# Williamson (surname)

The surname Williamson was first found in the Royal burgh of Peebles, where this predominantly Scottish Clan who are a Sept of Clan Gunn held a Family Seat anciently, although their interests straddled the English Scottish border and they held territories as far south as Keswick in Cumberland.

## List of persons with the surname

* Al Williamson (baseball) (1900–1978), American baseball player
* Al Williamson (1931–2010), American cartoonist
* Albert Williamson (1866–after 1891), English footballer
* Alexander William Williamson (1824–1904), British chemist
* Alexander Williamson (missionary) (1829–1890), Scottish missionary
* Alf Williamson (1893–1917), Australian Rules footballer
* Alice Muriel Williamson (1869–1933), British novelist; wife of Charles Norris Williamson
* Alison Williamson (born 1971), British archer
* Alix Williamson (1916–2001), American publicist
* Allen Williamson (fl. 1970), American politician
* Andrew Williamson (judge) (born 1946), Manx lawyer and government official
* Andrew Williamson (soldier) (c. 1730–1786) Scottish–born American soldier
* Anna Williamson (born 1981), British TV presenter
* Anna-Lise Williamson, professor
* Archibald Williamson (1892–1972), English cricketer
* Arthur Williamson (1930–2020), Scottish footballer
* Benedict Williamson (1868–1948), British architect and Catholic priest
* Benjamin Williamson (mathematician) (1827–1916), Irish mathematical physicist
* Bethany Williamson (born 1999), British trampoline gymnast
* Bobby Williamson (born 1961), Scottish football player and manager
* Bree Williamson (born 1979), Canadian actress
* Casey Williamson (1995–2002), American murder victim
* Charles Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Chris Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Clara McDonald Williamson (1875–1976), American painter
* Corliss Williamson (born 1973), American basketball player
* Craig Williamson (born 1949), South African apartheid-era police officer
* David Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Delano E. Williamson (1822–1903), Indiana Attorney General
* Dominic Williamson (born 1975), English cricketer
* Donald I. Williamson (1922–2016), British planktonologist
* Drew Williamson (born 1983), Australian basketball player
* Elizabeth Williamson, professor of pharmacy
* Eric Miles Williamson (born 1961), American novelist
* Emily Williamson (1855–1936), English philanthropist
* Felix D. Williamson (1921–1947), American World War II flying ace
* Francis John Williamson (1833–1920), British portrait sculptor
* Gavin Williamson (born 1976), British politician
* Gary M. Williamson (1936–2023), American politician
* Geordie Williamson (born 1981), Australian mathematician
* George B. Williamson (born 1946), American politician
* Harold Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet (1797–1861), British politician
* Sir Hedworth Williamson, 8th Baronet (1827–1900), British politician
* Henry Williamson (1895–1977), British novelist
* Henry Charles Williamson (1871–1949), Scottish pioneer of marine biology
* Herbert Williamson (1871–1946), English football goalkeeper
* Hugh Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* James Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Jack Williamson (1908–2006), American science fiction writer
* J. C. Williamson (1845–1913), Australian theatrical producer
* John Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Johnny Williamson (1929–2021), English footballer
* Johnny Williamson (1895–1979), Scottish footballer
* Joseph Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Kane Williamson (born 1990), New Zealand cricketer
* Kendall Williamson (born 1999), American football player
* Kenneth Williamson (1914–1977), British ornithologist
* Kevin Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Kramer Williamson (died 2013), American sprint car racing driver
* Lambert Williamson (1907–1975), British composer of film scores
* Leah Williamson (born 1997), English association footballer
* Lee Williamson (American football) (born 1968), American football player
* Linda Williamson (born 1952), American politician
* Lionel Williamson (born 1944), Australian rugby league footballer
* Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003), Australian composer
* Malcolm J. Williamson, British mathematician and cryptographer
* Marianne Williamson (born 1952), American spiritual activist, author, and lecturer
* Mark Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Martha Williamson (born 1955), American television writer, producer, author, activist, Christian
* Martha Burton Williamson (1843–1922), American malacologist and journalist
* Matthew Williamson (born 1971), British fashion designer
* Maurice Williamson (born 1951), New Zealand politician
* Michael Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Moses O. Williamson (1850–1935), American politician
* Ned Williamson (1857–1895), American professional baseball player
* Nicholas Williamson, English secret agent, arrested in 1595
* Nicol Williamson (1936–2011), Scottish actor
* Norman Williamson (born 1969), jockey
* Norris C. Williamson (1874–1949), American politician
* Oliver E. Williamson (1932–2020), American economist
* Paul Williamson (born 1948), retired Anglo-Catholic clergyman and controversialist
* Pliny W. Williamson (1876–1958), New York state senator
* Pooh Williamson (born 1973), American basketball player and coach
* Richard Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Robert Wood Williamson (1856–1932), British solicitor and anthropologist
* Robin Williamson (born 1943), Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Robin C. N. Williamson (born 1942), president of the Royal Society of Medicine
* Roger Williamson (1948–1973), English Formula 1 driver
* Ron Williamson (1953–2004), American baseball player wrongly convicted of rape and murder
* Roy Williamson (1936–1990), Scottish songwriter, most notably of The Corries
* Roy Williamson (bishop) (1932–2019), English clergyman
* Samuel Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Shirley Williamson (1875–1944), painter and printmaker
* Sonny Boy Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Stephen F. Williamson, United States Naval Officer
* T. Roney Williamson (1852–1896), American architect
* Timothy Williamson (born 1955), British philosopher
* Troy Williamson (born 1983), American football wide receiver
* Troy Williamson (boxer) (born 1991), British boxer
* Wally Williamson (1907–1965), Australian footballer
* Sir Walter James Franklin Williamson (1867–1954), British civil servant and naturalist
* William Williamson (disambiguation), several people
* Zion Williamson (born 2000), American basketball player