William Jackson
William Jackson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- William Jackson (organist born 1730), referred to as Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer
- William Jackson of Masham, English organist and composer
- William Henry Jackson, early photographer of the American West
- William Jackson (Scottish composer), Scottish composer
- William F. Jackson, American painter and art curator
Business
- William Jackson, British businessman and philanthropist, founder of Bridgepoint Group
- William Jackson Food Group, food manufacturer in the United Kingdom
Military
- William Jackson (pirate), British pirate
- William Lowther Jackson, American Confederate general
- William Hicks Jackson, American Confederate general
- William Payne Jackson, U.S. Army general
- William Jackson (Australian soldier), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Sir William Jackson (British Army officer), British general, Governor of Gibraltar, military historian, and author
- William Francis Jackson, British Army officer
Politics and law
United Kingdom
- William Jackson (fl. 1601–1604), MP for Guildford and Haslemere
- Sir William Jackson, 1st Baronet, British MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme and Derbyshire North
- William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton, English politician, Member of Parliament for Leeds
- William Jackson, 1st Baron Jackson, Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnorshire, 1939–1945
United States
- William Jackson (secretary), Secretary to the Philadelphia Convention and member of the U.S. Continental Army
- William Jackson (Massachusetts politician, born 1783), US Congressman from Massachusetts
- William Terry Jackson, U.S. Representative from New York
- William Jackson (Saugus, Massachusetts), English-American pottery manufacturer and politician of the 1820s
- William A. Jackson, Black dispatches spy during the American Civil War
- William Humphreys Jackson, congressman from Maryland
- William P. Jackson, member of the United States Senate from Maryland
- William S. Jackson, New York State Attorney General, 1907–1908
- William T. Jackson (Ohio politician), mayor of Toledo, Ohio
- William Harding Jackson, United States National Security Advisor
- William H. Jackson (judge), judge of the United States District Court for the Canal Zone
- William M. Jackson (judge), associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- William S. Jackson (judge), associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
Other political figures
- William Jackson (New Zealand politician), New Zealand politician
- William Jackson (Canadian politician), Canadian Member of Parliament
- William Jackson (Canadian administrator)
Religion
- William Jackson (journalist), Irish preacher, journalist, playwright, radical, and spy
- William Jackson (bishop), bishop of Oxford
- William Jackson (Archdeacon of Carlisle), priest and academic
- William Jackson (Dean of Killala), Anglican priest in Ireland
- William Walrond Jackson, Bishop of Antigua 1860–1879
- William Jackson (Archdeacon of Killala)
- William Jackson (priest), Rector of Exeter College, Oxford
- Ernest Jackson (priest), 20th century Canadian Anglican priest
- William Henry Jackson (priest), Anglican priest, missionary, and inventor of Burmese Braille
Science and medicine
- William Jackson (engineer), Boston, Massachusetts city engineer, 1885–1910
- William Jackson (inventor), Scottish mechanical engineer
- William Elvin Jackson, American aviation electronics engineer
- William M. Jackson (chemist), American researcher
Sports
- William Jackson (curler), Scottish winner of the first Olympic gold medal in curling, Chamonix, 1924
- William Jackson (footballer), Newton Heath F.C., Burnley F.C. and Wales international footballer
- Bill Jackson (first baseman), American first baseman for the Chicago Whales
- William Jackson (pitcher), American pitcher and outfielder for early minor leagues and Negro leagues
- William Jackson III, American football player
Others
- William Jackson (Boston loyalist), American Revolutionary era loyalist
- William Jackson (gangster), American loan shark, enforcer and murder victim
- William K. Jackson, American architect, co-founder of KBJ Architects
- William Turrentine Jackson, American professor of history
- William Perry Jackson, American serial killer