William Richardson
William, Will, Willie, Bill, or Billy Richardson may refer to:
Government and politics
Ireland
- William Richardson, MP for Armagh and Hillsborough
- William Richardson , MP for Augher
- William Richardson, MP for Armagh
- William Richardson, MP for Armagh
- Sir William Richardson, 1st Baronet, MP for Augher and Ballyshannon
United States
- Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Congressman; 2008 Presidential candidate
- Friend Richardson, 25th governor of California
- H. L. Richardson, California state senator
- Willy Bo Richardson, American artist
- William Richardson , Revolutionary War soldier
- William Richardson , Mississippi politician and teacher
- William Richardson , South Carolina politician
- William Adams Richardson, Treasury secretary
- William Alexander Richardson, U.S. senator from Illinois
- William B. Richardson, Minnesota state senator
- William Bebb Richardson, California mammalogist
- William Blaney Richardson, American-Nicaraguan naturalist and professional collector of zoological specimens
- William Emanuel Richardson, U.S. representatives from Pennsylvania
- William Henry Richardson, Connecticut state legislator
- William M. Richardson, U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1811–1814
- William Richardson , U.S. representative from Alabama, 1900–1914
- William P. Richardson , Republican politician from the state of Ohio, USA
- William P. Richardson , American co-founder and first Dean of Brooklyn Law School
- William P. Richardson , New York politician
- William S. Richardson, lieutenant governor of Hawaii
- William O. Richardson, American politician
- William U. Richardson, lawyer and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Willie Richardson, American civil rights activist and community advocate
Other
- Bill Richardson, Lord Mayor of Darwin 1957–1958 and 1969–1971
- William Richardson , Deputy Governor of Anguilla, Leeward Islands
- William Westbrooke Richardson, High Sheriff of Sussex, England, in 1770
- William Richardson, Canada
Sports
Association football (soccer)
- Billy Richardson , English footballer
- Bill Richardson , English footballer
- William "Ginger" Richardson, known as W. G. Richardson, English footballer
- Billy Richardson , Irish soccer player
- Bill Richardson, English footballer
Cricket
- William Richardson , English cricketer with Cambridge University
- William Richardson , Australian cricketer with New South Wales
- William Richardson , English cricketer with Worcestershire
- William Richardson , English cricketer with Derbyshire
Other sports
- Bill Richardson , American baseball player
- William Richardson , Australian rules footballer
- Bill Richardson , American Olympic runner
- Willie Richardson, American football wide receiver
- Willie Richardson, member of Da Soul Touchaz
- Will Richardson , American football player
- Will Richardson , American basketball player
Religion
- William Richardson , beatified Roman Catholic martyr
- William Richardson , Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar, 1895–1901
Academics
- William Richardson , English academic and antiquary
- William Richardson , Scottish professor and scholar
- William Richardson , British astronomer
- William J. Richardson, American philosopher
- William C. Richardson, President of Johns Hopkins University, 1990–1995
- William D. Richardson, Director of the UCL Wolfson Institute since 2012
- William Bebb Richardson, American mammalogist
Other
- William Anthony Richardson, sea captain and early California entrepreneur
- William Blaney Richardson, American-Nicaraguan naturalist
- W. P. Richardson , British trade unionist
- William R. Richardson, U.S. Army general
- William R. Richardson , Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Richardson , British artist and architect
- William Richardson, Tyneside songwriter
- Will Richardson, author and blogger
- Bill Richardson , British newspaper editor
- Bill Richardson , Canadian radio broadcaster and author
- Billy Richardson