Scholars
- William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), English educator and Uranian poet
- William Ernest Johnson (1858–1931), British logician
- William Frederick Johnson (1852–1934), Irish naturalist
- William Johnson (author) (born 1931), Canadian journalist and author
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