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William Johnson may refer to:
Entertainment
Bunk Johnson (William Gary Johnson, 1879–1949), American jazz musician
William H. Johnson (artist) (1901–1970), African-American painter of the Harlem Renaissance
William Johnson (actor) (1916–1957), American actor
William Johnson (organist) , English-born organist, composer and organ builder in Sydney, Australia
William Manuel Johnson (1872–1972), American jazz musician
William L. Johnson , American actor and musician
William Allen Johnson (1816–1901), American organ builder, founder of Johnson Organs
Zip the Pinhead (William Henry Johnson, 1842–1926), American circus entertainer
Law
Military
Politics
United States
William Johnson (educator) (1895–1981), educator who served as Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools
William A. Johnson Jr. (born 1942), mayor of Rochester, New York
William A. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1922–1977), state legislator from Milwaukee
William Cost Johnson (1806–1860), Maryland congressman
William Daniel Johnson (born 1954), white nationalist, attorney, and perennial candidate
William E. Johnson (Nebraska politician) (1906–1976), lieutenant governor of Nebraska
William E. Johnson (prohibitionist) (1862–1945), temperance movement leader
William Elting Johnson (1837–1912), New York politician
William F. Johnson (1819–?), mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
William H. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) , Wisconsin state legislator
William Johnson (Seneca County, NY) (1821–1875), New York State Senator and Civil War colonel
William M. Johnson (1847–1928), New Jersey state senator
William Richard Johnson (1875–1938), Illinois congressman
William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819), United States Founding Father
William Wallace Johnson (1813–1900), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
William Ward Johnson (1892–1963), U.S. Representative from California
William Wartenbee Johnson (1826–1887), Ohio politician and judge
United Kingdom
Other countries
Religion
William Johnson (bishop) (1889–1960), Anglican Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
William Bullein Johnson (1782–1862), American Baptist minister, first president of the Southern Baptist Convention
William Percival Johnson (1854–1928), Anglican missionary, translator of the Bible into Chinyanja
William Robert Johnson (1918–1986), American Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange
William Johnson (archdeacon) (1642–1698), Anglican priest
William R. Johnson (minister) (born 1946), American minister of the United Church of Christ, first openly gay minister to be ordained in a historic Protestant denomination
Science
Sports
William Johnson (baseball) (1848–1909), American baseball player
William Johnson (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1941), Australian cricketer
William Johnson (cricketer, born 1962) , English cricketer
William Johnson (handballer) (born 1953), American Olympic handball player
William Johnson (rugby league) (1916–1997), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Wales, and Huddersfield
William Johnson (swimmer) (1947–2005), American freestyle swimmer at the 1968 Summer Olympics
William Johnson (wrestler) (1901–1928), American wrestler
William "Hootie" Johnson (1931–2017), American golfer
C. William Johnson (1917–1993), American skeleton racer
Judy Johnson (William Julius Johnson, 1899–1989), American baseball player
Skinny Johnson (William C. Johnson, 1911–1980), American basketball player
Other professions
William Johnson (Canadian author) (1931–2020), Canadian journalist and author
William Johnson (barber) (1809–1851), free African American barber and businessman
William Johnson (historian) (1909–1992), American journalist, sometimes credited William W. Johnson
William Johnson (police officer) , English police officer
William Andrew Johnson (1858–1943), formerly enslaved American pastry chef
William D. Johnson (CEO) (born 1954), American chairman and CEO of Progress Energy
William D. Johnson (journalist) , American journalist and labor activist
William Ernest Johnson (1858–1931), British logician
William Henry Johnson (valet) (died 1864), President Abraham Lincoln's barber and valet
William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), English educator and Uranian poet
William R. Johnson (born 1949), chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the H. J. Heinz Company
William Templeton Johnson (1877–1957), San Diego architect
William Woolsey Johnson (1841–1927), American mathematician
See also
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