Science and Academics
- William Anderson (horticulturist) (1766–1846), Scottish horticulturist
- William Anderson (engineer) (1835–1898), British engineer and philanthropist
- William Anderson (naturalist) (1750–1778), naturalist on Captain Cook's third voyage (1776–1780), died aboard the Resolution
- William Anderson (political scientist) (1888–1975), professor at University of Minnesota, served on federal commissions
- William Caldwell Anderson (1804–1870), President of Miami University
- William French Anderson (born 1936), American geneticist and molecular biologist
- William Henry Anderson (1908–1997), American entomologist
- William James Anderson (1812–1873), Scottish physician who emigrated to Canada
- Eric Anderson (educator) (William Kinloch Anderson, born 1936), Provost of Eton College, 2000–2009
- William L. Anderson (born 1953), American economist and writer
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