William Pickering
William Pickering may refer to:
Politicians
- William Pickering (Australian politician), Western Australian state MP
- William Pickering (governor), Republican governor of Washington territory, 1862–1866
- William A. Pickering, first Protector appointed by the British government to administer the Chinese Protectorate in colonial Singapore
- William Pickering (British MP) for Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)
Sports
- William Pickering (cricketer), organiser of the first overseas cricket tour by an English side
- Bill Pickering (Australian footballer), Australian footballer for St Kilda
- William Pickering (footballer), Scottish-born association football player, playing for English team Burnley
- Bill Pickering (footballer, born 1901), English-born professional footballer, playing for English and Welsh teams
- Bill Pickering (footballer, born 1919), English footballer, see List of Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players (25–99 appearances)
Others
- William Pickering (fiction), director of the National Reconnaissance Office in Dan Brown's book Deception Point
- William Pickering (publisher), British publisher and bookseller
- William H. Pickering (engineer), director of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1954 to 1976
- William Henry Pickering, American astronomer