William Pickering may refer to:
Politicians William Pickering (Australian politician), Western Australian state MP William Pickering (governor) (1798–1873), Republican governor of Washington territory, 1862–1866 William A. Pickering (1840–1907), first Protector appointed by the British government to administer the Chinese Protectorate in colonial Singapore William Pickering (British MP) for Warwick (UK Parliament constituency) Sports William Pickering (cricketer) (1819–1905), organiser of the first overseas cricket tour by an English side Bill Pickering (Australian footballer) (1879–1939), Australian footballer for St Kilda William Pickering (footballer) (1894–1917), Scottish-born association football player, playing for English team Burnley Bill Pickering (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1971), English-born professional footballer, playing for English and Welsh teams Bill Pickering (footballer, born 1919) (1919-1983), English footballer, see List of Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players (25–99 appearances)
Others William Pickering (fiction), director of the National Reconnaissance Office in Dan Brown's book Deception Point William Pickering (publisher) (1796–1854), British publisher and bookseller William H. Pickering (engineer) (1910–2004), director of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1954 to 1976 William Henry Pickering (1858–1938), American astronomer