William Johnson

William Johnson may refer to:

Arts and Entertainment

• William Allen Johnson (1816–1901), organ builder, Johnson Organs
• Bunk Johnson (William Gary Johnson, 1879–1949), 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

Politics

• William Johnson (MP of Bedford) (by 1513–1558)
• William A. Johnson, Jr., mayor of Rochester, New York
• William Cost Johnson (1806–1860), Maryland Congressman
• William Daniel Johnson (born c. 1950), American white nationalist, attorney, and perennial candidate
• Sir William Elliot Johnson (1862–1932), Australian politician
• Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774), Founder and Baron of Tryon County, NY
• William E. Johnson (1862–1950), American temperance movement leader
• William J. Johnson (1821–1875), New York State Senator and Civil War colonel
• Sir William Moore Johnson (1828–1918)
• 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 Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician
• William Ward Johnson (1892–1963), U.S. Representative from California
• William Johnson (Massachusetts) (died 1941), mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts
• William Johnson (Nuneaton MP) (1849–1919), English coal miner, trade unionist and Liberal-Labour politician
• William Augustus Johnson (1777–1863), English soldier and Member of Parliament
• William F. Johnson (1819–?), mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
• William Wartenbee Johnson (1826–1887), Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio and Ohio Supreme Court Judge
• William M. Johnson, U.S. politician

Military

• William Johnson (Royal Navy officer) (1784–1851), Scottish Naval Captain
• Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774), Major General in the British forces during the French and Indian War
• William Henry Johnson (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

Scientists

• William Summer Johnson (1913–1995), American chemist
• Mike Johnson (technologist) (William Michael Johnson)
• William Brooks Johnson, English physician and botanist

Law & 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

Sport

• Skinny Johnson (William C. Johnson, 1911–1980), American basketball player
• Judy Johnson (William Julius Johnson, 1899–1989), American baseball player
• William Johnson (cricketer) (1884–1941), Australian cricketer
• William "Hootie" Johnson (born 1931), 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 (cricketer, born 1962), English cricketer

Barbers

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

See also

First name variations

• Billy Johnson (disambiguation)
• Bill Johnson (disambiguation)
• Will Johnson (disambiguation)
• Willie Johnson (disambiguation)
• List of people with surname Johnson

Surname variations

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

Other

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