William or Bill Patterson may refer to:

Politics

William Patterson (New York politician) William Patterson (June 4, 1789 – August 14, 1838) was an American farmer, manufacturer and politician. He served as a United States representative from the U.S. state of New York. Early life Patterson was born in Londonderry, Rocking ...

(1789–1838), U.S. Representative from New York *

William Patterson (Ohio politician) William Patterson (1790August 17, 1868) was a United States representative from Ohio. Patterson was born in Maryland, and moved to Mansfield, Ohio where he completed preparatory studies and studied law. Patterson was a soldier in the War of 1 ...

(1790–1868), U.S. Representative from Ohio *

William Albert Patterson William Albert Patterson (July 10, 1841 – June 14, 1917) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Colchester (federal electoral district), Colchester in the House of Commons of Canada ...

(1841–1917), Canadian Member of Parliament *

William John Patterson William John Patterson (May 13, 1886 – June 10, 1976) was a Liberal politician and the sixth premier of Saskatchewan from 1935 to 1944. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1921 election. He succeeded James ...

(1886–1976), Canadian Premier of Saskatchewan * William G. Patterson (1923–2000), politician in Newfoundland, Canada *

William L. Patterson William Lorenzo Patterson (August 27, 1891 – March 5, 1980) was an African-American leader in the Communist Party USA and head of the International Labor Defense, a group that offered legal representation to communists, trade unionists, and ...

(1891–1980), American civil rights activist; US Communist Party leader * R. William Patterson (1908–1994), American politician; former mayor of Dayton, Ohio *

William Patterson (Alberta politician) William Patterson (December 11, 1908 – February 13, 1996) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1967 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government. P ...

(1908–1996), Alberta MLA, 1959–1967 * William Worth Patterson (1849–1921), mayor of Ashland, Kentucky

Sport

* Bill Patterson (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1956), former Australian rules footballer for St Kilda * Bill Patterson (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1939), former Australian rules footballer for Carlton *

Billy Patterson Joseph William Patterson Jr. (August 20, 1918 – July 10, 1998) was an American football player who played two seasons in the NFL with the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers. Early life Patterson was born in Hillsboro, Tex ...

(1918–1998), American football player for the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates *

Bill Patterson (racing driver) Gerald William Riggall Patterson (30 August 1923 – 10 January 2010) was an Australian motor racing driver, race team owner and businessman. Patterson, son of Wimbledon champion Gerald Patterson, attended his father's school, Scotch College, Me ...

(1923–2010), Australian motor racing driver *

Bill Patterson (rugby union) William Michael Patterson (11 April 1936 – January 1999) was an English rugby union player who played in the Centre position. Patterson played club rugby for Sale RFC, Gloucester RFC, Wasps FC and Chiltern RFC, was capped twice for the Eng ...

(1936–1999), English rugby union player * William Patterson (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–1939), English amateur cricketer *

William Patterson (cricketer, born 1859) William Harry Patterson (11 March 1859 – 3 May 1946) was an English History of English amateur cricket, amateur cricketer who played during the latter part of the 19th century.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 180 ...

(1859–1946), English amateur cricketer *

Will Patterson William Louis Patterson (born July 20, 1987) is a former American football linebacker. Patterson played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers. Patterson signed with the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League (AFL) in 2012. Early li ...

(born 1987), American football linebacker

Others

William Patterson (engineer) William Patterson (1795–1869) was a Scottish engineer and boatbuilder. Born in Arbroath, he moved to London where he learned his craft at the yard of William Evans. He then moved to Bristol where he worked for William Scott as his assis ...

(1795–1869), 19th century engineer and boat builder *

William Hammond Patterson William Hammond Patterson (14 February 1847 – 16 July 1896), known as W. H. Patterson, was a British trade unionist. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to a Primitive Methodist family, Patterson's father worked in quarrying, and he was sent to work a ...

(1847–1896), British trade unionist *

William Patrick Patterson William Patrick Patterson was a spiritual teacher of the Fourth Way, an esoteric teaching of self-development brought to the West by G. I. Gurdjieff. Patterson was also an author, filmmaker and speaker on spiritual themes, including the Fourth Way ...

, author and spiritual teacher of The Fourth Way *

William A. Patterson William A. "Pat" Patterson (October, 1899 – June 13, 1980) was the President of United Airlines from 1934 until 1966. Life and career Patterson was born on a sugarcane Sugar plantations in Hawaii, plantation in Waipahu on Oahu, Hawaii. When Patt ...

(1899–1980), president of United Airlines from 1934 until 1966 * William R. Patterson (born 1975), American motivational speaker * William Patterson, author of subjects and dialogues for the comic strip ''

Jeff Hawke ''Jeff Hawke'' was a British science fiction comic strip created by Sydney Jordan. It was published in the ''Daily Express'' from 15 February 1955 to 18 April 1974, by which point Jordan had "written or co-written and drawn 6,474 episodes." Despit ...

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William Patterson (priest) William James Patterson (25 September 1930 – 6 April 2002) was an Anglican priest. He was born on 25 September 1930, educated at Haileybury and Balliol College, Oxford and ordained in 1955. After a curacy at St John Baptist, Newcastle upon T ...

(1930–2002), Anglican priest *

William Patterson (Maryland businessman) William Patterson (1752–1835) was a businessman, a gun-runner during the American Revolution, and a founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. His many business dealings included shipping, banking, and the Baltimore Water Company. Early life a ...

(1752–1835), businessman and a founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad *

William James Patterson William James Patterson (February 7, 1838 – November 6, 1926) was the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1916 to 1917. Biography He was born in Ireland on February 7, 1838. By 1860 he had migrated to the United States. ...

(1838–1926), Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic *

William Burns Paterson William Burns Paterson was an educator and horticulturist. He is chiefly known as an educational provider, being involved in establishing Alabama State University. He was a Democrat, a Presbyterian, and a charter member of the Alabama State hortic ...

(1850–1915), educator and horticulturist *

Spaceman Patterson William "Spaceman" Patterson is a guitarist and producer, who has collaborated with Miles Davis, James Brown and Frank Ocean. History Spaceman Patterson was one of the musicians in Miles Davis' touring line-up in the 1980s. In 1992, Patterso ...

(William Patterson), composer, arranger and producer

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