William Watson

William Watson, Willie Watson, Bill Watson or Billy Watson may refer to:

The arts

Willie Watson (musician) old-time and folk musician from New York and California
Billy Watson (actor) (born 1923), actor
William Watson (actor) (1938–1997), American actor
William Watson (poet) (1858–1935), English poet
William Watson (songwriter) (1794–1840), Tyneside concert hall singer and songwriter
William Watson (writer) (1930–2005), also known as Bill Watson, Scottish writer

W. Marvin Watson (born 1924), U.S. Postmaster General
William Watson (16th century MP), MP for the City of York
William Watson (Australian politician) (1864–1938), Australian politician
William Watson, Mayor of Rockford, Illinois, 1878–79
Sir William Henry Watson (1796–1860), Baron of the Exchequer
William McLean Watson (1874–1962), MP for Dunfermline Burghs, 1922–1931 and 1935–1950
William T. Watson (1849–1917), American banker and Governor of Delaware

William Watson (sergeant) (1826–?), author and soldier in the Confederate States Army
William Watson (surgeon) (1837–1879), surgeon in the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War
William E. Watson, military historian
William H. Watson (1815–1846), Mexican–American War soldier from Maryland
William Thornton Watson (1887–1961), New Zealand officer in the Australian Imperial Force

William Watson (botanist) (1858–1925), British botanist and horticulturalist
William Watson (scientist) (1715–1787), English physician and scientist
William Watson (physician) (1744–1824), English physician and naturalist, son of William Watson (1715–1787)
William Watson (surveyor and scientist) (1784–1857), cartographer and sundial-maker from Seaton Ross
William Weldon Watson (1899–1992), American nuclear physicist

Bill Watson (footballer) (1899–1969), English footballer in the 1920s–30s
Billy Watson (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1955), English international footballer with Burnley, 1908–1925
Billy Watson (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1962), English footballer with Huddersfield Town, 1912–1927
Billy Watson (Scottish footballer) (died 1950), Bradford City A.F.C. footballer, 1921–1931
Billy Watson (soccer), Scottish-American footballer in the 1920s–30s
Jimmy Watson (English footballer) (1914–1979), aka Bill Watson (William James Boyd Watson), English footballer in the 1930s
William Watson (footballer), Lincoln City footballer active in the 1900s
William Watson (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1898), Scottish footballer (Falkirk FC and Scotland)
Willie Watson (England cricketer) (1920–2004), English cricketer and footballer
Willie Watson (footballer, born 1910), Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Ayr United)
Willie Watson (footballer, born 1949), Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Motherwell)
Graham Watson (footballer) (born 1949), English footballer, aka "Willie" Watson

William Watson (New Zealand rugby player) (1869–1953), member of the 1893 New Zealand rugby team
William Watson (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for England, and Keighley
William Watson (rugby player) (1887–1961)

Bill Watson (ice hockey) (born 1964), ice hockey player in Minnesota
Whipper Billy Watson (1915–1990), Canadian wrestler
William Watson (basketball), African-American basketball player
William Watson (chess player) (born 1962), English chess grandmaster
William Watson (track and field athlete) (1916–1973), aka "Big Bill" Watson, American track and field athlete

William Watson (bow maker) (born 1930), British bow maker
William Watson (economist) Canadian economist and Financial Post columnist
William Watson (priest) (1559–1603), English Roman Catholic priest and conspirator, executed for treason
William Watson (sinologist) (1917–2007), professor of Chinese art and archaeology at London University
William J. Watson (1865–1948), toponymist
William Watson (motoring pioneer) (1873–1961), Liverpool-born racing driver and motoring pioneer