William Atkinson

William Atkinson may refer to:

Politicians

 * William Atkinson (British Columbia politician) (1868–1939), politician in British Columbia, Canada
 * William Yates Atkinson (1854–1899), Governor of Georgia, USA
 * William P. Atkinson (1901–1980), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * William Albert Atkinson (1876–1948), provincial politician from Alberta
 * Gordon Atkinson (Australian politician) (William Gordon Atkinson, 1941–1984), Australian farmer and politician
 * William D. Atkinson (1861–1945), Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court

Sportsmen

 * Bill Atkinson (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player
 * Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944) (1944–2013), English footballer
 * Bill Atkinson (Australian footballer) (1876–1966), Australian footballer
 * Will Atkinson (born 1988), English footballer

Writers

 * William Atkinson (translator) (died 1509), English translator
 * William Atkinson (poet) (1757–1846), English poet

Others

 * William Atkinson (architect) (1774/5–1839), English architect
 * William Atkinson (1811–1886), English architect, son of Peter Atkinson
 * William Stephen Atkinson (1820–1876), Indian lepidopterist
 * William Edwin Atkinson (1862–1926), Canadian Impressionist painter
 * William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932), occultist, American pioneer of the New Thought
 * Bill Atkinson (designer) (1916–1995), American architect, fashion designer and photographer
 * William Atkinson (teacher) (born 1950), head teacher at Phoenix High School, London
 * Bill Atkinson (born 1951), computer engineer
 * Will Atkinson (musician) (1908–2003), traditional musician from northern Northumberland
 * William Henry Atkinson (1923–2015), Canadian naval fighter ace
 * William Atkinson (translator) (died 1509), Canon of Windsor
 * William J. Atkinson (born c. 1950), American scientist