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

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

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

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

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

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

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 (athlete) (1886–?), English long-distance runner who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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