William Patterson

William or Bill Patterson may refer to:

Politics

• William Paterson (New Jersey lawyer) (1745-1806), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• William Patterson (New York politician) (1789–1838), U.S. Representative from New York
• William Patterson (Ohio politician) (1790–1868), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• William Albert Patterson (1841–1917), Canadian Member of Parliament
• William John Patterson (1886–1976), Canadian Premier of Saskatchewan
• William G. Patterson (1923–2000), politician in Newfoundland, Canada
• William L. Patterson (1891–1980), American civil rights activist; US Communist Party leader
• R. William Patterson (1908–1994), American politician; former mayor of Dayton, Ohio
• William Patterson (Alberta politician) (1908–1996), Alberta MLA, 1959–1967
• William Worth Patterson (1849–1921), mayor of Ashland, Kentucky

Sport

• Bill Patterson (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1956), former Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
• Bill Patterson (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1939), former Australian rules footballer for Carlton
• Billy Patterson (1918–1998), American football player for the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates
• Bill Patterson (racing driver) (1923–2010), Australian motor racing driver
• Bill Patterson (rugby union) (1936–1999), English rugby union player
• William Patterson (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–1939), English amateur cricketer
• William Patterson (cricketer, born 1859) (1859–1946), English amateur cricketer
• Will Patterson (born 1987), American football linebacker

Others

• William Patterson (engineer) (1795–1869), 19th century engineer and boat builder
• William Hammond Patterson (1847–1896), British trade unionist
• William Patrick Patterson, author and spiritual teacher of The Fourth Way
• William A. Patterson (1899–1980), president of United Airlines from 1934 until 1966
• William R. Patterson (born 1975), American motivational speaker
• William Patterson, author of subjects and dialogues for the comic strip Jeff Hawke
• William Patterson (priest) (1930–2002), Anglican priest
• William Patterson (Maryland businessman) (1752–1835), businessman and a founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
• William James Patterson (1838–1926), Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
• William Burns Paterson (1850–1915), educator and horticulturist
• Spaceman Patterson (William Patterson), composer, arranger and producer

See also

• Willie Patterson (disambiguation)
• William Paterson (disambiguation)
• William Pattison (disambiguation)