# William Scott

William Scott may refer to:

## Academics

* William A. Scott (psychologist), American social psychologist
* William Alphonsus Scott (1871–1921), Irish Roman Catholic architectural historian
* William Amasa Scott (1862–1944), American economist
* William Anderson Scott (1813–1885), Presbyterian minister, author, and educator
* William Berryman Scott (1858–1947), American paleontologist
* William Earl Dodge Scott (1852–1910), American ornithologist
* William Henry Scott (historian) (1921–1993), anthropologist and historian
* William Henry Scott (university president) (1840–1937), American academic administrator
* William Richard Scott (born 1932), American sociologist
* W. R. Scott (economist) (William Robert Scott, 1868–1940), political economist

## Arts and entertainment

* Sir William Scott of Thirlestane (1645–1725), Scottish poet
* William Bell Scott (1811–1890), British poet and artist
* William Scott (artist) (1913–1989), British artist
* William Edouard Scott (1884–1964), African-American artist
* William Winfield Scott (1855–1935), American writer
* William Matthew Scott (1893–1964), pen name Will Scott, English author
* William Scott (actor) (1893–1967), American silent film actor
* Bill Scott (voice actor) (1920–1985), American voice actor and producer
* William Lee Scott (born 1973), American actor
* William Rufus Scott, employer of Margaret Wise Brown, publisher of W. R. Scott
* William B. Scott (magazine editor), American magazine editor

## Law

* Sir William Scott (justice) (died 1350s), English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench
* Sir 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 judge) (1804–1862), judge on the Missouri Supreme Court
* Will T. Scott (born 1947), judge on the Kentucky Supreme Court

## Politics
### Canada

* William Henry Scott (politician) (1799–1851), Canadian politician
* William James Scott (1812–1882), farmer and politician in Canada West
* William Hepburn Scott (1837–1881), Canadian lawyer and politician from Ontario
* William C. Scott (1921–1998), Canadian politician

### United Kingdom

* William Scott (died 1434), MP for Kent
* Sir William Scott (Lord Warden) (1459–1524), English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
* William Scott (MP for New Woodstock) (c. 1579–aft. 1611), MP for New Woodstock
* Sir William Scott, Lord Clerkington (died 1656), Scottish politician and judge
* Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet (1803–1871), Scottish Liberal politician
* William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish member of parliament and peer

### United States

* William A. Scott, pilot of the Boeing 727 in the unsolved DB Cooper case of commercial air piracy
* William Grason Scott (died 1882), American politician
* William Lawrence Scott (1828–1891), US Representative from Pennsylvania and mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania
* W. Kerr Scott (1896–1958), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, US Senator
* William L. Scott (1915–1997), US Senator and Representative from Virginia
* William J. Scott (Illinois politician) (1926–1986), American politician
* William R. Scott, candidate in the 1980 United States Senate election in New York
* William Scott (Kentucky politician), Kentucky legislator

### Other countries

* William Scott (South Australian politician) (1795–1866), vigneron, businessman and politician in South Australia
* Jack Scott (New Zealand politician) (William John Scott, 1915–2001), New Zealand politician
* Alex Scott (politician) (William Alexander Scott, born 1940), Bermudian politician, Premier of Bermuda

## Religion

* Maurus Scott (William Scott, died 1612), English Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr
* William Scott (Anglican priest, born 1813) (1813–1872), English clergyman
* William Scott (astronomer and priest) (1825–1917), Church of England clergyman; colonial astronomer for New South Wales
* William Scott (archdeacon of Bombay) (died 1918), British priest
* Bill Scott (priest) (William Sievwright Scott, born 1946), British Anglican priest and Chaplain to the Queen of the United Kingdom
* Gene Scott (William Eugene Scott, 1929–2005), American pastor and television evangelist

## Sports

* William Scott (jockey) (1797–1848), British jockey
* William Harvey Scott (died 1885), jockey, rode in 1840s Grand Nationals
* 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 (cricketer, born 1845) (1845–1899), English cricketer
* William Scott (English cricketer, born 1864) (1864–1920), English cricketer
* William Scott (English cricketer, born 1903) (1903–1989), English cricketer
* William Scott (Scottish cricketer) (1908–1971), Scottish cricketer
* William Scott (runner) (1886–?), English long-distance runner who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics
* William Scott (runner, born 1921), American middle-distance runner, 1942 All-American for the Michigan State Spartans track and field team

## Other

* William Scott (Texas settler) (1784–1837), American settler in Baytown, Texas
* William Henry Scott (British Army officer) (1789–1868), British Army general
* William Scott (The Sleeping Sentinel) (1839–1862/40–1862), Union Army soldier during the American Civil War
* William R. Scott, Chief of Staff of the 1st Infantry Division in 1919
* William Shirley Scott (1856–1941), US Army general in World War I
* William Scott Shipbuilders, British shipyard based in Bristol during the mid-18th century
* William Gillbee Scott (1857–1930), English architect who designed the Gower Street Memorial Chapel (now the Chinese Church in London)
* William Bennett Scott Sr., American newspaper founder and publisher, mayor, and civil rights campaigner