William Anderson

William Anderson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

William Anderson (artist) (1757–1837), painter of marine and historical paintings
William Anderson (theatre) (1868–1940), Australian stage entrepreneur
William Anderson (1911–1986), American actor, better known as Leif Erickson
Bill Anderson (producer) (1911–1997), American producer
William West Anderson (1928–2017), known as Adam West, American actor, played Batman from 1966 to 1968
William M. Anderson (born 1948), film editor
Wil Anderson (born 1974), Australian comedian
Will Anderson (animator), Scottish film animator

Music

W. H. Anderson (1882–1955), Canadian composer, choir director, singer, and voice teacher
William K. Anderson, background music composer for My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Cat Anderson (William Alonzo Anderson, 1916–1981), American jazz trumpeter
Bill Anderson (singer) (born 1937), American country music singer, songwriter, and game show host
William Anderson (guitarist) (born 1962), American classical guitarist and composer
Will Anderson (singer) (born 1986), lead vocalist in the band Parachute

Writing

William Anderson (bookseller) (1743–1830), bookseller and five times Provost of Stirling
William Anderson (Scottish writer) (1805–1866), Scottish writer, poet, editor and author of The Scottish Nation
William J. Anderson (1811–?), American slave and author
William Charles Anderson (1920–2003), American author
William Anderson (American writer) (born 1952), American biographer, specializing on Laura Ingalls Wilder

Law and politics

Australia

William Anderson (Victorian politician, born 1828) (1828–1909), Scottish-born Victorian colonial politician, member for Villiers and Heytesbury
William Anderson (Victorian politician, born 1853) (1853–1898), Victorian colonial politician for Creswick, and Windermere
William Anderson (Tasmanian politician) (1904–1990), Australian politician from Tasmania
William Acland Douglas Anderson (1829–1882), English-born politician and goldfields commissioner in colonial Victoria, Australia

Canada

William Stafford Anderson (1884–1980), politician in New Brunswick, Canada
William Anderson (Ontario MPP) (1822–1897), Canadian politician
William Anderson (Ontario MP) (1905–1961), member of Canadian House of Commons for Waterloo South electoral district
William Alfred Anderson, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP

U.S.

William Anderson (Pennsylvania politician) (1762–1829), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
William Anderson (Vermont politician) (1874–1959), member of the Vermont House of Representatives
William Marshall Anderson (1807–1881), American scholar, explorer and politician
William Clayton Anderson (1826–1861), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
William B. Anderson (1830–1901), U.S. Representative from Illinois
William Alexander Anderson (1842–1930), Virginia lawyer and politician
William Coleman Anderson (1853–1902), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
William Dozier Anderson (1862–1952), Mississippi Supreme Court Justice
William Gilbert Anderson (1860–1947), American pioneer of physical education
William A. Anderson (1873–1954), mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
William Hamilton Anderson (1874–c. 1959), superintendent of the New York Anti-Saloon League
William Anderson (naval officer) (1921–2007), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
Bill Anderson (West Virginia politician) (born 1948), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Bill Anderson (Iowa politician) (born 1977), Republican politician and legislator from the state of Iowa
Bill Anderson (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Elsewhere

William Spencer Anderson (c. 1832–1872), American-born Liberian politician and explorer
William Anderson (British politician) (1877–1919), British socialist politician
William Anderson (New Zealand politician) (1888–1978), mayor of Queenstown, New Zealand

Medicine

William Anderson (collector) (1842–1900), British surgeon and collector of Japanese art who first described Anderson-Fabry disease
William G. Anderson (born 1927), American physician and social activist
William Wallace Anderson, medical doctor involved in architecture of rammed earth construction in South Carolina

Military

William Anderson (1820–1848), British Army lieutenant with the 1st Bombay Fusiliers whose murder affected the Second Anglo-Sikh War
William T. Anderson (1840–1864), American Civil War guerrilla commander, known as "Bloody Bill"
William Anderson (Medal of Honor) (1852–1908), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
William Herbert Anderson (1881–1918), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
William Anderson (VC) (1885–1915), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
William Anderson (RAAF officer) (1891–1975), Australian air marshal
Maurice Anderson (1908–1986), often known as Bill Anderson, British Army medical officer
William Anderson (Canadian Army officer) (1915–2000), Canadian general
William Anderson (naval officer) (1921–2007), commander of the first nuclear submarine
William Y. Anderson (1921–2011), Swedish American fighter ace of World War II
William C. Anderson (Air Force) (born 1958), Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, 2005–2008
William Lovett Anderson (1906–2004), United States Navy submarine commander

Religion

William Anderson (died 1543), one of the Perth Martyrs
William Anderson (missionary) (1769–1852), English-Anglican missionary to South Africa
William Anderson (minister) (1799–1873), Scottish theological writer and preacher
William F. Anderson (bishop) (1860–1944), American Methodist bishop
William Harrison Anderson (1870–1950), American Seventh-Day Adventist missionary to Africa
William Anderson (bishop of Salisbury) (1892–1972), Anglican Bishop of Croydon, of Portsmouth and of Salisbury, England
William Anderson (bishop of Caledonia) (born 1950), Canadian Anglican bishop since 2001
William White Anderson (1888–1956), Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Science

William Anderson (naturalist) (1750–1778), naturalist on Captain Cook's third voyage (1776–1780)
William Anderson (horticulturist) (1766–1846), Scottish horticulturist
William James Anderson (1812–1873), Scottish physician who emigrated to Canada
William Anderson (engineer) (1835–1898), British engineer and philanthropist
William Henry Anderson (1908–1997), American entomologist
William French Anderson (born 1936), American geneticist and molecular biologist

Sports

American football

Bill Anderson (American football, born 1921) (1921–1984), American football end
Bill Anderson (American football, born 1925) (1925–2013), head football coach at Howard Payne University
Bill Anderson (American football, born 1936) (1936–2017), American football tight end
Bill Anderson (American football, born 1947), head football coach at North Park University and Illinois College
Bill Anderson (American coach) (1891–1969), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
Billy Anderson (quarterback) (1941–1996), led NCAA in passing in 1965
Will Anderson (fullback) (1897–1982), American football running back
Will Anderson Jr. (born 2001), American football defensive end
William Tim Anderson (born 1949), American football defensive back

Association football

Bill Anderson (English footballer) (1913–1986), manager of Football League side Lincoln City, 1946–1965
William Anderson (English footballer) (1861–1903), English footballer
William Anderson (Scottish footballer) (1862–?), Scottish footballer
Willie Anderson (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer for Aston Villa, Cardiff City

Baseball

Bill Anderson (1880s pitcher) (1865–1936), American Major League Baseball player
Bill Anderson (1920s pitcher) (1895–1983), American Major League Baseball player
Bill Anderson (1940s pitcher) (1913–1971), American Negro league baseball player
Bill Anderson (coach) (1891–1969), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
Bill Anderson (outfielder), American Negro league baseball player

Cricket

William Anderson (cricket umpire) (1910–1975), South African Test match umpire in two games
William Anderson (cricketer, born 1859) (1859–1943), French Olympic silver medal-winning cricketer
William Anderson (cricketer, born 1871) (1871–1948), English cricketer
William Anderson (cricketer, born 1880) (1880–1958), English cricketer and British Indian Army officer
William Anderson (cricketer, born 1909) (1909–1975), English cricketer
William Anderson (Scottish cricketer) (1894–1973), Scottish cricketer from Fife

Other sports

Bill Anderson (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1915), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
Bill Anderson (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1971), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
Red Anderson (ice hockey) (Bill Anderson, 1910–1991), Canadian ice hockey player
William Anderson (rugby union) (died 1892), New Zealand rugby union player
William Anderson (ice hockey) (1901–1983), British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics
Bill Anderson (Australian coach) (born 1948), Australian cricket and rugby league coach
Bill Anderson (strongman) (1937–2019), Scottish sportsman
William Anderson (cyclist) (1888–1928), Canadian Olympic cyclist
William Anderson (athlete) (1878–1958), Irish athlete
Will Anderson (Scrabble player) (born 1984), American Scrabble player

Other uses

Chief William Anderson, namesake of Anderson, Indiana
William Caldwell Anderson (1804–1870), president of Miami University
William Anderson (judge) (1847–1908), British barrister and colonial judge
William P. Anderson (1851–1927), Canadian civil engineer
W. B. Anderson (1877–1959), Scottish classicist and academic
William Anderson (political scientist) (1888–1975), professor at University of Minnesota
William S. Anderson (1919–2021), president and chairman of the National Cash Register Corp, 1972–1984
William M. Anderson Jr. (born 1942), American academic and education administrator
Eric Anderson (teacher) (William Kinloch Anderson, 1936–2020), Provost of Eton College, 2000–2009