William Jackson

William Jackson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

William Jackson (organist born 1730) (1730–1803), referred to as Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer
William Jackson of Masham (1815–1866), English organist and composer
William Henry Jackson (1843–1942), early photographer of the American West
William Jackson (Scottish composer) (born 1955), Scottish composer
William F. Jackson (1850–1936), American painter and art curator
Will E. Jackson (William Edward Jackson III, 1945–2019), Greenpeace activist and musician
Will Jackson (Wentworth) (William Jackson), a character from the TV series Wentworth

William Jackson (businessman) (born 1963), British businessman and philanthropist, founder of Bridgepoint Group
William Jackson Food Group, food manufacturer in the United Kingdom

William Jackson (pirate) (fl. 1639–1645), British pirate
William Lowther Jackson (1825–1890), American Confederate general
William Hicks Jackson (1835–1903), American Confederate general
William Payne Jackson (1868–1945), U.S. Army general
William Jackson (Australian soldier) (1897–1959), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sir William Jackson (British Army officer) (1917–1999), British general, governor of Gibraltar, military historian, and author
William Francis Jackson (1886–1964), British Army officer
Honoré Jackson (William Henry Jackson, 1861–1952), leader of the North-West Rebellion in Canada, 1885

William Jackson (fl. 1601–1604), member of parliament (MP) for Guildford and Haslemere
Sir William Jackson, 1st Baronet (1805–1876), British MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme and Derbyshire North
William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton (1840–1917), English politician, MP for Leeds
William Jackson, 1st Baron Jackson (1893–1954), MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, 1939–1945

William Jackson (secretary) (1759–1828), secretary to the Philadelphia Convention and member of the U.S. Continental Army
William Jackson (Massachusetts politician, born 1783) (1783–1855), US congressman from Massachusetts
William Terry Jackson (1794–1882), U.S. representative from New York
William Jackson (Saugus, Massachusetts), English-American pottery manufacturer and politician of the 1820s
William A. Jackson, Black dispatches spy during the American Civil War
William Humphreys Jackson (1839–1915), congressman from Maryland
William P. Jackson (1868–1939), member of the United States Senate from Maryland
William S. Jackson (died 1932), New York State attorney general, 1907–1908
William T. Jackson (Ohio politician) (1876–1933), mayor of Toledo, Ohio
William Harding Jackson (1901–1971), United States national security advisor
William H. Jackson (judge) (1864–1938), judge of the United States District Court for the Canal Zone
William M. Jackson (judge) (born 1953), associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
William S. Jackson (judge) (1889–1981), associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
Bill Jackson (politician) (William S. Jackson, born 1932), U.S. state senator from Georgia

William Jackson (New Zealand politician) (1832–1889), New Zealand politician
William Jackson (Canadian politician) (1858–1938), Canadian member of parliament
William Jackson (Canadian administrator)
Willie Jackson (politician) (William Wakatere Jackson, born 1961), New Zealand broadcaster and member of parliament

William Jackson (journalist) (1737–1795), Irish preacher, journalist, playwright, radical, and spy
William Jackson (bishop) (1751–1815), bishop of Oxford
William Jackson (priest, died 1878) (1792–1878), priest and academic, archdeacon of Carlisle
William Jackson (priest, died 1885), Anglican priest in Ireland, dean of Killala
William Walrond Jackson (1811–1895), bishop of Antigua 1860–1879
William Jackson (priest, died 1903), archdeacon of Killala
William Jackson (priest, died 1931) (1838–1931), rector of Exeter College, Oxford
Ernest Jackson (priest) (William Ernest Jackson), 20th century Canadian Anglican priest
William Henry Jackson (priest) (1889–1931), Anglican priest, missionary, and inventor of Burmese Braille

William Jackson (engineer) (1848–1910), Boston, Massachusetts city engineer, 1885–1910
William Jackson (inventor) (1849–1915), Scottish mechanical engineer
William Elvin Jackson (1904–1972), American aviation electronics engineer
William M. Jackson (chemist) (born 1936), American researcher

William Jackson (curler) (1871–1955), Scottish winner of the first Olympic gold medal in curling, Chamonix, 1924
William Jackson (footballer) (1876–1954), Newton Heath F.C., Burnley F.C. and Wales international footballer
Bill Jackson (first baseman) (William Riley Jackson, 1881–1958), American first baseman for the Chicago Whales
William Jackson (pitcher) (fl. 1890–1906), American pitcher and outfielder for early minor leagues and Negro leagues
William Jackson III (born 1992), American football player
Bill Jackson (Australian footballer) (William Charles Jackson, 1874–1921), Australian rules footballer
Bill Jackson (footballer, born 1894) (William Hickin Jackson, 1894–1917), English footballer
Bill Jackson (American football) (William Steven Jackson, born 1960), former professional American football defensive back
Bill Jackson (bowls) (William J. R. Jackson, born 1915), Rhodesian lawn bowler
Billy Jackson (bowls) (William Jackson, born 1970), English bowls player
Billy Jackson (footballer) (William Jackson, 1902–1974), English footballer
Bill Jackson (basketball) (William Jackson, 1918–1985), Irish basketball and GAA player
Willie Jackson (footballer) (William Kennedy Jackson , 1900–1986), Scottish footballer
William Jackson (cricketer) (1820–?), English cricketer

William Jackson (Boston loyalist) (1731–1810), American Revolutionary era loyalist
William Jackson (gangster) (1901–1961), American loan shark, enforcer and murder victim
William K. Jackson (1913–2003), American architect, co-founder of KBJ Architects
William Turrentine Jackson (1915–2000), American professor of history
William Perry Jackson (born 1955), American serial killer
William Henry Jackson (colonial administrator) (c. 1860–1920), British colonial administrator