William Stevenson

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 words william and/or stevenson:

    “April, April,
    Laugh thy girlish laughter;
    Then, the moment after,
    Weep thy girlish tears!”
    —Sir William Watson (1858–1935)

    “Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.”
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)