William Anderson
William Anderson or Bill Anderson may refer to many people in various fields:
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Arts and entertainment
- Bill Anderson (country music) (b. 1937), American country music singer and songwriter
- William Alonzo Anderson (1916–1981), known as Cat Anderson, American jazz trumpeter
- William Anderson (guitarist) (born 1962), American classical guitarist and composer
- (b. 1969), American radio host
- Wil Anderson (b. 1974), Australian comedian
- William West Anderson (b. 1928), known as Adam West, American actor, best known for playing Batman from 1966 to 1968
Authors
- William Charles Anderson (1920–2003), American author
- William J. Anderson (1811–?), American slave and author
- William L. Anderson, American economist and writer
Law and politics
- (1905–1961), member of Canadian House of Commons for Waterloo South electoral district
- William Anderson (Ontario politician) (1822–1897), Canadian politician
- William Anderson (Pennsylvania) (1762–1829), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
- William Clayton Anderson (1826–1861), United States Representative from Kentucky
- William Coleman Anderson (1853–1902), United States Representative from Tennessee
- William Robert Anderson (1921–2007), United States Representative from Tennessee and commander of the first nuclear submarine
- William Crawford Anderson (1877–1919), British socialist politician
- William Hamilton Anderson (1874–c.1959), superintendent of the New York Anti-Saloon League
Medicine
- William G. Anderson, DO, physician and social activist
Military
- William Anderson (naval officer) (1921–2007), commander of the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, later a United States Representative from Tennessee
- William Anderson (RAAF officer) (1891–1975), Australian air marshal
- William Anderson (VC) (1885–1915), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Herbert Anderson (1881–1918), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William T. Anderson (1839–1864), American Civil War guerrilla commander, known as "Bloody Bill"
- Maurice Anderson, often known as Bill Anderson, British Army medical officer
Science
- (1834–1898), British engineer and philanthropist
- (d. 1778), naturalist on Captain Cook's third voyage (1776–1780), died aboard the Resolution
- William French Anderson (born 1936), American geneticist and molecular biologist
- William James Anderson, Scottish physician who emigrated to Canada.
Sports
- William Anderson (cricketer), mid-18th century English cricketer
- Bill Anderson (football player) (born 1936), American football player
- Bill Anderson (Highland games)
Other
- William Anderson (bishop) (1892–1972), Bishop of Salisbury, England
- William Anderson (collector) (1842–1900), British surgeon and collector of Japanese art
- William Anderson (missionary) (1770–1852), English-Anglican missionary to South Africa
- Sir Eric Anderson (b. 1936), full name William Eric Kinloch Anderson, Provost of Eton College
See also
- Bill Andersen (politician), 1988 Republican candidate from Tennessee for the U.S. Senate
- Bill Andersen (1924-2005), New Zealand communist and trade union leader