William Scott

William Scott may refer to:

Academia

• William Henry Scott (university president) (1840–1937), American academic administrator
• William Earl Dodge Scott (1852–1910), American ornithologist
• William Berryman Scott (1858–1947), American paleontologist
• William Amasa Scott (1862–1944), American economist
• William Alphonsus Scott (1871–1921), Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architectural historian, academic, and architect
• William Henry Scott (historian) (1921–1993), anthropologist and historian
• William Richard Scott (born 1932), American sociologist

Arts and entertainment

• William Bell Scott (1811–1890), British poet and artist
• William Winfield Scott (1855–1935), American writer
• William Edouard Scott (1884–1964), African-American artist
• William Scott (actor) (1893–1967), American silent film actor
• William Matthew Scott (1893–1964), pen name Will Scott, English author
• William Scott (artist) (1913–1989), British artist
• Bill Scott (voice actor) (1920-1985), American voice actor
• William Lee Scott (born 1973), American actor

Law

• William Scott (justice) (died 1350s), English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench
• William Scott, Lord Balwearie (died 1532), Scottish judge
• William Scott (Irish lawyer) (1705–1776), Irish lawyer
• William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell (1745–1836), English judge and jurist
• William Scott (Missouri) (1804–1862), judge on the Missouri Supreme Court
• Will T. Scott (born 1947), judge on the Kentucky Supreme Court

Politics

• William Scott (died 1434), MP for Kent
• William Scott of Scott's Hall (1459–1524), English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
• William Scott (MP for New Woodstock) (c. 1579–aft. 1611), MP for New Woodstock
• William Scott (politician) (1795–1866), vigneron, businessman and politician in South Australia
• Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet (1803–1871), Scottish Liberal politician
• William James Scott (1812–1882), farmer and politician in Canada West
• William Lawrence Scott (1828–1891), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania and mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania
• William Hepburn Scott (1837–1881), Canadian lawyer and politician from Ontario
• W. Kerr Scott (1896–1958), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senator
• William J. Scott (Illinois), (1926-1986), American politician
• William John Scott (1915–2001), known as Jack Scott, New Zealand politician
• William L. Scott (1915–1997), U.S. Senator and Representative from Virginia
• William C. Scott (1921–1998), Canadian politician
• William Scott, Lord Clerkington (died 1656), Scottish politician and judge
• William Alexander Scott (born 1940), Bermudian politician, Premier of Bermuda
• William R. Scott, candidate in the United States Senate election in New York, 1980

Religion

• Maurus Scott (William Scott, died 1612), English Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr
• William Scott (clergyman) (1813–1872), English clergyman
• William Scott (astronomer and clergyman) (1825–1917), Church of England clergyman; colonial astronomer for New South Wales
• Gene Scott (William Eugene Scott, 1929–2005), American pastor and television evangelist
• William S. Scott, British Anglican priest and Chaplain to the Queen of the United Kingdom

Sport

• William Scott (jockey) (1797–1848), British jockey
• William Henry Scott (politician) (1799–1851), Canadian politician
• William Martin Scott (1870–1944), English international rugby union half back
• William Patrick Scott (1880–1948), Scottish international rugby union player
• Will Scott (1893–1972), English footballer and football manager
• William Scott (Australian cricketer) (1882–1965), Australian cricketer
• William Scott (English cricketer) (1903–1989), English cricketer
• William Scott (Scottish cricketer) (1908-1971), Scottish cricketer