William Anderson

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William Anderson or Bill Anderson may refer to many people in various fields:

Contents 1 Arts and entertainment 2 Authors 3 Law and politics 4 Medicine 5 Military 6 Science 7 Sports 8 Other 9 See also

[edit] Arts and entertainment

• Bill Anderson (country music) (b. 1937), American country music singer, songwriter and game show host
• William Alonzo Anderson (1916–1981), known as Cat Anderson, American jazz trumpeter
• William Anderson (guitarist) (born 1962), American classical guitarist and composer
• William M. Anderson, film editor
• Will Anderson (b. 1969), American radio host
• Wil Anderson (b. 1974), Australian comedian
• William West Anderson (b. 1928), known as Adam West, American actor, best known for playing Batman from 1966 to 1968

[edit] Authors

• William Charles Anderson (1920–2003), American author
• William J. Anderson (1811–?), American slave and author
• William L. Anderson, American economist and writer

[edit] Law and politics

• William Anderson (Canadian politician, Waterloo) (1905–1961), member of Canadian House of Commons for Waterloo South electoral district
• William Anderson (Ontario politician) (1822–1897), Canadian politician
• William Anderson (Pennsylvania) (1762–1829), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
• William Clayton Anderson (1826–1861), United States Representative from Kentucky
• William Coleman Anderson (1853–1902), United States Representative from Tennessee
• William Robert Anderson (1921–2007), United States Representative from Tennessee and commander of the first nuclear submarine
• William Crawford Anderson (1877–1919), British socialist politician
• William Hamilton Anderson (1874–c.1959), superintendent of the New York Anti-Saloon League
• William Stafford Anderson (b. 1889), politician in New Brunswick, Canada

[edit] Medicine

• William G. Anderson, DO, physician and social activist

[edit] Military

• William Anderson (naval officer) (1921–2007), commander of the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, later a United States Representative from Tennessee
• William Anderson (RAAF officer) (1891–1975), Australian air marshal
• William Anderson (VC) (1885–1915), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Herbert Anderson (1881–1918), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William T. Anderson (1839–1864), American Civil War guerrilla commander, known as "Bloody Bill"
• Maurice Anderson, often known as Bill Anderson, British Army medical officer
• William A. Anderson Platoon Leader of 143 engineers in world war 2

[edit] Science

• Sir William Anderson (1834–1898), British engineer and philanthropist
• William Anderson (naturalist) (d. 1778), naturalist on Captain Cook's third voyage (1776–1780), died aboard the Resolution
• William French Anderson (born 1936), American geneticist and molecular biologist
• William James Anderson, Scottish physician who emigrated to Canada.

[edit] Sports

• William Anderson, mid-18th century English cricketer
• Bill Anderson (born 1936), American football player
• Bill Anderson (1895-1983), Major League Baseball player
• Bill Anderson (football coach), college football head coach at Howard Payne University
• Bill Anderson, Scottish sportman
• William Anderson (footballer), English footballer, FA Cup winner with Old Etonians in 1882
• William Anderson (Scottish footballer), FA Cup finalist with Queen's Park in 1884 and 1885 and Scotland international

[edit] Other

• William Anderson (bishop) (1892–1972), Bishop of Salisbury, England
• William Anderson (collector) (1842–1900), British surgeon and collector of Japanese art
• William Anderson (missionary) (1770–1852), English-Anglican missionary to South Africa
• Sir Eric Anderson (b. 1936), full name William Eric Kinloch Anderson, Provost of Eton College

[edit] See also

• Bill Andersen (politician), 1988 Republican candidate from Tennessee for the U.S. Senate
• Bill Andersen (1924-2005), New Zealand communist and trade union leader