William Patterson

William or Bill Patterson may refer to:

Politics

 * William Paterson (New Jersey lawyer) (1745-1806), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
 * William Patterson (New York politician) (1789–1838), U.S. Representative from New York
 * William Patterson (Ohio politician) (1790–1868), U.S. Representative from Ohio
 * William Albert Patterson (1841–1917), Canadian Member of Parliament
 * William John Patterson (1886–1976), Canadian Premier of Saskatchewan
 * William G. Patterson (1923–2000), politician in Newfoundland, Canada
 * William L. Patterson (1891–1980), American civil rights activist; US Communist Party leader
 * R. William Patterson (1908–1994), American politician; former mayor of Dayton, Ohio
 * William Patterson (Alberta politician) (1908–1996), Alberta MLA, 1959–1967
 * William Worth Patterson (1849–1921), mayor of Ashland, Kentucky

Sport

 * Bill Patterson (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1956), former Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
 * Bill Patterson (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1939), former Australian rules footballer for Carlton
 * Billy Patterson (1918–1998), American football player for the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates
 * Bill Patterson (racing driver) (1923–2010), Australian motor racing driver
 * Bill Patterson (rugby union) (1936–1999), English rugby union player
 * William Patterson (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–1939), English amateur cricketer
 * William Patterson (cricketer, born 1859) (1859–1946), English amateur cricketer
 * Will Patterson (born 1987), American football linebacker

Others

 * William Patterson (engineer) (1795–1869), 19th century engineer and boat builder
 * William Hammond Patterson (1847–1896), British trade unionist
 * William Patrick Patterson, author and spiritual teacher of The Fourth Way
 * William A. Patterson (1899–1980), president of United Airlines from 1934 until 1966
 * William R. Patterson (born 1975), American motivational speaker
 * William Patterson, author of subjects and dialogues for the comic strip Jeff Hawke
 * William Patterson (priest) (1930–2002), Anglican priest
 * William Patterson (Maryland businessman) (1752–1835), businessman and a founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
 * William James Patterson (1838–1926), Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
 * William Burns Paterson (1850–1915), educator and horticulturist
 * Spaceman Patterson (William Patterson), composer, arranger and producer