William Johnston

William Johnston may refer to:

Military

 * William Henry Johnston (1879–1915), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * William J. Johnston (1918–1990), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
 * William Preston Johnston (1831–1899), lawyer, scholar, poet, and Confederate soldier
 * Willie Johnston (Medal of Honor) (1850–1941), drummer boy in Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry
 * William Johnston (British Army officer)
 * William Wallace Stewart Johnston (1887–1962), Australian soldier and medical doctor
 * William Johnston Jr. (1861–1933), American military officer
 * William P. Johnston (1849–1888), American sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor

Politics

 * William Johnston (Australian politician) (1829–1894), one of the Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877
 * William Johnston (Canadian politician) (1876–1925), Labour MLA for Medicine Hat, 1921–1926
 * William Johnston (congressman) (1819–1866), U.S. Representative from Ohio
 * William Johnston (Irish politician) (1829–1902), Irish politician and Orangeman
 * William Johnston (judge) (1804–1891), judge, legislator and bureaucrat from Ohio
 * William Johnston (Lord Provost) (1802–1888), Scottish map publisher and Lord Provost of Edinburgh
 * William Ernest George Johnston (1884–1951), Lord Mayor of Belfast
 * William Erskine Johnston (1905–1993), Canadian politician
 * William F. Johnston (1808–1872), governor of Pennsylvania, 1848–1852
 * William Agnew Johnston (1848–1937), American politician in Kansas
 * William Johnston (senator), President pro tempore of the California State Senate

Religion

 * William Johnston (minister) (1921–2005), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
 * Frank Johnston (priest) (William Francis Johnston, 1930–2023), Anglican priest and military chaplain
 * William Johnston (bishop) (1914–1986), of Dunwich
 * William Johnston (priest) (1925-2010), Jesuit priest, and Christian Zen meditation advocate

Sports

 * William Johnston (athlete) (born 1964), Paralympic athlete from Ireland
 * William Johnston (cricketer) (1867–1947), New Zealand cricketer
 * William E. Johnston, American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball
 * Willie Johnston (born 1946), Scottish former footballer
 * Wade Johnston (William Wade Johnston, 1898–1978), American baseball player
 * Delirious (wrestler) (William Hunter Johnston, born 1980), professional wrestler
 * Massa Johnston (William Johnston, 1881–1951), New Zealand rugby union and rugby league representative
 * William Johnston (English rugby union), played in 1910 Five Nations Championship
 * William Johnston (footballer) from List of Northern Ireland international footballers
 * William Johnston (ice hockey) in Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

Others

 * William Johnston (painter) (1732–1772), colonial American painter
 * William Johnston (novelist) (1924–2010), American novelist
 * William Johnston of Liverpool (1841–1917), early benefactor of the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
 * William Andrew Johnston (1871–1929), American journalist and author
 * William Campbell Johnston (1860–1938), Scottish lawyer and cricketer
 * Will Johnston (William Michael Johnston, born 1936), American historian
 * William N. Johnston, 16th president of Wesley College (Delaware)
 * William L. Johnston (1811–1849), carpenter-architect in Philadelphia
 * William Johnston (producer) from Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture
 * William Johnston (screenwriter) of The Truth About Love
 * William Johnston (editor) from Edward Quillinan
 * William Johnston (mariner) from Johnston Passage