William Bryson may refer to:
William Bryson (minister) (1730–1815), Irish Presbyterian minister. William Bryson (civil engineer) (1823–1903), Scottish civil engineer, surveyor and architect William Bryson (electrical engineer) (1855–1906), Scottish electrical and marine engineer William Curtis Bryson (born 1945), American judge Bill Bryson (politician) (1898–1973), Australian Labor Party politician Bill Bryson Sr. (1915–1986), American journalist, Bill Bryson (born 1951), UK-based American author, son of Bill Bryson Sr.