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
Business William Jackson (businessman) (born 1963), British businessman and philanthropist, founder of Bridgepoint Group William Jackson Food Group, food manufacturer in the United Kingdom
Military William Jackson (pirate) (), 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
Politics and law United Kingdom 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
United States 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 (spy), 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
Other political figures 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
Religion 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 (minister) (1818–1900), American abolitionist, Underground Railroad agent, Baptist minister, and Union army chaplain
Science and medicine 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
Sports 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
Others William Jackson (Boston loyalist) (1731–1810), American Revolutionary era loyalist William Jackson (gangster) (1901–1961), American loan shark, enforcer and murder victim William A. Jackson (bibliographer) (1905–1964), American bibliographer and librarian 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
See also Bill Jackson (disambiguation) Willie Jackson (disambiguation) Will Jackson (disambiguation)