William Robinson
Wikimedia disambiguation page
William, Will, or Bill Robinson may refer to:
Academics
William Robinson (fl. 1670), founder of the Robinson's School in Penrith, Cumbria
William Robinson (benefactor) (1794–1864), American school founder
William Callyhan Robinson (1834–1911), American law professor at Yale
William H. Robinson, American professor of electrical engineering
William I. Robinson (born 1959), professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara
William P. Robinson (born 1949), American educator, former president of Whitworth University
William S. Robinson (1913–1996), American statistician who defined the ecological fallacy
Bill Robinson (scientist) (1938–2011), New Zealand scientist, inventor of the lead rubber bearing
W. C. Robinson (educator) (William Claiborne Robinson, 1861–1914), mathematics professor and president of Louisiana Tech University
Entertainment
William Robinson (British painter) (1799–1839), English portrait-painter
W. Heath Robinson (1872–1944), British cartoonist and illustrator
Bill Robinson (1878–1949), American tap dancer known as Mr. Bojangles
W. C. Robinson (1884–1942), actor known as William Robinson
Bill Robinson (author) (1918–2007), American nautical author
Willie Robinson (singer) (1926–2007), American blues singer
Bill Robinson (jazz singer) (born 1929), American jazz singer
Smokey Robinson (born 1940), American R&B and soul singer born William Robinson, Jr.
Will Robinson (music producer) (born 1967), British music producer
William Robinson (Australian painter) (1936–2025), Australian painter and lithographer
William Ellsworth Robinson (1861–1918), American magician who used the stage name Chung Ling Soo
Will Robinson, a fictional character in the Lost in Space television and film franchise
Politics
United States
William Robinson (Rhode Island official) (1693–1751), deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
William Robinson Jr. (1785–1868), American politician and businessman
William Erigena Robinson (1814–1892), United States Representative from New York
William Whipple Robinson (active 1874–1906), Los Angeles City auditor
William Robinson (Wisconsin politician) (1825–1895), English-born Wisconsin politician
William F. Robinson (1913–2008), American politician in the Erie County Legislature
William Edmond Robinson (1920–1992), American politician in Missouri
William G. Robinson (1926–2011), American politician in Massachusetts
William P. Robinson Sr. (1911–1981), American politician in Virginia
Billy Robinson (politician) (1942–2006), American politician in Virginia
William Russell Robinson (1942–2020), American politician
Lee Robinson (politician) (William Lee Robinson, 1943–2015), American politician in Georgia
Will Robinson (Florida politician), (born 1975), American politician in Florida
William P. Robinson III (active since 1988), Rhode Island Supreme Court justice
William M. Robinson, American politician from Mississippi
William N. Robinson, member of the California State Assembly
United Kingdom
William Robinson (by 1515-55/58), MP for Worcester
William Robinson (1522–1616), MP for City of York
William Robinson (fl.
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