William Pickering
William Pickering may refer to:
Politicians
- William Pickering, Western Australian state MP
- William Pickering , 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 for Warwick
Sports
- William Pickering , organiser of the first overseas cricket tour by an English side
- Bill Pickering , Australian footballer for St Kilda
- William Pickering , Scottish-born association football player, playing for English team Burnley
- Bill Pickering , English-born professional footballer, playing for English and Welsh teams
- Bill Pickering , English footballer, see List of Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Others
- William Pickering, director of the National Reconnaissance Office in Dan Brown's book Deception Point
- William Pickering , British publisher and bookseller
- William H. Pickering , director of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1954 to 1976
- William Henry Pickering, American astronomer