William Atkinson may refer to:

Politicians

William Atkinson (British Columbia politician) William Atkinson (September 4, 1868 – February 1, 1939) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Chilliwack in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933 as a Conservative. He was born in Whitby, Ontar ...

(1868–1939), politician in British Columbia, Canada * William Yates Atkinson (1854–1899), Governor of Georgia, USA *

William P. Atkinson William P. Atkinson (May 14, 1901 - November 1980) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Atkinson was born on May 14, 1901, in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. He attended high school in San Antonio, Texas and Erie, Pennsylvania befo ...

(1901–1980), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * William Albert Atkinson (1876–1948), provincial politician from Alberta *

Gordon Atkinson (Australian politician) William Gordon Atkinson (14 April 1941 – 4 August 1984) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1983 until his death. Atkinson was born in Geraldton, to Jess ...

(William Gordon Atkinson, 1941–1984), Australian farmer and politician * William D. Atkinson (1861–1945), Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court

Sportsmen

Bill Atkinson (baseball) William Cecil Glenn Atkinson (born October 4, 1954) is a Canadian former professional baseball player and a former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher. The , (11 stone 11) right-hander was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free ag ...

(born 1954), American baseball player *

Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944) William Atkinson (21 December 1944 – 24 June 2013) was an English professional footballer who played on the right wing. He played in the Football League for Torquay United, was on the books of Birmingham City without appearing for their first ...

(1944–2013), English footballer *

Bill Atkinson (Australian footballer) William John Atkinson (12 October 1876 – 26 September 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External lin ...

(1876–1966), Australian footballer *

Will Atkinson William Henry Atkinson (born 14 October 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Having begun his professional career with Hull City in 2006, Atkinson spent time on loan with Port Vale, Mansfield Town, Rochdale (t ...

(born 1988), English footballer

Writers

* William Atkinson (translator) (died 1509), English translator *

William Atkinson (poet) William Atkinson (1757–1846), was an English cleric, academic, poet and pamphleteer. Life He was born at Thorp Arch, in the ainsty of the city of York, in 1757, the son of Christopher Atkinson, rector of Thorp Arch and sometime master of Maccl ...

(1757–1846), English poet

Others

William Atkinson (architect) William Atkinson (1774/5–1839) was an English architect best known for his designs for country houses in the Gothic style. He undertook almost fifty commissions, broadly distributed in the north of England and the Scottish lowlands, London and t ...

(1774/5–1839), English architect *William Atkinson (1811–1886), English architect, son of Peter Atkinson *

William Stephen Atkinson William Stephen Atkinson (September 1820 – 15 January 1876, Rome) was a British lepidopterist who worked for much of his life in India. William was the eldest son of Rev. Thomas D. Atkinson, of Chesterton, in Suffolk. He became interested in na ...

(1820–1876), Indian lepidopterist *

William Edwin Atkinson William Edwin Atkinson (1862–1926), also known as W.E. Atkinson, was a Canadian painter of landscape, a founding member of the Canadian Art Club in 1907, whose work was influenced by Impressionism combined with aesthetics drawn from the Barbizo ...

(1862–1926), Canadian Impressionist painter * William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932), occultist, American pioneer of the New Thought *

Bill Atkinson (designer) William "Bill" Atkinson (1916-1995) was an American architect and fashion designer working in the American sportswear style. Early life Atkinson was born in Troy, New York, in 1916. He studied architecture and landscaping at Cornell University an ...

(1916–1995), American architect, fashion designer and photographer *

William Atkinson (teacher) Sir William Atkinson (born 9 April 1950) is a Jamaican-born British head teacher who 'turned around' Phoenix High School, a secondary school near White City, London. He also contributed to Channel 4's ''The Unteachables'', and was the inspirat ...

(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 (1923–2015), Canadian naval fighter ace * William Atkinson (translator) (died 1509), Canon of Windsor * William J. Atkinson (born 1950), scientist {{hndis, Atkinson, William