879), sometime MP for Donegal.
• William Lyne Wilson (1843-1900), a Postmaster General.
• William Wilson (aquatics) (1844-?), Scottish writer on swimming, and the inventor of water polo.
• William Wilson (soldier) (1847-1895), two time recipient of the Medal of Honor and member of the US Army's 4th Calvary.
• William Bauchop Wilson (1862-1934), the first United States Secretary of Labor.
• William C. Wilson, General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
• William Othello Wilson (1867-1928), Buffalo soldier, member of the US Army's 9th Calvary, and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
• William W. Wilson (William Warfield Wilson, 1868-1942), member of the House of Representatives from Illinois.
• William Edward Wilson (1870-1948), member of the House of Representatives from Indiana.
• William H. Wilson (William Henry Wilson, 1877-1937), member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
• William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964), a Canadian politician.
• William Wilson (UK politician) (1913- ), a British Labour MP before 1983.
• William A. Wilson (1914- ), first United States Ambassador to the Holy See.
• William Julius Wilson (1935- ), a sociologist.
• William Wilson (author) (1948-1999), author of An Incomplete Education.
• William L. Wilson (Scottish Nationalist) (1964- ), Scottish nationalist.
• William Wilson, (ca. 1764 - Oct 1821), The Pennsylvania Hermit
• Willie Wilson (minister) (Willie F. Wilson), a Baptist minister and candidate for mayor of Washington, D.C.
• Willie Wilson (baseball player) (Willie James Wilson, 1955- ), a baseball outfielder
• Willie Wilson (musician), a guitarist and drummer.
• Willie Wilson (artist) ARSA, a Scottish stained glass artist, printmaker and watercolourist.

Fictional people named William Wilson:

• "William Wilson" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
• Admiral William Wilson is a character in the 1999 film Wing Commander.
• William Wilson is a sailor in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Mary Barton.