William Parsons

William Parsons may refer to:

• William Parsons (composer) (1745/6–1817), Master of the King's Music
• William Parsons (poet) (1764 ca.-1828), English writer associated with the Della Cruscan movement
• William Barclay Parsons (1859–1932), American civil engineer
• William Sterling Parsons (1901–1953), known as "Deak", atomic bomb weaponeer aboard Enola Gay
• William W. Parsons (1850–1925), former president of Indiana State Normal School, later known as Ball State University
• William W. Parsons (NASA), former director of the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, & Space Shuttle Program manager
• William Henry Parsons (died 1935), headed the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
• William Parsons (actor) in Trudeau (film)
• Willy Parsons (born 1959), comedian and actor
• Bill Parsons (born 1948), baseball player

Also

• Parsons Baronets
  • Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Langley (c. 1636–c. 1662)
• Earl of Rosse
  • Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont (died 1650), Surveyor General of Ireland and Member of Parliament
  • Sir William Parsons, 2nd Baronet of Bellamont (died 1658)
  • Sir William Parsons, 2nd Baronet of Birr Castle (died 1741)
  • Sir William Parsons, 4th Baronet of Birr Castle (1731–1791), Irish politician
  • William Parsons (musician) (c. 1746–1817), Master of the King's Music
  • William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), Lord Rosse, Irish astronomer
  • William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse (1873–1918), elected a Representative Peer in 1911
  • William Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse (born 1936), worked for the United Nations
  • William "Beefy" Parsons, Glue Pot Cricketer, born 1970