William Richardson

William or Bill Richardson may refer to:

Irish politicians

• William Richardson (1656–1727), MP for Armagh and Hillsborough
• William Richardson (died 1755) (1690–1755), MP for Augher
• William Richardson (1710–1758), MP for Armagh
• William Richardson (1749–1822), MP for Armagh
• Sir William Richardson, 1st Baronet (died 1830), MP for Augher and Ballyshannon

American politicians

• William Richardson (Maryland politician) (1735–1825), Revolutionary War soldier
• William M. Richardson (1774–1838), U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1811–1814
• William Alexander Richardson (1811–1875), U.S. senator from Illinois
• William Adams Richardson (1821–1896), Treasury secretary
• William N. Richardson (1839–1914), U.S. representative from Alabama, 1900–1914
• William B. Richardson (1874–1945), Minnesota state senator
• William Emanuel Richardson (1886–1948), U.S. representatives from Pennsylvania
• William S. Richardson (1919–2010), Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
• H. L. Richardson (born 1927), known as Bill, California state senator
• Bill Richardson (born 1947), former Governor of New Mexico, former U.S. Secretary of Energy, former Congressman, withdrawn 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate

Sports figures

• William Richardson (cricketer, born 1894) (1894–1971), English cricketer with Worcestershire
• William Richardson (cricketer, born 1938) (born 1938), English cricketer with Derbyshire
• William "Ginger" Richardson, known as W. G. Richardson, (1909–1959) English footballer
• Bill Richardson (footballer) (1908–1985), English footballer
• Billy Richardson (died 2004), Irish soccer player
• Bill Richardson (bodybuilder), former Mr. Universe (amateur) winner
• Bill Richardson (baseball) (1878–1949), American baseball player

Other

• William Richardson (martyr) (1572–1603), beatified Roman Catholic martyr
• William Richardson (governor) (died 1829), Deputy Governor of Anguilla
• William Richardson (classicist) (1743–1814), Scottish professor and scholar
• William A. Richardson (1795–1856), sea captain and early California entrepreneur
• William C. Richardson, President of Johns Hopkins University, 1990–1995
• Bill Richardson (journalist) (1909–1986), British newspaper editor
• William J. Richardson (born 1920), American philosopher
• William Pallister Richardson (1873-1930), British trade unionist
• William R. Richardson (born 1929), U.S. Army general
• Bill Richardson (radio) (born 1955), Canadian radio personality
• Will Richardson, author and blogger
• William Moore Richardson (1844–1915), Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar, 1895–1901