William Johnson may refer to:

Entertainment

Bunk Johnson Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson (December 27, 1889 – July 7, 1949) was an American prominent jazz trumpeter from New Orleans. Biography Birth Johnson gave the year of his birth as 1879, although Johnson stated on his 1937 application for Socia ...

(William Gary Johnson, 1879–1949), American jazz musician *

William H. Johnson (artist) William Henry Johnson (March 18, 1901 – April 13, 1970) was an American painter. Born in Florence, South Carolina, he became a student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, working with Charles Webster Hawthorne. He later ...

(1901–1970), African-American painter of the Harlem Renaissance *

William Johnson (actor) William Johnson (March 22, 1915 – March 6, 1957) was an American actor and singer of the stage and screen.Obituary ''Variety'', March 13, 1957, page 63. Biography Born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, Johnson began his career as a ...

(1916–1957), American actor *

William Johnson (organist) William Johnson (1811–1866) was an English-born organist, conductor, composer, organ builder and music publisher based in Sydney. Early life Johnson was born in London, the son of a watchmaker, Richard Johnson (1774–1844) and Elizabeth Philli ...

, English-born organist, composer and organ builder in Sydney, Australia *

William Manuel Johnson William Manuel "Bill" Johnson (died December 3, 1972) was an American jazz musician who played banjo and double bass; he is considered the father of the " slap" style of double bass playing. In New Orleans, he played at Lulu White's legendary h ...

(1872–1972), American jazz musician *

William L. Johnson William L. Johnson is an American actor and musician who has held starring and prominent roles in many theatrically released projects, including '' Blue Hill Avenue'', ''Motives 1'', ''Motives 2'', ''Mannsfield 12'', ''Crossover'', ''Doing Hard T ...

, American actor and musician * William Allen Johnson (1816–1901), American organ builder, founder of Johnson Organs *

Zip the Pinhead William Henry Johnson ( or – April 9, 1926), known as Zip the Pinhead, was an American freak show performer known for his tapered head. Early life William Henry Johnson was likely born in New Jersey, and was one of six children in a very poo ...

(William Henry Johnson, 1842–1926), American circus entertainer

Law

William Johnson (judge) William Johnson Jr. (December 27, 1771 – August 4, 1834) was an American attorney, state legislator, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1804 until his death in 1834. When he was 32 ...

(1771–1834), Justice of the United States Supreme Court **

SS William Johnson SS ''William Johnson'' was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William Johnson, a state legislator and judge in South Carolina, and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1804 ...

, a Liberty ship *

William Johnson (New Hampshire judge) William Reynold Johnson (October 21, 1930 – May 30, 2009) was an American judge and politician. He served as a member of the New Hampshire Senate and as a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Life and career Johnson was born in Excel ...

(1930–2009), American state supreme court judge *

William Tell Johnson William Tell Johnson (August 4, 1848 – September 11, 1930) was an American politician, judge and lawyer from Missouri. Early life William Tell Johnson was born on August 4, 1848, in Osceola, Missouri, to Emily (née Moore) and Waldo P. Johns ...

(1848–1930), American lawyer and judge from Missouri *

William John Johnston William John Johnston (18 January 1868 – 29 November 1940) was an Irish barrister and judge who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland, Supreme Court from 1939 to 1940 and a Judge of the High Court (Ireland), High Court from 1924 to ...

(1868–1940), Irish barrister and judge *

William Moore Johnson Sir William Moore Johnson, 1st Baronet, KC, PC (1828 – 9 December 1918) was an Irish politician, barrister and judge. He was held in great affection by the Bar, despite a reputation for obtuseness which led to his nickname "Wooden-headed Bi ...

(1828–1918), Irish barrister and judge *

William Paul Johnson William Paul Johnson (born February 16, 1959) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Early life and education Johnson was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He was an Eagle Scout in ...

(born 1959), U.S. federal judge

Military

William Johnson, 1st Baronet Major-general (United Kingdom), Major-General Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ( – 11 July 1774), was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland known for his military and governance work in British col ...

(1715–1774), Anglo–Irish major general and British Indian agent *

William Johnson, 4th Baronet Sir William George Johnson, 4th Baronet of New York (19 December 1830 – 26 January 1908) was an English soldier and aristocrat. Early life Johnson was born on 19 December 1830 at Point Olivier in Montreal, Canada. He was the son of John Johnson ...

(1830–1908), English soldier and aristocrat *

William Henry Johnson (VC) William Henry Johnson (15 October 1890 – 25 April 1945) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces ...

(1890–1945), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Henry Johnson (World War I soldier) William Henry Johnson (circa July 15, 1892 – July 1, 1929), commonly known as Henry Johnson, was a United States Army soldier who performed heroically in the first African American unit of the United States Army to engage in combat in World W ...

(William Henry Johnson, 1892–1929), American recipient of the 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

Politics

United States

* William Johnson (educator) (1895–1981), educator who served as Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools *

William A. Johnson Jr. William A. Johnson Jr. (born August 22, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 64th Mayor of the City of Rochester, New York. He was the first African-American mayor in the city's history. Early life and education Johnson is a nativ ...

(born 1942), mayor of Rochester, New York *

William A. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) William Alfred Johnson (February 3, 1922 – June 8, 1977) was an American machinist, union leader, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served seven years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, from 1965 to 1972, and served the las ...

(1922–1977), state legislator from Milwaukee *

William Cost Johnson William Cost Johnson (January 14, 1806 – April 14, 1860) was an American politician. Johnson was born near Jefferson, Maryland, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Jefferson. Johnson served as ...

(1806–1860), Maryland congressman *

William Daniel Johnson William Daniel Johnson (born 1954) is an American white nationalist, attorney, and the chairman of the American Freedom Party. Background Johnson graduated from Brigham Young University where he majored in Japanese and later served as a Mormo ...

(born 1954), white nationalist, attorney, and perennial candidate *

William E. Johnson (Nebraska politician) William Edward Johnson (June 28, 1906 – September 18, 1976) served as the 22nd lieutenant governor of Nebraska, from 1939 to 1943. He was a Republican who initially served under Democratic governor Robert Leroy Cochran and later under governor ...

(1906–1976), lieutenant governor of Nebraska * William E. Johnson (prohibitionist) (1862–1945), temperance movement leader *

William Elting Johnson William Elting Johnson (October 17, 1837 – December 16, 1912) was an American physician and politician from New York (state), New York. Life Johnson was the son of Alexander T. Johnson (1811–1898) and Jane (Cuddeback) Johnson (1811–1904). ...

(1837–1912), New York politician *

William F. Johnson William Frederick Johnson (1819-1898) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the seventh Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts Lynn is the eighth-largest List of municipalities in Massachusetts, municipality in Massachusetts, United States, a ...

(1819–?), mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts *

William H. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) William H. Johnson (c. 1806 - ?) was an American politician and farmer from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Jefferson County during the 1849 session (the 2n ...

, Wisconsin state legislator *

William Johnson (Seneca County, NY) William Johnson (December 8, 1821 – October 10, 1875) was a New York State businessman and politician. Early life and entry into politics William Johnson was born on December 8, 1821, in Williamstown, Massachusetts, to David Johnson and Oliv ...

(1821–1875), New York State Senator and Civil War colonel * William M. Johnson (1847–1928), New Jersey state senator *

William Richard Johnson William Richard Johnson (May 15, 1875 – January 2, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Rock Island, Illinois, Johnson moved with his parents to Freeport, Illinois, in 1879. He attended the public schools and the College o ...

(1875–1938), Illinois congressman *

William Samuel Johnson William Samuel Johnson (October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819) was an American Founding Father and statesman. He attended all of the four founding American Congresses: the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, the Congress of the Confederation in 1785–1 ...

(1727–1819), United States Founding Father *

William Wallace Johnson William Wallace Johnson (1813-1900) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Johnson was born on November 29, 1813, in Buckland, Massachusetts. The eighth child (of thirteen children) and second son of Capt. Othniel and Anna (Elm ...

(1813–1900), Wisconsin State Assemblyman *

William Ward Johnson William Ward Johnson (March 9, 1892 – June 8, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1941 to 1945. Biography Born in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, Johnson atten ...

(1892–1963), U.S. Representative from California *

William Wartenbee Johnson William Wartenbee Johnson (August 26, 1826 – March 2, 1887) was an American politician and judge who served as Associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio from 1880 to 1886. Biography Johnson was born in Muskingum County, Ohio near Chand ...

(1826–1887), Ohio politician and judge

United Kingdom

William Johnson (MP for Kingston-upon-Hull) William Johnson (by 1523 – 1553 or later), of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a histor ...

(by 1523 – 1553 or later), MP for Kingston–upon–Hull *

William Johnson (MP for Aldeburgh) William Johnson (c. 1660 - 1718) of Blackwall, Middlesex, and Mandeville's Manor, Sternfield, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, was an English merchant, shipbuilder and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for 29 years from 1689 ...

(c. 1660–1718), MP for Aldeburgh, and for Orford *

William Augustus Johnson Lieutenant-General William Augustus Johnson (15 October 1777, in Kenilworth – 26 October 1863, in Witham, Lincolnshire) was an English soldier and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Church of England clergyman the Rev. Robert Augus ...

(1777–1863), English soldier and MP *

William Cowlishaw Johnson William Cowlishaw Johnson (1862 – 8 November 1943) was a British politician. Born in Kingsland, Johnson was elected at the 1898 London County Council election in Whitechapel for the Progressive Party. He also served on Stepney Metropoli ...

(1862–1943), member of London County Council *

William Johnson (Liberal-Labour politician) William Johnson MBE (c. 1849 – 20 July 1919) was an English coal miner, trade unionist and Liberal-Labour (Lib-Lab) politician from Warwickshire. He sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1918. Early life Johnson was born in Chilvers ...

(1849–1919), English coal miner, trade unionist and Liberal–Labour politician *

William Johnson (trade unionist) William Johnson (born 1866) was a British trade unionist and socialist activist. Born in Bingley, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Johnson worked on a farm until 1882, when he emigrated to the United States. He undertook various jobs there ...

(1866–?), English trade union leader and socialist activist * William Johnson (MP for Bedford) (by 1513–1558), MP for

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district. Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...

and New Woodstock

Other countries

William Dartnell Johnson William Dartnell Johnson (9 October 1870 – 26 January 1948) was an Australian politician who was prominent in state politics in Western Australia for most of the first half of the 20th century. A member of the Labor Party, he served in the L ...

(1870–1948), Labor politician from Western Australia *

William Johnson (Australian politician) William James Johnson (1871 – 30 July 1916) was an Australian politician and soldier. Born in Yass, New South Wales, he received a primary education before becoming a coachbuilder. He was involved in local politics as a member of Auburn Coun ...

(1871–1916), Australian politician *

Elliot Johnson (politician) Sir William Elliot Johnson Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (10 April 18628 December 1932) was an Australian politician. He was a long-serving member of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representat ...

(William Elliot Johnson, 1862–1932), Australian politician *

William James Johnson (Canadian politician) William James Johnson may refer to: * William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician and soldier * William James Johnson (Canadian politician) (1881–1949), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia * W ...

(1881–1949), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia * William Granger Johnson, Fijian businessman and politician * Sir

William Gillilan Johnson Sir William Gillilan Johnson (1808 – 9 April 1886) was an Irish Conservative politician and barrister. He was elected Conservative MP for Belfast at the 1841 general election but unseated in August 1842. He was also Mayor of Belfast City ...

, Irish politician and barrister *

William Johnson (Irish politician) William Johnson (1760-1845) was an Irish politician, law officer and judge of the early nineteenth century. He sat in the Irish House of Commons, served as Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) and was a justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland).Ball, F ...

(1760–1845), Irish politician, law officer and judge

Religion

William Johnson (bishop) William Herbert Johnson (12 May 1889–15 July 1960) was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Ballarat in Australia. Johnson was born in Brighton, South Australia, on 12 May 1889. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, the University of Adelai ...

(1889–1960), Anglican Bishop of Ballarat, Australia *

William Bullein Johnson William Bullein Johnson (June 13, 1782 – October 2, 1862) was an American Baptist minister, one of the founders of the South Carolina State Baptist Convention in 1821, and later was the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1 ...

(1782–1862), American Baptist minister, first president of the Southern Baptist Convention *

William Percival Johnson William Percival Johnson (12 March 1854 in St Helens, Isle of Wight – October 1928 in Liuli, Tanganyika) was an Anglican missionary to Nyasaland. After education at Bedford School (1863–1873) and graduation from University College, Oxford, h ...

(1854–1928), Anglican missionary, translator of the Bible into Chinyanja *

William Robert Johnson William Robert Johnson (November 19, 1918 – July 28, 1986) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Orange in California from 1976 until his death in 1986. He previously served as an aux ...

(1918–1986), American Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange *

William Johnson (archdeacon) William Johnson, D.D. (18 October 1642 – 2 February 1698) was an Anglican priest. Johnson was born in Sedgeberrow and educated at The Queen's College, Oxford. He was appointed Chaplain to Herbert Croft, Bishop of Hereford in 1668; and Canon R ...

(1642–1698), Anglican priest *

William R. Johnson (minister) William R. Johnson (sometimes referred to as Bill Johnson) was the first openly gay minister to be ordained in a historic Protestant denomination. He received his ordination through the United Church of Christ (UCC) on June 25, 1972 in San Carl ...

(born 1946), American minister of the United Church of Christ, first openly gay minister to be ordained in a historic Protestant denomination

Science

William Johnson (surveyor) William H. Johnson (died 3 March 1883) was a British surveyor in the Great Trigonometric Survey of India. He is noted for the first definition of the eastern boundary of Ladakh along Aksai Chin in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which ha ...

(died 1883), British surveyor in India and governor of Ladakh *

William Arthur Johnson Rev. William Arthur Johnson (1816–1880) was an amateur biologist, naturalist, microscopist, botanist, and ordained clergyman who lived in Canada. Biography Known as Arthur, Johnson was born in Bombay, India. His father, John Johnson, served u ...

(1816–1880), amateur biologist and clergyman in Canada *

William Frederick Johnson William Frederick Johnson (1852–1934) was an Irish naturalist primarily interested in Entomology. Biography He was born on 20 April 1852 in Travancore, India, where he spent his youth. A genial and kindly clergyman, he published over 100 pap ...

(1852–1934), Irish naturalist *

William B. Johnson (mathematician) William Buhmann Johnson (born December 5, 1944) is an American mathematician, one of the namesakes of the Johnson–Lindenstrauss lemma. He is Distinguished Professor and A.G. & M.E. Owen Chair of Mathematics at Texas A&M University. His research s ...

(born 1944), American mathematician *

William Brooks Johnson William Brooks Johnson (1763–1830) (also Brookes) was an English physician and botanist. Life He was educated at Repton School and admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge in 1783, graduating M.B. in 1789. He became a medical practitioner with a ...

(1763–1830), English physician and botanist *

William Summer Johnson William Summer Johnson (February 24, 1913 – August 19, 1995) was an American chemist and teacher. From 1940 to 1958, Johnson was an instructor and then professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1958, he moved to Stanford Universi ...

(1913–1995), American chemist *

Mike Johnson (technologist) William Michael Johnson is a technologist, and pioneer in superscalar microprocessor design in the United States. Johnson holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering, both from Arizona State University. Johnson was an architec ...

(William Michael Johnson), American pioneer in superscalar microprocessor design *

Bill Johnson (scientist) William Johnson FRS FREng (20 April 1922 – 13 June 2010) was a British engineer, educator, research scientist and Professor of Mechanics at the University of Cambridge. Awards and honours Johnson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ...

, FRS (1922 – 2010) British engineer

Sports

* William Johnson (baseball) (1848–1909), American baseball player * William Johnson (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1941), Australian cricketer *

William Johnson (cricketer, born 1962) William Robert Johnson (born 7 October 1962) is a former English cricketer. Johnson was a right-handed Batsman (cricket), batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Iserlohn, West Germany. Johnson made his Minor Counties ...

, 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 William Woodward "Hootie" Johnson (February 16, 1931 – July 14, 2017) was the chairman of the executive committee at Bank of America, a member of the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame, and a chairman of Augusta National Golf Club. Earl ...

(1931–2017), American golfer *

C. William Johnson Charles William Johnson (February 12, 1917 – April 11, 1993) was an American skeleton racer who competed in the late 1940s. He finished tenth in the skeleton event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ...

(1917–1993), American skeleton racer *

Judy Johnson William Julius "Judy" Johnson (October 26, 1899 – June 15, 1989) was an American professional baseball third baseman, shortstop, Manager (baseball), manager and Scout (baseball), scout whose career in Negro league baseball spanned 17 season ...

(William Julius Johnson, 1899–1989), American baseball player *

Skinny Johnson William C. "Skinny" Johnson (August 16, 1911 – February 5, 1980) was an American basketball player during the 1930s. As a center Johnson was among the tallest players of his time. The Oklahoma City native attended the University of Kansas (1 ...

(William C. Johnson, 1911–1980), American basketball player

Other professions

William Johnson (Canadian author) William Denis Hertel Johnson, CM (23 April 1931 – 2 March 2020) was a Canadian academic, journalist, and author. Early life and education Johnson's mother was francophone and his father anglophone and Johnson himself spoke both English and Fr ...

(1931–2020), Canadian journalist and author * William Johnson (barber) (1809–1851), free African American barber and businessman *

William Johnson (historian) William Weber Johnson (1909–1992) was an American journalist, historian and writer whose work focused on the Old West and Mexico. Johnson worked as a journalist for a local paper in Illinois before working for the Associated Press in Chicago an ...

(1909–1992), American journalist, sometimes credited William W. Johnson * William Johnson (police officer), English police officer *

William Andrew Johnson William Andrew Johnson (February 8, 1858 – May 16, 1943) was a lifelong Tennessee, Tennessean who was primarily employed as a restaurant cook. He was described as a "quiet, bright-eyed" man, a "great favorite" in Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxvill ...

(1858–1943), formerly enslaved American pastry chef *

William D. Johnson (CEO) William Dean "Bill" Johnson (born January 9, 1954) is an American attorney and businessman. He is a retired president and CEO of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, as of June 2020. Early life Bill Johnson was born on January 9, 1954. He playe ...

(born 1954), American chairman and CEO of Progress Energy *

William D. Johnson (journalist) William D. Johnson is a New York City-based journalist and labor activist who writes on union and workplace issues. Johnson is the former co-editor of Labor Notes. Johnson started on Labor Notes staff in January 2003, after interning with the o ...

, American journalist and labor activist *

William Ernest Johnson William Ernest Johnson, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (23 June 1858 – 14 January 1931), usually cited as W. E. Johnson, was a British philosopher, logician and economic theorist.Zabell, S.L. (2008"Johnson, William Ernest (1858–1931)"I ...

(1858–1931), British logician *

William Henry Johnson (valet) William Henry Johnson (March 4, 1833 – January 28, 1864) was a free African American and a sometime personal valet of Abraham Lincoln. Having first worked for Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, Johnson accompanied the President-Elect to Washing ...

(died 1864), President Abraham Lincoln's barber and valet *

William Johnson Cory William Johnson Cory (9 January 1823 – 11 June 1892), born William Johnson, was an English educator and poet. He was dismissed from his post at Eton for encouraging a culture of intimacy, possibly non-sexual, between teachers and pupils. He is ...

(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 William Templeton Johnson (1877 – 1957) was a notable San Diego architect. He was a fellow to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1939. Johnson is known for his Spanish Revival buildings, all in San Diego unless otherwise noted: * L ...

(1877–1957), San Diego architect *

William Woolsey Johnson William Woolsey Johnson (1841–1927) was an American mathematician, who was one of the founders of the American Mathematical Society. Life and work Johnson, son of a farmer of Tioga County, New York, studied at Yale University where he receiv ...

(1841–1927), American mathematician