William Johnson

William Johnson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• William Allen Johnson (1816–1901), organ builder, Johnson Organs
• Bunk Johnson (William Gary Johnson, 1889–1949), American jazz musician
• William Johnson (artist) (1901–1970), African-American painter of the Harlem Renaissance
• Zip the Pinhead (William Henry Johnson, 1842–1926), circus entertainer
• William Johnson (actor) (1916–1957), American actor
• William Manuel Johnson (1872–1972), American jazz musician
• William L. Johnson, American actor and musician
• William Johnson, a character in the TV series The First Family

Politics

• William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician
• William Johnson (by 1523–53 or later), MP for Kingston-upon-Hull
• William Johnson (Massachusetts) (died 1941), mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts
• William Johnson (Liberal-Labour politician) (1849–1919), English coal miner, trade unionist and Liberal-Labour politician
• William Johnson (MP for Bedford) (by 1513–1558), MP for Bedford and New Woodstock
• William Johnson (Seneca County, NY) (1821–1875), New York State Senator and Civil War colonel
• William A. Johnson Jr. (born 1942), mayor of Rochester, New York
• William Augustus Johnson (1777–1863), English soldier and Member of Parliament
• William Cost Johnson (1806–1860), Maryland Congressman
• William Daniel Johnson (born 1954), American white nationalist, attorney, and perennial candidate
• William Dartnell Johnson (1870–1948), Labor politician from Western Australia
• William E. Johnson (1862–1950), American temperance movement leader
• William E. Johnson (Nebraska), Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
• Sir Elliot Johnson (politician) (William Elliot Johnson, 1862–1932), Australian politician
• William Elting Johnson (1837–1912), New York politician
• William F. Johnson (1819–?), mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
• William M. Johnson (1847–1928), New Jersey state senator
• Sir William Moore Johnson (1828–1918), Irish barrister and judge
• William Paul Johnson (born 1959), U.S. federal judge
• William Richard Johnson (1875–1938), Illinois Congressman
• William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819), United States Founding Father
• William Wallace Johnson (1813–1900), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• William Ward Johnson (1892–1963), U.S. Representative from California
• William Wartenbee Johnson (1826–1887), Ohio politician and judge

Military

• William Johnson (Royal Navy officer) (1784–1851), Scottish Naval Captain
• Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774), Anglo-Irish major general and Indian agent during the French and Indian War
• William Henry Johnson (VC) (1890–1945), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Johnson (Medal of Honor) (1855–1903), American recipient of the Medal of Honor

Religion

• William Bullein Johnson (1782–1862), First President of the Southern Baptist Convention
• William Percival Johnson (1854–1928), Anglican missionary, translator of the Bible into Chinyanja

Scholars

• William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), English educator and Uranian poet
• William Ernest Johnson (1858–1931), British logician
• William Frederick Johnson (1852–1934), Irish naturalist
• William Johnson (author) (born 1931), Canadian journalist and author
• William D. Johnson (journalist), American journalist and labor activist

Scientists

• William Summer Johnson (1913–1995), American chemist
• Mike Johnson (technologist) (William Michael Johnson)
• William Brooks Johnson (1763–1830), English physician and botanist
• William Johnson (surveyor) (died 1883), British surveyor in India and governor of Ladakh
• William Arthur Johnson (1816–1880), amateur biologist and clergyman in Canada

Law and business

• William Johnson (judge) (1771–1834), Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• William R. Johnson (born 1949), chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the H. J. Heinz Company
• William Johnson (bishop) (1889–1960), Anglican Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
• William Robert Johnson (1918–1986), American Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange
• William Templeton Johnson (1877–1957), San Diego architect
• William D. Johnson (CEO) (born 1954), American Chairman and CEO of Progress Energy
• William Johnson (police officer), English police officer

Sport

• Skinny Johnson (William C. Johnson, 1911–1980), American basketball player
• Judy Johnson (William Julius Johnson, 1899–1989), American baseball player
• William Johnson (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1941), Australian cricketer
• William Johnson (cricketer, born 1962), English cricketer
• William "Hootie" Johnson (1931–2017), American golfer
• William Johnson (handballer) (born 1953), American Olympic handball player
• William Johnson (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Wales, and Huddersfield
• William Johnson (swimmer) (1947–2005), American freestyle swimmer at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• William Johnson (wrestler) (1901–1928), American wrestler
• William Johnson (baseball) (1848–1909), American baseball player
• C. William Johnson (1917–1993), American skeleton racer

Barbers

• William Johnson (barber) (1809–1851), successful free African American barber
• William H. Johnson (c. 1835–1864), President Abraham Lincoln's barber and valet

See also

• List of people with surname Johnson

With middle names

• William Henry Johnson (disambiguation)

First name variations

• Billy Johnson (disambiguation)
• Bill Johnson (disambiguation)
• Will Johnson (disambiguation)
• Willie Johnson (disambiguation)

Surname variations

• William Johnston (disambiguation)
• William Johnstone (disambiguation)
• William Jonsson, Canadian politician activist

Other

• William R. Johnson Coliseum, an arena in Nacogdoches, Texas
• Johnson (disambiguation)