William, Willie, Bill or Billy Watson may refer to:

Entertainment

* William Watson (songwriter) (1794–1840), English concert hall singer and songwriter * William Watson (poet) (1858–1935), English poet * Billy Watson (actor) (1923–2022), American actor *

William Watson (writer) William Hugh Charles Watson was a Scottish author, playwright and newspaper editor. He was initially Literary and then Features editor of the Scotsman newspaper. Born in Edinburgh on 30 April 1931, he attended Edinburgh Academy and then entere ...

(1930–2005), also known as Bill Watson, Scottish writer * William C. Watson (1938–1997), American actor *

Willie Watson (musician) William Currie Watson (born September 23, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo player, actor and founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show. His debut solo album ''Folk Singer, Vol. I'', was released in May 2014; its follow-u ...

(born 1979), American folk musician

Military

* William H. Watson (1815–1846), Mexican–American War soldier from Maryland, U.S. *

William Watson (sergeant) William Watson (born 1826, died 1906) was an author and soldier in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is most noted for an autobiographical book ''Life in the Confederate army, being the observations and experiences of an ...

(1826–1906), in the Confederate States Army * William Watson (surgeon) (1837–1879), in Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War *

William Thornton Watson William Thornton Watson, DSO, MC, DCM (10 November 1887 – 9 September 1961) was a New Zealander who served as an officer in the Australian Imperial Force in both World Wars. Prior to and after the First World War he had a distinguished rugby ...

(1887–1961), New Zealand officer in the Australian Imperial Force *

William E. Watson William E. Watson was born in New York City. He is Professor of History at Immaculata University in Malvern, Pennsylvania. He received his PhD in Medieval History from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the director of the Duffy's Cut Proje ...

, military historian

Politics

William Watson (16th century MP) William Watson was one of two Members of the Parliament of England for the constituency of York in 1553, between 1562 and 1571 and then again in another session in 1571. Life and politics William was born in 1513. He was the brother-in-law ...

, MP for the City of York * William Henry Watson (1796–1860), British politician and judge * William Watson (New South Wales politician) (1815–1877), Australian politician * William John Watson (1839–1886), Australian politician *

William T. Watson William Tharp Watson (June 22, 1849 – April 14, 1917) was an American banker and politician from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General A ...

(1849–1917), American banker and governor of Delaware * William W. Watson Sr., 19th century North Carolina politician *

William Watson (Australian politician) William Watson (22 October 1864 – 21 December 1938) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was an independent member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Fremantle as an independent from 1922 to 1928 and 193 ...

(1864–1938), Australian politician *

William McLean Watson William McLean Watson (1874–1962) became Labour MP for Dunfermline Burghs, Scotland, in 1922. He lost his seat in the National Government landslide of 1931, but won it back in 1935 and retained it until 1950. Before his career in politics ...

(1874–1962), Scottish politician * W. Marvin Watson (1924–2017), U.S. Postmaster General * William Watson, mayor of Rockford, Illinois, U.S., 1878–79

Science

William Watson (scientist) Sir William Watson, FRS (3 April 1715 – 10 May 1787) was a British physician and scientist who was born and died in London. His early work was in botany, and he helped to introduce the work of Carolus Linnaeus into England. He became a Fe ...

(1715–1787), English physician and scientist *

William Watson (physician) Sir William Watson (1744–1824) was an English physician and naturalist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767 and knighted in 1796. He was mayor of Bath in 1801. He was the son of Sir William Watson the physicist, educated at Charterho ...

(1744–1824), English physician and naturalist *

William Watson (surveyor and scientist) William, Willie, Bill or Billy Watson may refer to: Entertainment * William Watson (songwriter) (1794–1840), English concert hall singer and songwriter * William Watson (poet) (1858–1935), English poet * Billy Watson (actor) (1923–2022), Ame ...

(1784–1857), cartographer and sundial-maker from

Seaton Ross Seaton Ross is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of the market town of Market Weighton and north-west of the village of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. It lies to the south of the ...

William Livingstone Watson William Livingstone Watson (Kinross, Scotland, 1835-Ayton, Perthshire, Scotland, May 1903) was a Scottish East India merchant and an astronomer. Early life Watson was originally intended for a career in the church but turned instead to the law ...

(1835–1903), Scottish East India merchant and astronomer *

Watson Cheyne Rear admiral Sir William Watson Cheyne, 1st Baronet, (14 December 1852 – 19 April 1932) was a Scottish surgeon and bacteriologist, who pioneered the use of antiseptic surgical methods in the United Kingdom. Early life and education Cheyne was ...

or Sir William Watson (1852–1932), 1st Baronet Cheyne, Scottish surgeon and bacteriologist *

William Watson (botanist) William Watson (1858–1925) was a British botanist and horticulturist. He was a gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1879, Assistant Curator 1886–1901 and Curator 1901–1922. Watson was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal in 1892 and ...

(1858–1925), British botanist and horticulturalist *

William Watson (physicist) William Watson CMG, FRS (4 August 1868 – 3 March 1919) was a British physicist and Lieutenant-Colonel in World War I. After education at King's College School, Watson studied under Arthur William Rucker and C. V. Boys at the Royal College of S ...

(1868–1919), British physicist *

William Watson (Scottish physicist) William Watson FRSE (15 June 1884 – 28 June 1952) was a 20th-century Scottish physicist and mathematician. Life He was born on 15 June 1884 in Musselburgh just east of Edinburgh, the son of Janet Watson of Tranent and her husband, William Watso ...

(1884–1952), FRSE Scottish physicist and mathematician *

William Weldon Watson William Weldon Watson IV (14 September 1899 in Eveleth, Minnesota – 3 August 1992 in Hamden, Connecticut) was a physicist specializing in isotope separation and a contributor to the development of the atomic bomb. Biography Watson grew up in La ...

(1899–1992), American nuclear physicist

Sports

Association football

* William Watson (Scottish footballer) (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1898), Scottish footballer (Falkirk FC and Scotland) *

Billy Watson (footballer, born 1890) William Watson (born Richard Watson, 11 September 1890 – 1 September 1955) was an English international association footballer who played as a wing half in The Football League either side of World War I. He made over 340 league appearances fo ...

(1890–1955), English international footballer with Burnley, 1908–1925 * Billy Watson (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1962), English footballer with Huddersfield Town, 1912–1927 * William Watson (footballer) (

1903–1909), Lincoln City footballer active in the 1900s *

Bill Watson (footballer, born 1899) William Thomas Watson (16 March 1899 – 1969) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-sided forward. He made 405 appearances and scored 89 goals in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of p ...

(1899–1969), English footballer in the 1920s–30s *

Bill Watson (footballer, born 1916) William Watson (29 May 1916 – 1986) was an English footballer who played as a full back for Lincoln City, Chesterfield and Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennin ...

(1916-1986), English footballer, fullback for Lincoln City, Chesterfield and Rochdale *

William Watson (footballer, born 1900) William Watson (born 4 June 1900) was a Scottish footballer who played for Kilmarnock, Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven f ...

(1900–?), Scottish footballer (Dumbarton FC) *

Willie Watson (footballer, born 1910) William, Willie, Bill or Billy Watson may refer to: Entertainment * William Watson (songwriter) (1794–1840), English concert hall singer and songwriter * William Watson (poet) (1858–1935), English poet * Billy Watson (actor) (1923–2022), Ame ...

, Scottish footballer ( Hibernian, Ayr United) * Jimmy Watson (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1979), aka Bill Watson (William James Boyd Watson), English footballer in the 1930s *

Billy Watson (soccer) Billy Watson was a Scottish-American soccer wing half, left half. He began his career in Scotland before moving to England and then the United States where he played in both the American Soccer League (1921-1933), American Soccer League and St ...

, Scottish-American footballer in the 1920s–30s *

Billy Watson (Scottish footballer) William Watson was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back for Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth ...

(died 1950), Bradford City A.F.C. footballer, 1921–1931 *

Willie Watson (English cricketer) Willie Watson (7 March 1920 – 24 April 2004) was an English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England. He was a double international, as Watson was also a footballer who played for England's national team. He was the s ...

(1920–2004), English cricketer and footballer *

Willie Watson (footballer, born 1949) William Watson (born 4 December 1949) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a defender. Watson signed with Manchester United in 1970. He played sparingly for United, going on loan to the Miami Toros The Miami Toros was a professio ...

, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Motherwell) *

Graham Watson (footballer, born 1949) Graham Sidney "Willie" Watson (born 31 August 1949) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Cambridge United, Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City, and Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The ...

, English footballer, aka "Willie" Watson

Cricket

* William Watson (cricketer, born 1881) (1881–1926), Australian cricketer *

(1920–2004), English cricketer and footballer *

Bill Watson (cricketer) William James Watson (31 January 1931 – 29 December 2018) was an Australian cricketer who played in four Test matches in 1955.Willie Watson (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer

Rugby

Billy Watson (rugby union) William Donald Watson (22 December 1869 – 25 March 1953) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A forward, Watson represented Wairarapa at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side in 1893 and 1896. He played three m ...

(1869–1953), member of the 1893 New Zealand rugby union team * Bill Watson (rugby union), born 1949, Scotland international rugby union player *

Billy Watson (rugby league) William Watson (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached in the 1940s. He played at representative level for England, Rugby League XIII and Yorkshire, a ...

, rugby league footballer of the 1930s for England, and Keighley

Other sports

* William Watson (motoring pioneer) (1873–1961), British racing driver and motoring pioneer * William Watson (weightlifter), British Olympic weightlifter *

Whipper Billy Watson William John Potts, (June 25, 1915 to February 4, 1990) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by his ring name "Whipper" Billy Watson. He was a two-time world champion, having held both the National Wrestling Association title and the ...

(1915–1990), Canadian wrestler *

William Watson (decathlete) William Delouis Watson (December 18, 1916 – 1973), also known as Big Bill Watson, was an American track and field athlete. Watson was the Amateur Athletic Union (A.A.U.) decathlon champion in 1940 and 1943. He was the first African-American to ...

(1916–1973), aka "Big Bill" Watson, American track and field athlete * William Watson (basketball) (

1920s), African-American basketball player * Bill Watson (baseball), American baseball player *

Bill Watson (ice hockey) William Charles Watson (born March 30, 1964) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. Watson won the Hobey Baker Award in 1985 while playing for the University of Minnesota Duluth. He would go to play professionally in the National Hockey League ...

(born 1964), ice hockey player in Minnesota * Willie Watson (bowls), Irish international lawn bowler * William Poss Watson (1868–1950), Australian rules footballer *

Willie Watson (American Football Player) William, Willie, Bill or Billy Watson may refer to: Entertainment * William Watson (songwriter) (1794–1840), English concert hall singer and songwriter * William Watson (poet) (1858–1935), English poet * Billy Watson (actor) (1923–2022), Ame ...

Bowling Green State University OL/DL 1994-1999, Chicago Rush Arena Football 2003, NFL 2003

Other people

* William Watson (bow maker) (1930–?), British bow maker *

William Watson (chess player) William Nicholas Watson (born 18 April 1962 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an English chess Grandmaster titleholder. Watson was British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 1992 and British Chess Champion in 1994. Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky ( ...

(born 1962), English chess grandmaster * William Watson (economist), Canadian economist, member of the research advisory board for Macdonald–Laurier Institute * William Watson (merchant) (died 20 November 1559), English merchant and shipowner *

William Watson (priest) William Watson (c. 23 April 15599 December 1603) was an English Roman Catholic priest and conspirator, executed for treason. Life In 1586 Watson became a Roman Catholic priest in France, and during the concluding years of Elizabeth's reign he pa ...

(1559–1603), English Roman Catholic priest and conspirator *

William Watson (sinologist) William Watson ( – ) was a British art historian who was Professor of Chinese art and archaeology at the University of London. He was a leading member of the teams that organised the ''Genius of China'' exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1973 ...

(1917–2007), professor of Chinese art and archaeology at London University *

William Watson, Baron Watson William Watson, Baron Watson, (25 August 1827 – 14 September 1899) was a Scottish lawyer and Conservative Party politician. He was Lord Advocate, the most senior Law Officer in Scotland, from 1876 to 1880, and was then appointed a Lord of ...

(1827–1899), Scottish judge *

William Watson, Baron Thankerton William Watson, Baron Thankerton, PC (8 December 1873 – 13 June 1948), was a Scottish Unionist Party politician and judge. Life Born in Edinburgh, Watson was the third son of Margaret Bannatyne (1846–1898) and William Watson, Baron Watso ...

(1873–1948), Scottish judge *

William J. Watson William John Watson FRSE LLD (1865 – 9 March 1948) was a toponymist, one of the greatest Scottish scholars of the 20th century, and was the first scholar to place the study of Scottish place names on a firm linguistic basis. Life Watson ...

(1865–1948), Scottish teacher and scholar of place names * William R. Watson (1887–1973), Canadian art dealer {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, William