William Emerson

William Emerson may refer to:

Architects

• William Emerson (American architect) (1873–1957), first dean of the MIT School of Architecture
• William Emerson (British architect) (1843–1924)
• William Ralph Emerson (1833–1917), American Shingle-style architect

Others

• William Emerson (mathematician) (1701–1782), English mathematician
• William Emerson Sr. (died 1776), minister and grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson
• William Emerson (minister) (1769–1811), Unitarian minister, father of Ralph Waldo Emerson
• William Henry Emerson (1860–1924), American chemist
• William Emerson (footballer) (1891–1961), British footballer for Burnley and Glentoran
• William A. Emerson (1921–2017), senior vice president and national sales director of Merrill Lynch
• William Emerson (journalist) (1923–2009), American journalist
• William Keith Emerson (1925–2016), American malacologist
• Bill Emerson (1938–1996), American politician from Missouri
• Bill Emerson (musician) (born 1938), American country music performer
• Billy "The Kid" Emerson (1925–2023), American R&B and rock and roll singer and songwriter

See also

• Emerson (surname)
• William Emmerson (1801–1868), English cricketer
• Bill Emmerson (born 1945), American politician from California