William Patterson
William or Bill Patterson may refer to:
Politics
- William Paterson , Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- William Patterson , U.S. Representative from New York
- William Patterson , U.S. Representative from Ohio
- William Albert Patterson, Canadian Member of Parliament
- William John Patterson, Canadian Premier of Saskatchewan
- William G. Patterson, politician in Newfoundland, Canada
- William L. Patterson, American civil rights activist; US Communist Party leader
- R. William Patterson, American politician; former mayor of Dayton, Ohio
- William Patterson , Alberta MLA, 1959–1967
- William Worth Patterson, mayor of Ashland, Kentucky
Sport
- Bill Patterson , former Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
- Bill Patterson , former Australian rules footballer for Carlton
- Billy Patterson, American football player for the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates
- Bill Patterson , Australian motor racing driver
- Bill Patterson , English rugby union player
- William Patterson , English amateur cricketer
- William Patterson , English amateur cricketer
- Will Patterson, American football linebacker
Others
- William Patterson , 19th century engineer and boat builder
- William Hammond Patterson, British trade unionist
- William Patrick Patterson, author and spiritual teacher of The Fourth Way
- William A. Patterson, president of United Airlines from 1934 until 1966
- William R. Patterson, American motivational speaker
- William Patterson, author of subjects and dialogues for the comic strip Jeff Hawke
- William Patterson , Anglican priest
- William Patterson , businessman and a founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- William James Patterson, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
- William Burns Paterson, educator and horticulturist
- Spaceman Patterson, composer, arranger and producer
- William Patterson, a fictional character from the American crime drama television series Blindspot