William Watson

• William Watson (songwriter) (1794–1840), English concert hall singer and songwriter • William Watson (poet) (1858–1935), English poet • William J. Watson (author) (1865–1948), Scottish toponymist • Billy Watson (actor) (1923–2022), American actor • William Watson (writer) (1930–2005), also known as Bill Watson, Scottish writer • William C. Watson (1938–1997), American actor • Willie Watson (musician) (born 1979), American folk musician ==Military==

• William H. Watson (1815–1846), Mexican–American War soldier from Maryland, U.S. • William Watson (sergeant) (1826–1906), in the Confederate States Army • William Watson (surgeon) (1837–1879), in Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War • William Thornton Watson (1887–1961), New Zealand officer in the Australian Imperial Force • William E. Watson, military historian ==Politics==

• William Watson (16th century MP), MP for the City of York • William Henry Watson (1796–1860), British politician and judge • William Watson (New South Wales politician) (1815–1877), Australian politician • William John Watson (1839–1886), Australian politician • William T. Watson (1849–1917), American banker and governor of Delaware • William W. Watson Sr., 19th century North Carolina politician • William Watson (Australian politician) (1864–1938), Australian politician • William McLean Watson (1874–1962), Scottish politician • W. Marvin Watson (1924–2017), U.S. Postmaster General • William Watson, mayor of Rockford, Illinois, U.S., 1878–79 ==Science==

• William Watson (scientist) (1715–1787), English physician and scientist • William Watson (physician) (1744–1824), English physician and naturalist • William Watson (surveyor and scientist) (1784–1857), cartographer and sundial-maker from Seaton Ross • William Livingstone Watson (1835–1903), Scottish East India merchant and astronomer • Watson Cheyne or Sir William Watson (1852–1932), 1st Baronet Cheyne, Scottish surgeon and bacteriologist • William Watson (botanist) (1858–1925), British botanist and horticulturalist • William Watson (physicist, born 1868) (1868–1919), British physicist • William Watson (Scottish physicist) (1884–1952), FRSE Scottish physicist and mathematician • William Weldon Watson (1899–1992), American nuclear physicist ==Sports==

Association football • William Watson (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1929) , Scottish footballer (Falkirk FC and Scotland) • 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 • William Watson (footballer, fl. 1903–1909), Lincoln City footballer active in the 1900s • Bill Watson (footballer, born 1899) (1899–1969), English footballer in the 1920s–30s • Bill Watson (footballer, born 1916) (1916–1986), English footballer, fullback for Lincoln City, Chesterfield and Rochdale • William Watson (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), Scottish footballer (Dumbarton FC) • Willie Watson (footballer, born 1910), Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Ayr United) • Jimmy Watson (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1979), aka Bill Watson (William James Boyd Watson), English footballer in the 1930s • Billy Watson (soccer), Scottish-American footballer in the 1920s–30s • Billy Watson (Scottish footballer) (died 1950), Bradford City A.F.C. footballer, 1921–1931 • Willie Watson (English footballer), English footballer, full-back for Northampton Town • Willie Watson (English cricketer) (1920–2004), English cricketer and footballer • Willie Watson (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2026), Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Motherwell) • Graham Watson (footballer, born 1949), English footballer, aka "Willie" Watson Cricket • William Watson (cricketer, born 1881) (1881–1926), Australian cricketer • Willie Watson (English cricketer) (1920–2004), English cricketer and footballer • Bill Watson (cricketer) (1931–2018), Australian cricketer • Willie Watson (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer Rugby • Billy Watson (rugby union) (1869–1953), member of the 1893 New Zealand rugby union team • Bill Watson (rugby union) (born 1949), Scotland international rugby union player • Billy Watson (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for England, and Keighley Other sports • William Watson (motoring pioneer) (1873–1961), British racing driver and motoring pioneer • William Watson (weightlifter) (1918–1998), British Olympic weightlifter • Whipper Billy Watson (1915–1990), Canadian wrestler • William Watson (decathlete) (1916–1973), aka "Big Bill" Watson, American track and field athlete • William Watson (basketball) (fl. 1920s), African-American basketball player • Bill Watson (baseball), American baseball player • Bill Watson (ice hockey) (born 1964), ice hockey player in Minnesota • Willie Watson (bowls), Irish international lawn bowler • William Poss Watson (1868–1950), Australian rules footballer ==Other people==

• William Watson (bow maker) (1930–2018), British bow maker • William Watson (chess player) (born 1962), English chess grandmaster • William Watson (economist), Canadian economist, member of the research advisory board for Macdonald–Laurier Institute • William Watson (merchant) (died 1559), English merchant and shipowner • William Watson (priest) (1559–1603), English Roman Catholic priest and conspirator • William Watson (sinologist) (1917–2007), professor of Chinese art and archaeology at London University • William Watson, Baron Watson (1827–1899), Scottish judge • William Watson, Baron Thankerton (1873–1948), Scottish judge • William J. Watson (1865–1948), Scottish teacher and scholar of place names • William R. Watson (1887–1973), Canadian art dealer