William Robinson

William, Will, or Bill Robinson may refer to:

Academics

• William Robinson (fl. 1670), founder of the Robinson's School in Penrith, Cumbria
• William Robinson (benefactor) (1794–1864), American school founder
• William Callyhan Robinson (1834–1911), American law professor at Yale
• William H. Robinson, American professor of electrical engineering
• William I. Robinson (born 1959), professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara
• William P. Robinson (born 1949), American educator, former president of Whitworth University
• William S. Robinson (1913–1996), American statistician who defined the ecological fallacy
• Bill Robinson (scientist) (1938–2011), New Zealand scientist, inventor of the lead rubber bearing
• W. C. Robinson (educator) (William Claiborne Robinson, 1861–1914), mathematics professor and president of Louisiana Tech University

Entertainment

• William Robinson (British painter) (1799–1839), English portrait-painter
• W. Heath Robinson (1872–1944), British cartoonist and illustrator
• Bill Robinson (1878–1949), American tap dancer known as Mr. Bojangles
• W. C. Robinson (1884–1942), actor known as William Robinson
• Bill Robinson (author) (1918–2007), American nautical author
• Willie Robinson (singer) (1926–2007), American blues singer
• Bill Robinson (jazz singer) (born 1929), American jazz singer
• Smokey Robinson (born 1940), American R&B and soul singer born William Robinson, Jr.
• Will Robinson (music producer) (born 1967), British music producer
• William Robinson (Australian painter) (1936–2025), Australian painter and lithographer
• William Ellsworth Robinson (1861–1918), American magician who used the stage name Chung Ling Soo
• Will Robinson, a fictional character in the Lost in Space television and film franchise

Politics

Religion

• William Robinson (martyr), Quaker martyr
• William Robinson (priest) (died 1642), archdeacon of Nottingham
• William Robinson (theologian) (1886–1963), British theologian
• William Robinson (bishop) (1916–2002), Canadian Anglican bishop

Sports

Others

• William Robinson (British architect) (1645–1712), surveyor general of Ireland from the 1670s until 1700
• Sir William Robinson, 2nd Baronet (1705–1785)
• William Robinson (historian) (1777–1848), solicitor and barrister
• William Robinson (law reporter) (1801–1870), law reporter
• William Robinson (murder victim) (died 1868), 1860s murder victim in British Columbia, Canada
• William Robinson (Canadian architect) (1812–1894), Canadian architect
• William Stevens Robinson (1818–1876), American journalist
• William D. Robinson (1826–1890), founder of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers during the American Civil War
• William Robinson (banker), governor of the Bank of England, 1847
• William Robinson (gardener) (1838–1935), Irish-born gardener and journalist
• William Robinson (inventor) (1840–1921), American electrical engineer and inventor of the failsafe track circuit for railroad signaling
• William J. Robinson (1867–1936), American physician, sexologist, and birth control campaigner
• William Sydney Robinson (1876–1963), Australian businessman, industrialist, and diplomat
• Billy Robinson (aviator) (1884–1916), American aviator
• William Leefe Robinson (1895–1918), British aviator
• Bill Robinson (fashion designer) (1948–1993), American fashion designer
• Bill Robinson (auto designer) (1925–2022), American automobile designer
• William W. Robinson (1819–1903), Union Army colonel
• William Robinson (sailor) (1902–1988), American round-the-world sailor

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