William Hamilton

William Hamilton may refer to:

Academics

 * Robert William Hamilton Jr. (1930–2011), known as Bill, American hyperbaric physiologist
 * William Hamilton (university principal) (1669–1732), Principal of the University of Edinburgh
 * William Hamilton (surgeon) (died 1717), surgeon in the British East India Company
 * Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), Scottish metaphysician
 * William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), mathematician, astronomer and physicist who lived in Dublin in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
 * William Edwin Hamilton (1834–1902), son of William Rowan and publisher of his Elements of Quaternions (1866)
 * William Hamilton (geologist) (1805–1867), English geologist
 * William F. Hamilton (physician) (1893–1964), American physician
 * William F. Hamilton (professor) (born 1941), professorship of management and technology
 * William Hamilton (theologian) (1924–2012), American theologian
 * W. D. Hamilton (1936–2000), British evolutionary biologist and geneticist
 * Bill Hamilton (agricultural scientist) (1909–1992), New Zealand agricultural scientist and scientific administrator
 * Willie Hamilton (academic) (born 1958), expert in cancer diagnosis
 * William Baskerville Hamilton, historian

Artists

 * William Hamilton (painter) (1751–1801), English painter
 * William Hamilton Gibson (1850–1896), American illustrator, author and naturalist
 * William Hamilton (cartoonist) (1939–2016), American cartoonist associated with The New Yorker

Businessmen

 * William Anthony Hamilton, founder of American computer company Inslaw
 * William Hamilton (lumber baron) (died 1822), lumber merchant and political figure in Upper Canada
 * Bill Hamilton (engineer) (1899–1978), New Zealand engineer and inventor
 * William Hamilton and Company, British shipbuilding firm

Criminals

 * William Hamilton (criminal), criminal who shot at Queen Victoria in 1849
 * Billy Ray Hamilton (died 2007), American murderer

Poets

 * William Hamilton (comic poet) (1665–1751), Scottish poet
 * William Hamilton (Jacobite poet) (1704–1754), Scottish poet associated with the Jacobite movement
 * William Hamilton (British Army officer) (c. 1896–1917), poet and soldier from Victoria Barracks, Windsor

Australasia

 * William Hamilton (Australian politician) (1858–1920), Queensland politician
 * William John Warburton Hamilton, administrator, explorer, and politician in New Zealand

Canada

 * William Ernest Hamilton (1902–1985), Ontario politician
 * William McLean Hamilton (1919–1989), Canadian politician

Ireland

 * William Hamilton (died 1760), Member of Parliament for Londonderry City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
 * William Hamilton (died 1762), Member of Parliament for Strabane (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

United States

 * William S. Hamilton (1797–1850), son of Alexander Hamilton, well-known miner, politician, and commander
 * William W. Hamilton (1810–1866), English-born American politician from Iowa
 * William Hamilton (abolitionist) (1773–1836), abolitionist and orator
 * William Hamilton (Flint politician) (died 1878), American politician
 * William Thomas Hamilton (1820–1888), Governor of Maryland (1880–1884)
 * William J. Hamilton (1932–2019), American politician
 * Bill Hamilton (West Virginia politician) (born 1950), American state legislator in West Virginia
 * G. William Hamilton (1933-2022), American politician and businessman

United Kingdom

 * William Hamilton (Lord Chancellor) (died 1307), Lord Chancellor of England
 * William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616–1651), Scottish nobleman
 * William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton (1635–1694), Scottish nobleman
 * William Gerard Hamilton (1729–1796), English statesman
 * Sir William Hamilton (diplomat) (1730–1803), Scottish diplomat and husband of Emma Hamilton
 * William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811–1863), Scottish nobleman
 * William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton (1845–1895), Scottish nobleman
 * Willie Hamilton (1917–2000), British Labour MP
 * Lord William Hamilton (1700s–1734), member of parliament for Lanarkshire
 * Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar, pursemaster for James V

Sportsmen

 * William Hamilton (cricketer) (1859–1914), Irish cricketer
 * William Hamilton (cyclist) (1930–2017), Canadian Olympic cyclist
 * William Hamilton (footballer) (1903–?), Scottish footballer
 * Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866) (1866–1940), 19th century American Major League baseball player
 * Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1990) (born 1990), 21st century American Major League baseball player
 * William Hamilton (tennis player) (1869–1943), Irish tennis player
 * William Hamilton (athlete) (1883–1955), 1908 Olympic gold medalist
 * William Hamilton (sport shooter) (1884–1939), Canadian Olympic shooter
 * William Hamilton (equestrian) (1921–2007), Swedish Olympic equestrian
 * Willie Hamilton (footballer, born 1938) (1938–1976), Scottish footballer
 * Willie Hamilton (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1921), Scottish footballer
 * Bill Hamilton (rugby league) (born 1945), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Billy Hamilton (footballer) (born 1957), Northern Irish footballer
 * Pud Hamilton (William Hamilton, 1874–1965), Canadian ice hockey player

Others

 * William Hamilton (antiquarian) (died 1724), Scottish topographer and genealogist, grandfather of William Gerard Hamilton
 * William DaShawn Hamilton (1992– c. 1998), an American child whose skeletal remains were found under suspicious circumstances
 * William Richard Hamilton (1777–1859), English antiquarian and traveler
 * William Peter Hamilton (1867–1929), Wall Street Journal editor
 * William Hamilton (film editor) (1893–1942), film editor
 * Bill Hamilton, bassist for the Canadian band Silverstein
 * William Hamilton (physician) (1758–1790), Scottish physician and botanist
 * William Hamilton (Irish minister) (1755–1797), Irish Protestant minister, geologist, meteorologist and antiquarian
 * William Thomas Hamilton (frontiersman) (1822–1908), English-born American frontiersman and author
 * William Hamilton (actor), Irish stage actor of the eighteenth century
 * William Hamilton (priest), Archdeacon of Armagh
 * William G. Hamilton (1932–2022), American physician
 * Bill Hamilton (journalist), Washington editor for The New York Times
 * William L. Hamilton, Shaken and Stirred columnist for The New York Times