William Pickering may refer to:

Politicians

William Pickering (Australian politician) William George Pickering (20 September 1869 – 15 September 1953) was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for Sussex in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or low ...

, Western Australian state MP * William Pickering (governor) (1798–1873), Republican governor of Washington territory, 1862–1866 *

William A. Pickering William Alexander Pickering (9 June 1840 – 26 January 1907) was the first Protector (title)#Colonial administration, Protector appointed on 3 May 1877 by the British government to administer the Chinese Protectorate in colonial Singapore. H ...

(1840–1907), first Protector appointed by the British government to administer the Chinese Protectorate in colonial Singapore *

William Pickering (British MP) William Pickering may refer to: Politicians *William Pickering (Australian politician), Western Australian state MP *William Pickering (governor) (1798–1873), Republican governor of Washington territory, 1862–1866 *William A. Pickering (1840– ...

for Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)

Sports

William Pickering (cricketer) William Percival Pickering (25 October 1819 – 16 August 1905) was an English first-class cricketer with amateur status. He was one of the founders of Surrey County Cricket Club in 1845 and later, having emigrated to Canada, played a signifi ...

(1819–1905), organiser of the first overseas cricket tour by an English side *

William Pickering (footballer) William Pickering (1894 – 9 November 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Burnley as a centre forward. He also played in the Scottish League for Morton. Personal life In 1915, during the second ...

(1894–1917), Scottish-born association football player, playing for English team Burnley *

Bill Pickering (footballer, born 1901) William Harold Pickering (1 November 1901 – c. February 1971) was a British professional footballer. He initially played for Latch & Batchelors, before playing as an amateur for Sunderland. He went on to play for Merthyr Town, Gillingham, Hud ...

(1901–1971), English-born professional footballer, playing for English and Welsh teams *

Bill Pickering (Australian footballer) William Stanley Pickering (21 June 1879 – 9 August 1939) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Austral ...

(1879–1939), Australian footballer for St Kilda

Others

William Pickering (fiction) Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon novels ''Angels & Demons'' (2000), ''The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), ''The Lost Symbol'' (2009), ''Inferno'' (2013), a ...

, director of the National Reconnaissance Office in Dan Brown's book ''Deception Point'' *

William Pickering (publisher) William Pickering (2 April 1796 – 27 April 1854) was an English publisher and bookseller, notable for various innovations in publishing. He is sometimes credited with introducing edition binding in cloth to British publishing. Life and career P ...

(1796–1854), British publisher and bookseller * Bill Pickering (rocket scientist) (1910–2004), director of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1954 to 1976 * William Henry Pickering (1858–1938), American astronomer {{hndis, Pickering, William