William, Will, or Willie Nicholson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • William Nicholson (artist, born 1781) (1781–1844), English portrait-painter and etcher
  • William Nicholson (poet) (1782–1849), Scottish poet, known as the Bard of Galloway
  • William Adams Nicholson (1803–1853), English architect
  • Sir William Nicholson (artist, born 1872) (1872–1949), English painter and engraver
  • William Nicholson (sound engineer) (born 1937), American film sound engineer
  • William Nicholson (writer) (born 1948), British screenwriter, playwright and novelist

Law and politics

  • William Nicholson (Australian politician) (1816–1865), mayor of Melbourne and premier of Victoria
  • William Newzam Nicholson (1816–1899), British MP for Newark
  • William Nicholson (distiller) (1824–1909), British distiller and politician
  • William Graham Nicholson (1862–1942), British Liberal Unionist and later Conservative Party politician
  • Will Nicholson (1900–1975), American politician in Colorado

Military

  • William Nicholson (U.S. Navy officer) (c. 1790–1872), U.S. Navy officer
  • William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson (1845–1918), British field marshal and chief of the Imperial General Staff
  • William Jones Nicholson (1856–1931), U.S. Army general
  • Sir William Nicholson (Royal Navy officer) (1863–1932), British admiral
  • William L. Nicholson (1926–2020), U.S. Air Force general

Religion

  • William Nicholson (English bishop) (1591–1672), bishop of Gloucester
  • William Nicholson (American bishop) (1822–1901), American bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church
  • William Nicholson (Quaker) (1826–1899), American Quaker minister and physician

Sportspeople

  • Willie Nicholson (fl. 1924–1936), Scottish footballer
  • Bill Nicholson (baseball) (William Beck Nicholson (December 11, 1914–1996), American baseball player
  • Bill Nicholson (cricketer) (William Nicholson, 1909–2001), Scottish cricketer
  • Bill Nicholson (footballer) (William Edward Nicholson, 1919–2004), English football player, coach, manager
  • Billy Nicholson (ice hockey) (William Charles Nicholson, 1878–1947), Canadian ice hockey player and executive

Others

  • William Nicholson (chemist) (1753–1815), English chemist, publisher, and inventor
  • William H. Nicholson (1869–1911), first African American fireman in the New York City Fire Department
  • William Nicholson (journalist) (1877–1957), New Zealand clerk, local politician, builder, journalist and editor

See also

  • Bill Nicholson (disambiguation)
  • Billy Nicholson (disambiguation)
  • William Nicolson (1655–1727), English divine and antiquary