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 (c. 1871–1935), English cinematographer
• William Davidson (landscape gardener) (fl. 1860s)

See also

• William Davison (disambiguation)