William Anderson
William Anderson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- William Anderson , painter of marine and historical paintings
- William Anderson , Australian stage entrepreneur
- William Anderson, American actor, better known as Leif Erickson
- Bill Anderson , American producer
- William West Anderson, known as Adam West, American actor, played Batman from 1966 to 1968
- William M. Anderson, Northern Irish film editor
- Wil Anderson, Australian comedian
- Will Anderson, Scottish film animator
Music
- W. H. Anderson, Canadian composer, choir director, singer, and voice teacher
- William K. Anderson, background music composer for My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Cat Anderson, American jazz trumpeter
- Bill Anderson, American country music singer, songwriter, and game show host
- William Anderson , American classical guitarist and composer
- Will Anderson , lead vocalist in the band Parachute
Writing
- William Anderson , bookseller and five times Provost of Stirling
- William Anderson , Scottish writer, poet, editor and author of The Scottish Nation
- William J. Anderson, American slave and author
- William Charles Anderson, American author
- William Anderson , American biographer, specializing on Laura Ingalls Wilder
Law and politics
Australia
- William Anderson , Scottish-born Victorian colonial politician, member for Villiers and Heytesbury
- William Anderson , Victorian colonial politician for Creswick, and Windermere
- William Anderson , Australian politician from Tasmania
- William Acland Douglas Anderson, English-born politician and goldfields commissioner in colonial Victoria, Australia
Canada
- William Stafford Anderson, politician in New Brunswick, Canada
- William Anderson , Canadian politician
- William Anderson , member of Canadian House of Commons for Waterloo South electoral district
- William Alfred Anderson, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP
U.S.
- William Anderson , U.S. Representative from Tennessee
- William Anderson , U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
- William Anderson , member of the Vermont House of Representatives
- William A. Anderson, mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
- William Alexander Anderson, Virginia lawyer and politician
- William B. Anderson, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- William Clayton Anderson, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- William Coleman Anderson, U.S. Representative from Tennessee
- William Dozier Anderson, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice
- William Gilbert Anderson, American pioneer of physical education
- William Hamilton Anderson, superintendent of the New York Anti-Saloon League
- William Marshall Anderson, American scholar, explorer and politician
- Bill Anderson , member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
- Bill Anderson , Republican politician and legislator from the state of Iowa
- Bill Anderson, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Elsewhere
- William Spencer Anderson, American-born Liberian politician and explorer
- William Anderson , British socialist politician
- William Anderson , mayor of Queenstown, New Zealand
Medicine
- William Anderson , British surgeon and collector of Japanese art who first described Anderson-Fabry disease
- William G. Anderson, American physician and social activist
- William Wallace Anderson, medical doctor involved in architecture of rammed earth construction in South Carolina
Military
- William Anderson, British Army lieutenant with the 1st Bombay Fusiliers whose murder affected the Second Anglo-Sikh War
- William T. Anderson, American Civil War guerrilla commander, known as "Bloody Bill"
- William Anderson , American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Herbert Anderson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Anderson , Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Anderson , Australian air marshal
- Maurice Anderson, often known as Bill Anderson, British Army medical officer
- William Anderson , Canadian general
- William Anderson , commander of the first nuclear submarine
- William Y. Anderson, Swedish American fighter ace of World War II
- William C. Anderson , Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, 2005–2008
- William Lovett Anderson, United States Navy submarine commander
Religion
- William Anderson, one of the Perth Martyrs
- William Anderson , English-Anglican missionary to South Africa
- William Anderson , Scottish theological writer and preacher
- William F. Anderson , American Methodist bishop
- William Harrison Anderson, American Seventh-Day Adventist missionary to Africa
- William Anderson , Anglican Bishop of Croydon, of Portsmouth and of Salisbury, England
- William Anderson , Canadian Anglican bishop since 2001
- William White Anderson, Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Science
- William Anderson , naturalist on Captain Cook's third voyage
- William Anderson , Scottish horticulturist
- William James Anderson, Scottish physician who emigrated to Canada
- William Anderson , British engineer and philanthropist
- William Henry Anderson, American entomologist
- William French Anderson, American geneticist and molecular biologist
Sports
American football
- Bill Anderson , American football end
- Bill Anderson , head football coach at Howard Payne University
- Bill Anderson , American football tight end
- Bill Anderson, head football coach at North Park University and Illinois College
- Bill Anderson , American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Billy Anderson , led NCAA in passing in 1965
- Will Anderson , American football running back
- Will Anderson Jr., American football defensive end
- William Tim Anderson, American football defensive back
Association football
- Bill Anderson , manager of Football League side Lincoln City, 1946–1965
- William Anderson , English footballer
- William Anderson , Scottish footballer
- Willie Anderson , English footballer for Aston Villa, Cardiff City
Baseball
- Bill Anderson , American Major League Baseball player
- Bill Anderson , American Major League Baseball player
- Bill Anderson , American Negro league baseball player
- Bill Anderson , American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Bill Anderson, American Negro league baseball player
Cricket
- William Anderson , South African Test match umpire in two games
- William Anderson , French Olympic silver medal-winning cricketer
- William Anderson , English cricketer
- William Anderson , English cricketer and British Indian Army officer
- William Anderson , English cricketer
- William Anderson , Scottish cricketer from Fife
Other sports
- Bill Anderson , Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
- Bill Anderson , Australian rules footballer for Geelong
- Red Anderson , Canadian ice hockey player
- William Anderson , New Zealand rugby union player
- William Anderson , British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Bill Anderson , Australian cricket and rugby league coach
- Bill Anderson , Scottish sportsman
- William Anderson , Canadian Olympic cyclist
- William Anderson , Irish athlete
- Will Anderson , American Scrabble player
Other uses
- Chief William Anderson, namesake of Anderson, Indiana
- William Preston Anderson, Tennessee attorney, surveyor, soldier, land speculator
- William Caldwell Anderson, president of Miami University
- William Anderson , British barrister and colonial judge
- William P. Anderson, Canadian civil engineer
- W. B. Anderson, Scottish classicist and academic
- William Anderson , professor at University of Minnesota
- William S. Anderson, president and chairman of the National Cash Register Corp, 1972–1984
- William M. Anderson Jr., American academic and education administrator
- Eric Anderson , Provost of Eton College, 2000–2009