William Stevenson may refer to:
- Sir William Stevenson (poet) (1530–1575), English poet
- Sir William Stevenson (colonial administrator) (1805–1863), Governor of Mauritius
- William Ford Stevenson (1811–1852), Fellow of the Royal Society
- William E. Stevenson (1820–1883), American politician, Governor of West Virginia
- William Grant Stevenson (1849–1919), Scottish sculptor and painter
- William Ernest Stevenson (born 1870s), Northern Irish Senator
- William Francis Stevenson (1861–1942), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina
- William Stevenson (bishop) (1878–1945), Australian Anglican bishop
- William H. Stevenson (1891–1978), U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin
- William Stevenson (athlete) (1900–1985), U.S. Olympic athlete, lawyer, and ambassador
- William Stevenson (canoer) (born 1923), Canadian canoer
- William Stevenson (New Zealand politician) (1901–1983), New Zealand industrialist and philanthropist
- William Stevenson (Canadian writer) (born 1925), British-born Canadian author and journalist
- William Stevenson (judge) (born 1934), Canadian Supreme Court justice
- William Stevenson (Scottish writer) (1772–1829), Scottish nonconformist preacher and writer; father of Elizabeth Gaskell
- William "Mickey" Stevenson (fl. 1964), Motown songwriter and record producer
- Willie Stevenson (born 1939), footballer
Famous quotes containing the word stevenson:
“Stevenson had noble ideas—as did the young Franklin for that matter. But Stevenson felt that the way to implement them was to present himself as a thoughtful idealist and wait for the world to flock to him. He considered it below him, or wrong, to scramble out among the people and ask them what they wanted. Roosevelt grappled voters to him. Stevenson shied off from them. Some thought him too pure to desire power, though he showed ambition when it mattered.”
—Garry Wills, U.S. historian. Certain Trumpets: The Call of Leaders, ch. 9, Simon & Schuster (1994)