# William Robertson

William, Will, Willie, or Bill Robertson may refer to:

## Military personnel and intelligence officials

* Bill Robertson (Australian intelligence officer) (1917–2011), Australian Army officer and director of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
* William Robertson (VC recipient) (1865–1949), Scottish sergeant-major and Victoria Cross recipient
* Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet (1860–1933), British Army officer
* William Albert Robertson (1885–1942), Scottish rugby union international, doctor and soldier
* William "Rip" Robertson (1920–1970), American covert agent

## Politicians, judges, and viceroys

* William Robertson (Western Quebec and Upper Canada) (c. 1760 – 1806), Scottish-born entrepreneur and colonial-era political figure
* William Robertson (Nova Scotia), Scottish-descended merchant and political figure in Canadian colonies
* William J. Robertson (1817–1898), American jurist from Virginia
* William H. Robertson (1823–1898), American lawyer and politician from New York
* William Tindal Robertson (1825–1889), English Member of Parliament for Brighton, 1886–1889
* William Robertson (Australian politician) (1839–1892), barrister and politician in colonial Victoria, Australia
* William A. Robertson (1837–1889), American state legislator in Louisiana
* William Robertson (Ontario) (1897–1948), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
* William Archibald Robertson (1832–1926), prospector and Scottish-born political figure in British Columbia
* William Charles Fleming Robertson (1867–1937), British Governor of Barbados
* William Robertson, Lord Robertson (1753–1853), Scottish lawyer
* William Russell Robertson (1853–1930), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
* William Robertson Flett, Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
* William George Robertson, Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

## Sportspeople and sports executives
### Association footballers

* Bill Robertson (English footballer) (1923–2003), English football goalkeeper for Chelsea, Birmingham City and Stoke City
* Bill Robertson (Scottish footballer) (1928–1973), Scottish football goalkeeper for Chelsea and Leyton Orient
* William Robertson (footballer, born 1874) (1874 – after 1904), Scottish inside forward or wing half with Abercorn, Small Heath and Bristol Rovers
* William Robertson (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1980), Scottish full back with Stoke City, Manchester United and Reading
* William Robertson (1880s footballer) (1866–1926), Scottish footballer with Dumbarton and Scotland
* Willie Robertson (footballer) (born 1993), Scottish footballer

### Cricketers

* William Robertson (Australian cricketer) or Digger Robertson (1861–1938), Australian batsman who played for Victoria and in California
* William Robertson (Canterbury cricketer) (1864–1912), New Zealand cricketer who played for Canterbury from 1894 to 1901
* William Robertson (Otago cricketer) (born 1940), New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago from 1960 to 1961
* William Robertson (Middlesex cricketer) (1879–1950), English cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1900 to 1919
* William Robertson (Jersey cricketer) (born 1998), English cricketer who plays for Jersey

### Other sportspeople and sports executives

* Bill Robertson (Australian footballer) (1879–1957), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
* William Albert Robertson (1885–1942), Scottish rugby union international, doctor and soldier
* William E. Robertson (fl. 1914–1915), American baseball commissioner

## Others

* William Robertson (Scottish minister, born 1686) (1686–1745)
* William Robertson (Hebraist) (fl. 1650–1680), Scottish Hebraist
* William Robertson (Irish priest) (1705–1783), Irish clergyman, theological writer and schoolmaster
* William Robertson (historian) (1721–1793), Scottish writer and academic
* William Robertson (antiquary) (1740–1803), Scottish historian and antiquary
* William Robertson (Irish architect) (1770–1850), Irish architect with Scottish roots
* William Robertson (Scottish architect) (1786–1841), Scottish architect
* William Robertson (Australian settler) (1798–1874), Scottish-born pioneer in Tasmania and Victoria
* William Robertson (urban missionary) (1805–1882), Scottish minister
* William Robertson (statistician) (1818–1882), Scottish physician, statistician and amateur photographer
* William Robertson (pastoralist) (died 1914), pioneer of South Australia
* William B. Robertson (1893–1943), American aviator and aviation executive
* William Bruce Robertson (1820–1886), Scottish Secession/United Presbyterian Church minister
* William Henry Robertson (physician) (1810–1897), English physician
* William W. Robertson (1941–2008), American lawyer, US Attorney for District of New Jersey
* Willie Robertson (born 1972), American TV personality and outdoorsman, known for the reality TV series Duck Dynasty
* Bill Robertson (director), Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter