William Scott

William Scott may refer to:

Academia

William Henry Scott (university president) (1840–1937), American academic administrator
William Earl Dodge Scott (1852–1910), American ornithologist
William Berryman Scott (1858–1947), American paleontologist
William Alphonsus Scott (1871–1921), Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architectural historian, academic, and architect
William Henry Scott (historian) (1921–1993), anthropologist and historian
William Richard Scott (born 1932), American sociologist

William Bell Scott (1811–1890), British poet and artist
William Winfield Scott (1855–1935), American writer
William Edouard Scott (1884–1964), African-American artist
William Scott (actor) (1893–1967), American silent film actor
William Matthew Scott (1893–1964), pen name Will Scott, English author
William Scott (artist) (1913–1989), British artist
Bill Scott (voice actor) (1920-1985), American voice actor
William Lee Scott (born 1973), American actor

William Scott (justice) (died 1350s), English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench
William Scott, Lord Balwearie (died 1532), Scottish judge
William Scott (Irish lawyer) (1705–1776), Irish lawyer
William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell (1745–1836), English judge and jurist
William Scott (Missouri) (1804–1862), judge on the Missouri Supreme Court
Will T. Scott (born 1947), judge on the Kentucky Supreme Court

William Scott (died 1434), MP for Kent
William Scott of Scott's Hall (1459–1524), English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
William Scott (MP for New Woodstock) (c. 1579–aft. 1611), MP for New Woodstock
William Scott (politician) (1795–1866), vigneron, businessman and politician in South Australia
Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet (1803–1871), Scottish Liberal politician
William James Scott (1812–1882), farmer and politician in Canada West
William Lawrence Scott (1828–1891), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania and mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania
William Hepburn Scott (1837–1881), Canadian lawyer and politician from Ontario
W. Kerr Scott (1896–1958), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senator
William J. Scott (Illinois), (1926-1986), American politician
William John Scott (1915–2001), known as Jack Scott, New Zealand politician
William L. Scott (1915–1997), U.S. Senator and Representative from Virginia
William C. Scott (1921–1998), Canadian politician
William Scott, Lord Clerkington (died 1656), Scottish politician and judge
William Alexander Scott (born 1940), Bermudian politician, Premier of Bermuda
William R. Scott, candidate in the United States Senate election in New York, 1980

Maurus Scott (William Scott, died 1612), English Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr
William Scott (clergyman) (1813–1872), English clergyman
William Scott (astronomer and clergyman) (1825–1917), Church of England clergyman; colonial astronomer for New South Wales
Gene Scott (William Eugene Scott, 1929–2005), American pastor and television evangelist
William S. Scott, British Anglican priest and Chaplain to the Queen of the United Kingdom

William Scott (jockey) (1797–1848), British jockey
William Henry Scott (politician) (1799–1851), Canadian politician
William Martin Scott (1870–1944), English international rugby union half back
William Patrick Scott (1880–1948), Scottish international rugby union player
Will Scott (1893–1972), English footballer and football manager
William Scott (Australian cricketer) (1882–1965), Australian cricketer
William Scott (English cricketer) (1903–1989), English cricketer
William Scott (Scottish cricketer) (1908-1971), Scottish cricketer

Sir William Scott of Thirlestane (1670?–1725), Scottish poet
William Scott (Texas settler) (1784–1837), American settler in Baytown, Texas
William Henry Scott (soldier) (1789–1868), British Army general
William Scott (The Sleeping Sentinel) (1839/40–1862), Union Army soldier during the American Civil War
William B. Scott (magazine editor), American magazine editor
William Rufus Scott, an employer of Margaret Wise Brown, publisher of W. R. Scott
William R. Scott, Chief of Staff of the 1st Infantry Division (United States) in 1919
William Scott Shipbuilders, British shipyard based in Bristol during the mid-18th century
William Scott (priest) (died 1918), British priest