# William Davidson

William or Bill Davidson may refer to:

## Businessmen

* Bill Davidson (businessman) (1922–2009), Michigan businessman and sports team owner
** William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, named in honor of Bill Davidson
* William Davidson (lumberman) (1740–1790), Scots-Canadian pioneer

## Politics

* Sir William Davidson of Curriehill (1614/15–c. 1689), Scottish merchant and member of the Privy council
* William Davidson (congressman) (1778–1857), member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
* William Davidson (Pennsylvania representative) (1783–1867), Pennsylvania politician
* William Davidson (conspirator) (1781–1820), Jamaican-born British radical executed for his part in the Cato Street Conspiracy
* William McCartney Davidson (1872–1942), Canadian journalist, politician, and author
* William H. Davidson (lieutenant governor) (fl. 1836–1838), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
* William Davidson (British Columbia politician) (fl. 1867–1907), Scottish-born miner and political figure in British Columbia

## Engineering

* William Davidson (engineer) (1844–1920), Australian civil engineer
* William Soltau Davidson (1846–1924), New Zealander, pioneer of refrigerated shipping

### Harley-Davidson

* William A. Davidson, executive at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, brother of co-founders Arthur and Walter Davidson, and grandfather of Willie G. Davidson
* William H. Davidson (motorcyclist) (1905–1992), American motorcycle racer and president of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles
* Willie G. Davidson (William Godfrey Davidson, born 1933), former styling chief of Harley-Davidson and designer of the Harley-Davidson Super Glide

## Military

* William Lee Davidson (1746–1781), American Revolutionary War officer, namesake of Davidson College
* William Davidson Bissett (1893–1971), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross

## Sports

* Bill Davidson (American football, born 1915) (1915–1970), American football player
* Bill Davidson (American football, born 1935) (1935–1999), American football player and coach
* Bill Davidson (baseball) (1884–1954), outfielder in Major League Baseball (1909–1911)
* Bill Davidson (rugby league) (fl. 1914–1923), New Zealand rugby league player
* Will Davidson, UK footballer active in the 1890s
* William Davidson (sailor) (1876–1939), British competition sailor
* William Davidson (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1904–1914), Scottish footballer with Falkirk, Everton, etc.
* William Davidson (Sussex cricketer) (1920–2015), English cricketer
* William Davidson (MCC cricketer) (1811–1894), English cricketer
* Kayak Bill (Bill Davidson, 1948–2004), Canadian rock climber

## Others

* William Davidson (bishop) (1919–2006), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas
* William B. Davidson (1888–1947), American actor
* William Mackay Davidson (1909–1991), Scottish haematologist and pathologist
* William Davidson (filmmaker) (1928–2009), Canadian filmmaker and TV creator
* William Leslie Davidson (1848–1929), Scottish philosopher
* William Taylor Davidson (1837–1915), owner and editor of the Fulton Democrat newspaper
* William Montgomery Davenport Davidson, Australian surveyor
* William Norman Lascelles Davidson, English cinematographer
* William Davidson (landscape gardener) (fl. 1860s)