William Ramsay McNab (1844 – 3 December 1889) was a Scottish physician and botanist.
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Only son of James McNab (1810-1878), curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, a position previously held by his father, William McNab.
Assistant to Professor John Hutton Balfour at Edinburgh, McNab studied in Germany before graduating MD at Edinburgh University (1866). He was appointed professor of natural history at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester in 1870. In 1871 he introduced Sacha’s facts and methods to English students.
Appointed to the chair of botany in the Royal College of Science, Dublin March 1872 (-89). Appointed scientific superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. He was Swiney lecturer on geology at the British Museum.
A William McNab medal is awarded in his memory.