William Atkinson

William Atkinson may refer to:

Politicians

• William Atkinson (British Columbia politician) (1868–1939), politician in British Columbia, Canada
• William Yates Atkinson (1854–1899), Governor of Georgia, USA
• William P. Atkinson (born 1901), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• William Albert Atkinson, provincial politician from Alberta

Sportsmen

• Bill Atkinson (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player
• Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944) (1944–2013), English footballer
• Bill Atkinson (Australian footballer) (1876–?), Australian footballer
• Will Atkinson (born 1988), English footballer

Writers

• William Atkinson (translator) (died 1509), English translator
• William Atkinson (poet) (1757–1846), English poet

Others

• William Atkinson (architect) (1774/5–1839), English architect.
• William Atkinson (architect, 1811-1886), English architect and grandson of Peter Atkinson (architect, born 1735).
• William Stephen Atkinson (1820–1876), Indian lepidopterist.
• William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932), occultist, American pioneer of the New Thought.
• William Atkinson (teacher) (born 1950), head teacher at Phoenix High School, London.
• Bill Atkinson (born 1951), computer engineer.
• Will Atkinson (musician) (1908–2003), traditional musician from northern Northumberland.
• William Henry Atkinson (born 1923), Canadian naval fighter ace.
• William Atkinson (priest) (d. 1509) Canon of Windsor.
• William Atkinson (engineer) (1825–1907), English engineer pioneer of photography in public works in Spain.