William Paterson or Bill Paterson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • William Romaine Paterson (1871–1941), Scottish novelist and poet
  • William Paterson (actor) (1919–2003), American actor
  • Bill Paterson (actor) (born 1945), Scottish actor
  • William Alexander Paterson a.k.a. Bill Alexander, (born 1948), American theatre director

Business and industry

  • William Paterson (banker) (1658–1719), Scottish trader, a founder of the Bank of England
  • William A. Paterson (1838–1921), American auto manufacturer and Mayor of Flint, Michigan
  • William Paterson (trade unionist) (1843–1906), Scottish trade unionist and fire officer

Law and politics

  • William Paterson (judge) (1745–1806), United States Founding Father, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and signer of the U.S. Constitution
  • William Paterson (Michigan politician) (fl. 1860s), mayor of Flint, Michigan
  • William Paterson (Canadian politician) (1839–1914), Canadian member of parliament and cabinet minister
  • William Paterson (Australian politician) (1847–1920), Australian politician
  • Bill Paterson (diplomat), Australian diplomat

Sports

  • Willie Paterson ( 1913–1928), Scottish footballer
  • Bill Paterson (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1970), Scottish footballer
  • William Paterson (goalkeeper) (1902–?), Scottish footballer
  • William Paterson (wrestler) (1928–2006), Australian Olympic wrestler
  • Bill Paterson (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2002), Scottish footballer
  • William Paterson (cricketer) (1819—1892), English cricketer and officer in the Indian Civil Service

Others

  • William Paterson (explorer) (1755–1810), Scottish soldier, botanist and lieutenant governor of Tasmania
  • William Burns Paterson (1849–1915), Scottish horticulturist, founder Alabama State University
  • William Paterson Paterson (1860–1939), Scottish minister
  • William Dove Paterson (1860–1916), pioneer of cinema in Aberdeen, Scotland
  • William Stanley Bryce Paterson a.k.a. Stan Paterson (1924–2013), British glaciologist

Other uses

  • William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey

See also

  • William Patterson (disambiguation)
  • William Pattison (disambiguation)