William Dawson

William Dawson may refer to:

Politicians

William Johnston Dawson (1765–1796/8), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
William L. Dawson (politician) (1886–1970), U.S. Representative from Illinois
William M. O. Dawson (1853–1916), Governor of West Virginia
William Dawson (diplomat) (1885–1972), career United States diplomat
William A. Dawson (1903–1981), U.S. Representative from Utah
William Crosby Dawson (1798–1856), United States Senator from Georgia
William Curran Dawson (1818–1893), Alabama politician, soldier
William Dawson (Missouri politician) (1848–1929), U.S. Representative from Missouri
William Dawson (mayor) (1825–1901), mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
William McDonell Dawson (1822–1890), member of the Legislative Assembly for Canada East
William Dawson (New Zealand politician) (1852–1923), New Zealand politician for Dunedin Suburbs, co-founder of Speight's brewery
William Eddison Dawson (1829–1902), English-born businessman and political figure on Prince Edward Island

William Dawson (college president) (1704?–1752), second president of the College of William & Mary
William Dawson (sportsman) (1850–1916), English cricketer and rugby union player
William "Red" Dawson (born 1942), American football player
William Harbutt Dawson (1860–1948), British writer
William James Dawson (1854–1928), English clergyman and author
William L. Dawson (composer) (1899–1990), African-American composer
William Francis Dawson (died 1829), road builder in British Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka
William Henderson Dawson (died 1879), Tyneside poet, songwriter, author and bookbinder
William Leon Dawson (1873–1928), American ornithologist, author and lecturer
William Dawson (ornithologist) (1927–2020), American ornithologist