William Johnson Explained

William Johnson may refer to:

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Bunk Johnson (William Gary Johnson, 1879–1949), American jazz musician
William H. Johnson (artist) (1901–1970), African-American painter of the Harlem Renaissance
William Johnson (actor) (1916–1957), American actor
William Johnson (organist), English-born organist, composer and organ builder in Sydney, Australia
William Manuel Johnson (1872–1972), American jazz musician
William L. Johnson, American actor and musician
William Allen Johnson (1816–1901), American organ builder, founder of Johnson Organs
Zip the Pinhead (William Henry Johnson, 1842–1926), American circus entertainer

William Johnson (judge) (1771–1834), Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- SS William Johnson, a Liberty ship
William Johnson (New Hampshire judge) (1930–2009), American state supreme court judge
William Tell Johnson (1848–1930), American lawyer and judge from Missouri
William John Johnston (1868–1940), Irish barrister and judge
William Moore Johnson (1828–1918), Irish barrister and judge
William Paul Johnson (born 1959), U.S. federal judge

William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774), Anglo–Irish major general and British Indian agent
William Johnson, 4th Baronet (1830–1908), English soldier and aristocrat
William Henry Johnson (VC) (1890–1945), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
Henry Johnson (World War I soldier) (William Henry Johnson, 1892–1929), American recipient of the Purple Heart and Medal of Honor
William Johnson (Medal of Honor) (1855–1903), American recipient of the Medal of Honor
William Johnson (Royal Navy officer) (1784–1851), Scottish naval captain

William Johnson (educator) (1895–1981), educator who served as Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools
William A. Johnson Jr. (born 1942), mayor of Rochester, New York
William A. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1922–1977), state legislator from Milwaukee
William Cost Johnson (1806–1860), Maryland congressman
William Daniel Johnson (born 1954), white nationalist, attorney, and perennial candidate
William E. Johnson (Nebraska politician) (1906–1976), lieutenant governor of Nebraska
William E. Johnson (prohibitionist) (1862–1945), temperance movement leader
William Elting Johnson (1837–1912), New York politician
William F. Johnson (1819–?), mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
William H. Johnson (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin state legislator
William Johnson (Seneca County, NY) (1821–1875), New York State Senator and Civil War colonel
William M. Johnson (1847–1928), New Jersey state senator
William Richard Johnson (1875–1938), Illinois congressman
William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819), United States Founding Father
William Wallace Johnson (1813–1900), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
William Ward Johnson (1892–1963), U.S. Representative from California
William Wartenbee Johnson (1826–1887), Ohio politician and judge

William Johnson (MP for Kingston-upon-Hull) (by 1523 – 1553 or later), MP for Kingston–upon–Hull
William Johnson (MP for Aldeburgh) (c. 1660–1718), MP for Aldeburgh, and for Orford
William Augustus Johnson (1777–1863), English soldier and MP
William Cowlishaw Johnson (1862–1943), member of London County Council
William Johnson (Liberal-Labour politician) (1849–1919), English coal miner, trade unionist and Liberal–Labour politician
William Johnson (trade unionist) (1866–?), English trade union leader and socialist activist
William Johnson (MP for Bedford) (by 1513–1558), MP for Bedford and New Woodstock

William Dartnell Johnson (1870–1948), Labor politician from Western Australia
William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician
Elliot Johnson (politician) (William Elliot Johnson, 1862–1932), Australian politician
William James Johnson (Canadian politician) (1881–1949), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
William Granger Johnson, Fijian businessman and politician
Sir William Gillilan Johnson, Irish politician and barrister
William Johnson (Irish politician) (1760–1845), Irish politician, law officer and judge

William Johnson (bishop) (1889–1960), Anglican Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
William Bullein Johnson (1782–1862), American Baptist minister, first president of the Southern Baptist Convention
William Percival Johnson (1854–1928), Anglican missionary, translator of the Bible into Chinyanja
William Robert Johnson (1918–1986), American Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange
William Johnson (archdeacon) (1642–1698), Anglican priest
William R. Johnson (minister) (born 1946), American minister of the United Church of Christ, first openly gay minister to be ordained in a historic Protestant denomination

William Johnson (surveyor) (died 1883), British surveyor in India and governor of Ladakh
William Arthur Johnson (1816–1880), amateur biologist and clergyman in Canada
William Frederick Johnson (1852–1934), Irish naturalist
William B. Johnson (mathematician) (born 1944), American mathematician
William Brooks Johnson (1763–1830), English physician and botanist
William Summer Johnson (1913–1995), American chemist
Mike Johnson (technologist) (William Michael Johnson), American pioneer in superscalar microprocessor design
Bill Johnson (scientist), FRS (1922 – 2010) British engineer

William Johnson (baseball) (1848–1909), American baseball player
William Johnson (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1941), Australian cricketer
William Johnson (cricketer, born 1962), English cricketer
William Johnson (handballer) (born 1953), American Olympic handball player
William Johnson (rugby league) (1916–1997), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Wales, and Huddersfield
William Johnson (swimmer) (1947–2005), American freestyle swimmer at the 1968 Summer Olympics
William Johnson (wrestler) (1901–1928), American wrestler
William "Hootie" Johnson (1931–2017), American golfer
C. William Johnson (1917–1993), American skeleton racer
Judy Johnson (William Julius Johnson, 1899–1989), American baseball player
Skinny Johnson (William C. Johnson, 1911–1980), American basketball player

William Johnson (Canadian author) (1931–2020), Canadian journalist and author
William Johnson (barber) (1809–1851), free African American barber and businessman
William Johnson (historian) (1909–1992), American journalist, sometimes credited William W. Johnson
William Johnson (police officer), English police officer
William Andrew Johnson (1858–1943), formerly enslaved American pastry chef
William D. Johnson (CEO) (born 1954), American chairman and CEO of Progress Energy
William D. Johnson (journalist), American journalist and labor activist
William Ernest Johnson (1858–1931), British logician
William Henry Johnson (valet) (died 1864), President Abraham Lincoln's barber and valet
William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), English educator and Uranian poet
William R. Johnson (born 1949), chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the H. J. Heinz Company
William Templeton Johnson (1877–1957), San Diego architect
William Woolsey Johnson (1841–1927), American mathematician