William Richardson

William, Will, Willie, Bill or Billy Richardson may refer to:

Government and politics

Ireland

• William Richardson (1656–1727), MP for Armagh and Hillsborough
• William Richardson (died 1755) (1690–1755), MP for Augher
• William Richardson (1710–1758), MP for Armagh
• William Richardson (1749–1822), MP for Armagh
• Sir William Richardson, 1st Baronet (died 1830), MP for Augher and Ballyshannon

United States

• William Richardson (Maryland politician) (1735–1825), Revolutionary War soldier
• William Adams Richardson (1821–1896), Treasury secretary
• William Alexander Richardson (1811–1875), U.S. senator from Illinois
• William B. Richardson (1874–1945), Minnesota state senator
• William Emanuel Richardson (1886–1948), U.S. representatives from Pennsylvania
• William Henry Richardson (1808-1878), Connecticut state legislator
• William M. Richardson (1774–1838), U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1811–1814
• William N. Richardson (1839–1914), U.S. representative from Alabama, 1900–1914
• William P. Richardson (1824–1886), Republican politician from the state of Ohio, USA
• William P. Richardson (New York) (1848–?), New York politician
• William S. Richardson (1919–2010), Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
• Bill Richardson (born 1947), Governor of New Mexico, U.S. Secretary of Energy, US Congressman, and 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate
• H. L. Richardson (Hubert Leon "Bill" Richardson, born 1927), California state senator

Other

• William Richardson (governor) (died 1829), Deputy Governor of Anguilla

Sports

• William Richardson (Cambridge University cricketer) (1861–1933), English cricketer with Cambridge University
• William Richardson (Worcestershire cricketer) (1894–1971), English cricketer with Worcestershire
• William Richardson (Derbyshire cricketer) (born 1938), English cricketer with Derbyshire
• William "Ginger" Richardson, known as W. G. Richardson, (1909–1959) English footballer
• Bill Richardson (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1985), English professional footballer
• Bill Richardson (footballer, born 1943) (born 1943), English professional footballer
• Billy Richardson (died 2004), Irish soccer player
• Willie Richardson (1939–2016), American football wide receiver of the 1960s and '70s
• Bill Richardson (bodybuilder), former Mr. Universe (amateur) winner
• Bill Richardson (baseball) (1878–1949), American baseball player
• Willie Richardson (wrestler), member of the professional wrestling alliance Da Soul Touchaz

Religion

• William Richardson (martyr) (1572–1603), beatified Roman Catholic martyr
• William Richardson (bishop) (1844–1915), Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar, 1895–1901
• Willie Richardson (pastor), founder and Pastor of Christian Stronghold Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Academics

• William Richardson (antiquary) (1698–1775), English academic and antiquary
• William Richardson (classicist) (1743–1814), Scottish professor and scholar
• William J. Richardson (born 1920), American philosopher
• William C. Richardson (born 1940), President of Johns Hopkins University, 1990–1995

Other

• William A. Richardson (1795–1856), sea captain and early California entrepreneur
• William Blaney Richardson (1868–1927), American-Nicaraguan naturalist
• William Pallister Richardson (1873–1930), British trade unionist
• William R. Richardson (born 1929), U.S. Army general
• William Richardson (songwriter), Tyneside songwriter
• Will Richardson, author and blogger
• Bill Richardson (journalist) (1909–1986), British newspaper editor
• Bill Richardson (radio) (born 1955), Canadian radio personality