William Davidson

• Bill Davidson (businessman) (1922–2009), Michigan businessman and sports team owner • William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, named in honor of Bill Davidson • William Davidson (lumberman) (1740–1790), Scots-Canadian pioneer ==Politics==

• Sir William Davidson of Curriehill (1614/15–c. 1689), Scottish merchant and member of the Privy council • William Davidson (congressman) (1778–1857), member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina • William Davidson (Pennsylvania politician) (1783–1867), Pennsylvania politician • William Davidson (conspirator) (1781–1820), Jamaican-born British radical executed for his part in the Cato Street Conspiracy • William McCartney Davidson (1872–1942), Canadian journalist, politician, and author • William H. Davidson (Illinois politician) (fl. 1836–1838), lieutenant governor of Illinois • William Davidson (British Columbia politician) (fl. 1867–1907), Scottish-born miner and political figure in British Columbia ==Engineering==

• William Davidson (engineer) (1844–1920), Australian civil engineer • William Davidson (agribusinessman) (1846–1924), New Zealander, pioneer of refrigerated shipping Harley-Davidson • William A. Davidson, executive at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, brother of co-founders Arthur and Walter Davidson, and grandfather of Willie G. Davidson • William H. Davidson (motorcyclist) (1905–1992), American motorcycle racer and president of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles • Willie G. Davidson (William Godfrey Davidson, born 1933), former styling chief of Harley-Davidson and designer of the Harley-Davidson Super Glide ==Military==

• William Lee Davidson (1746–1781), American Revolutionary War officer, namesake of Davidson College • William Davidson Bissett (1893–1971), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross ==Sports==

• Bill Davidson (American football, born 1915) (1915–1970), American football player • Bill Davidson (American football, born 1935) (1935–1999), American football player and coach • Bill Davidson (baseball) (1884–1954), outfielder in Major League Baseball (1909–1911) • Bill Davidson (rugby league) (fl. 1914–1923), New Zealand rugby league player • Will Davidson, UK footballer active in the 1890s • William Davidson (sailor) (1876–1939), British competition sailor • William Davidson (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1904–1914), Scottish footballer with Falkirk, Everton, etc. • William Davidson (cricketer, born 1920) (1920–2015), English cricketer • William Davidson (cricketer, born 1811) (1811–1894), English cricketer • Kayak Bill (Bill Davidson, 1948–2004), Canadian rock climber ==Others==

• William Davidson (bishop) (1919–2006), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas • William B. Davidson (1888–1947), American actor • William Mackay Davidson (1909–1991), Scottish haematologist and pathologist • William Davidson (filmmaker) (1928–2009), Canadian filmmaker and TV creator • William Leslie Davidson (1848–1929), Scottish philosopher • William Taylor Davidson (1837–1915), owner and editor of the Fulton Democrat newspaper • William Montgomery Davenport Davidson, Australian surveyor • William Norman Lascelles Davidson (c. 1871–1935), English cinematographer • William Davidson (landscape gardener) (fl. 1860s), designer of Old Ipswich Cemetery ==See also==