William Anderson

William Anderson may refer to:

Contents 1 Arts and entertainment 2 Authors 3 Law and politics 4 Medicine 5 Military 6 Science and academics 7 Sports 8 Other 9 See also

Arts and entertainment

• Bill Anderson (singer) (born 1937), American country music singer, songwriter and game show host
• Wil Anderson (born 1974), Australian comedian
• William Alonzo Anderson (1916–1981), known as Cat Anderson, American jazz trumpeter
• William Anderson (artist) (1757–1837), painter of marine and historical paintings
• William Anderson (guitarist) (born 1962), American classical guitarist and composer
• William Anderson (theatre) Australian stage entrepreneur
• William Kevin Anderson, American composer and producer, collaborated with "Weird Al" Yankovic (Polka Party!, among others. Currently composing music for My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
• William M. Anderson (born 1948), film editor
• W. H. Anderson (1882–1955), Canadian composer, choir director, tenor, and voice teacher
• William West Anderson (born 1928), known as Adam West, American actor, best known for playing Batman from 1966 to 1968
• Will Anderson (talk show host), American conservative talk show host
• Will Anderson (singer), lead vocalist in the band Parachute

Authors

• William Anderson (writer), American biographer, specialising in the Laura Ingalls Wilder times
• William Charles Anderson (1920–2003), American author
• William J. Anderson (born 1811), American slave and author
• William Anderson (preacher) (1799–1873), Scottish theological writer and preacher
• William Anderson (Scottish writer) (1805–1866), Scottish miscellaneous writer

Law and politics

• William Anderson (Australian politician) (1828–1909), Scottish-born Victorian colonial politician
• 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
• William Anderson (Pennsylvania) (1762–1829), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
• William Anderson (Ontario politician) (1822–1897), Canadian politician
• William A. Anderson (1873–1954), mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• William Clayton Anderson (1826–1861), United States Representative from Kentucky
• William B. Anderson (1830-1901), United States Representative from Illinois
• William Coleman Anderson (1853–1902), United States Representative from Tennessee
• William Crawford Anderson (1877–1919), British socialist politician
• William Hamilton Anderson (1874–c.1959), superintendent of the New York Anti-Saloon League
• William Marshall Anderson (1807–1881), American scholar, explorer and politician
• William Stafford Anderson (born 1889), politician in New Brunswick, Canada
• Bill Anderson (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• William Alexander Anderson (1842–1930), Virginia lawyer and politician

Medicine

• William G. Anderson (born 1927), physician and social activist
• William Wallace Anderson, medical doctor and involved in architecture of rammed earth construction in South Carolina

Military

• Maurice Anderson (1908–1986), often known as Bill Anderson, British Army medical officer
• 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 (1838–1864), American Civil War guerrilla commander, known as "Bloody Bill"
• William Anderson (Canadian Army officer) (1915–2000), Canadian general
• William Anderson (Medal of Honor) (born 1852), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Y Anderson (born 1921), Swedish American fighter ace of World War II
• William C. Anderson (United States Air Force), Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Logistics) 2005-2008

Science and academics

• William Anderson (horticulturist) (1766–1846), Scottish horticulturist
• William Anderson (engineer) (1835–1898), British engineer and philanthropist
• William Anderson (naturalist) (1750–1778), naturalist on Captain Cook's third voyage (1776–1780), died aboard the Resolution
• William Anderson (political scientist) (1888–1975), professor at University of Minnesota, served on federal commissions
• William Caldwell Anderson (1804–1870), President of Miami University
• William French Anderson (born 1936), American geneticist and molecular biologist
• William James Anderson (1812–1873), Scottish physician who emigrated to Canada
• William L. Anderson (born 1953), American economist and writer

Sports

• 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 (strongman) (born 1937), Scottish sportsman
• Bill "Red" Anderson (1912–1991), ice hockey player
• William Anderson (cricketer), mid-18th century English cricketer
• William Anderson (cricketer born 1859), Olympic silver medal-winning cricketer
• William Anderson (cricketer, born 1871) (1871–1948), cricketer
• William Anderson (cricketer born 1909) (1909–1975), first class cricketer
• William Anderson (cricket umpire) (1910–1975), Test match umpire in two games
• 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
• William Anderson (ice hockey) (1901–1983), British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics
• William Anderson (Scottish cricketer) (1894–1973), Scottish cricketer from Fife

Other

• William Anderson (martyr) (died 1543), one of the Perth Martyrs
• William Anderson (Bishop of Caledonia) (born 1950), Canadian Anglican bishop since 2001
• William Anderson (Bishop of Salisbury) (1892–1972), Anglican Bishop of Croydon, of Portsmouth and of Salisbury, England
• William Anderson (collector) (1842–1900), British surgeon and collector of Japanese art
• William Anderson (missionary) (1769–1852), English-Anglican missionary to South Africa
• Sir Eric Anderson (born 1936), full name William Eric Kinloch Anderson, Provost of Eton College, 2000–2009
• Chief William Anderson, namesake of Anderson, Indiana

See also

• Bill Andersen (politician) (born 1936), 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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