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William , Willie , Bill or Billy Watson may refer to:
Arts
Military
Politics
William Watson (16th century MP) , MP for the
City of York
William Henry Watson (1796–1860), British politician and judge
William Watson (New South Wales politician) (1815–1877), Australian politician
William John Watson (1839–1886), Australian politician
William T. Watson (1849–1917), American banker and governor of Delaware
William W. Watson Sr. , 19th century North Carolina politician
William Watson (Australian politician) (1864–1938), Australian politician
William McLean Watson (1874–1962), Scottish politician
W. Marvin Watson (1924–2017), U.S. Postmaster General
William Watson,
mayor of Rockford, Illinois , U.S., 1878–79
Science
William Watson (scientist) (1715–1787), English physician and scientist
William Watson (physician) (1744–1824), English physician and naturalist
William Watson (surveyor and scientist) (1784–1857), cartographer and sundial-maker from
Seaton Ross
William Livingstone Watson (1835–1903), Scottish East India merchant and astronomer
Watson Cheyne or Sir William Watson (1852–1932), 1st Baronet Cheyne, Scottish surgeon and bacteriologist
William Watson (botanist) (1858–1925), British botanist and horticulturalist
William Watson (physicist, born 1868) (1868–1919), British physicist
William Watson (Scottish physicist) (1884–1952), FRSE Scottish physicist and mathematician
William Weldon Watson (1899–1992), American nuclear physicist
Sports
William Watson (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1929) , Scottish footballer (Falkirk FC and Scotland)
Billy Watson (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1955), English international footballer with Burnley, 1908–1925
Billy Watson (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1962), English footballer with Huddersfield Town, 1912–1927
William Watson (footballer, fl. 1903–1909) , Lincoln City footballer active in the 1900s
Bill Watson (footballer, born 1899) (1899–1969), English footballer in the 1920s–30s
Bill Watson (footballer, born 1916) (1916-1986), English footballer, fullback for Lincoln City, Chesterfield and Rochdale
William Watson (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), Scottish footballer (Dumbarton FC)
Willie Watson (footballer, born 1910) , Scottish footballer (
Hibernian , Ayr United)
Jimmy Watson (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1979), aka Bill Watson (William James Boyd Watson), English footballer in the 1930s
Billy Watson (soccer) , Scottish-American footballer in the 1920s–30s
Billy Watson (Scottish footballer) (died 1950), Bradford City A.F.C. footballer, 1921–1931
Willie Watson (English footballer) , English footballer, full-back for Northampton Town
Willie Watson (English cricketer) (1920–2004), English cricketer and footballer
Willie Watson (footballer, born 1949) , Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Motherwell)
Graham Watson (footballer, born 1949) , English footballer, aka "Willie" Watson
Cricket
Rugby
Other sports
William Watson (motoring pioneer) (1873–1961), British racing driver and motoring pioneer
William Watson (weightlifter) , British Olympic weightlifter
Whipper Billy Watson (1915–1990), Canadian wrestler
William Watson (decathlete) (1916–1973), aka "Big Bill" Watson, American track and field athlete
William Watson (basketball) (
fl. 1920s), African-American basketball player
Bill Watson (baseball) , American baseball player
Bill Watson (ice hockey) (born 1964), ice hockey player in Minnesota
Willie Watson (bowls) , Irish international lawn bowler
William
Poss Watson (1868–1950), Australian rules footballer
Other people
William Watson (bow maker) (1930–?), British bow maker
William Watson (chess player) (born 1962), English chess grandmaster
William Watson (economist) , Canadian economist, member of the
research advisory board for Macdonald–Laurier Institute
William Watson (merchant) (died 20 November 1559), English merchant and shipowner
William Watson (priest) (1559–1603), English Roman Catholic priest and conspirator
William Watson (sinologist) (1917–2007), professor of Chinese art and archaeology at London University
William Watson, Baron Watson (1827–1899), Scottish judge
William Watson, Baron Thankerton (1873–1948), Scottish judge
William J. Watson (1865–1948), Scottish teacher and scholar of place names
William R. Watson (1887–1973), Canadian art dealer