William Dawson
William Dawson may refer to:
Politicians
- William Johnston Dawson, U.S. representative from North Carolina
- William L. Dawson (politician), U.S. representative from Illinois
- William M. O. Dawson, governor of West Virginia
- William Dawson (diplomat), career United States diplomat
- William A. Dawson, U.S. representative from Utah
- William C. Dawson, United States senator from Georgia
- William Curran Dawson, Alabama politician, soldier
- William Dawson (Missouri politician), U.S. representative from Missouri
- William Dawson (mayor), mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
- William McDonell Dawson, member of the Legislative Assembly for Canada East
- William Dawson (New Zealand politician), New Zealand politician for Dunedin Suburbs, co-founder of Speight's brewery
- William Eddison Dawson, English-born businessman and political figure on Prince Edward Island
Other people
- William Dawson (college president), second president of the College of William & Mary
- William Dawson (sportsman), English cricketer and rugby union player
- William "Red" Dawson, American football player
- William Harbutt Dawson, British writer
- William James Dawson, English clergyman and author
- William L. Dawson (composer), African-American composer
- William Francis Dawson, road builder in British Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka
- William Henderson Dawson, Tyneside poet, songwriter, author and bookbinder
- William Leon Dawson, American ornithologist, author and lecturer
- William Dawson (ornithologist), American ornithologist
- Wil Dawson, Australian rules footballer