William Watkins

William or Bill Watkins may refer to:

People

Politics

• William H. Watkins (politician) (1827–1888), elected delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention
• William Henry Watkins (1862–1924), British co-operative activist
• William J. Watkins Sr. (1803–1858), Black abolitionist and educator
• William Keith Watkins (born 1951), U.S. federal judge
• William Wirt Watkins (1826–1898), Arkansas politician

Sports

• Bill Watkins (baseball) (1858–1937), Canadian baseball manager
• Walter H. Watkins (1878–1937), known as Billy, head coach of the Auburn college football program, 1900–1901
• William Richard Watkins (1904–1986), English cricketer
• Billy Watkins (rugby, born c. 1910) (c. 1910–1972), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s
• Billy Watkins (rugby union, born 1933) (1933–2013), Welsh rugby player
• William Watkins (footballer), English footballer who played for Burnley between 1898 and 1902
• Bill Watkins (cricketer, born 1923) (1923–2005), Welsh cricketer

Other people

• Billy Watkins (musician) (1927–2010), gospel and song singer
• William Watkins (cleric) (fl. 1750–1762), Welsh cleric
• Bill Watkins (Seagate) (born c. 1953), CEO of Seagate Technology
• William John Watkins (born 1942), American science fiction writer and poet
• William Turner Watkins (1895–1961), American Methodist bishop
• William Watkins (entomologist) (1849–1900), English entomologist
• William Watkins (architect) (1834–1926), English architect
• William Lane Watkins (1852–1929), first black doctor to graduate from Boston University Medical School
• William Gregory Watkins (1869–1959), British architect
• W. P. Watkins (William Pascoe Watkins, 1893–1995), English co-operator and writer

Other uses

• William Watkins Ltd, a tugboat owning company
• William Watkins House, historic home in Tennessee

See also

• William Watkin (disambiguation)