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Frederic Allen Williams Jr. (10 April 1898 – 6 December 1956) was an American sculptor and photographer of the early twentieth century whose best known work featured themes of the American West, particularly Native American art and culture, rodeos, cowboys and the Southwestern landscape. A secondary artistic focus, particularly for photography, centered on early aviators and aviation.

Biography
Williams was born to Dr. Frederic Allen Williams Sr. (1870-1919), an opthamologist, and Elizabeth A. Paine (1867-1912) wa poet and patron of the arts, in West Newton, Massachusetts. He had one sister, Avis Elizabeth Williams, who was one year his junior.

Williams attended Boston Latin Academy graduating in 1918 and going straight into military service.