William Gibson (born 1948) is an American-Canadian science fiction author.

William Gibson may also refer to:

Sports

• Will Gibson (1869–1911), Scottish footballer with Sunderland
• Billy Gibson (boxing) (1876–1947), boxing promoter and manager
• William Gibson (footballer, born 1876) (1876–?), Irish footballer who played for Sunderland AFC
• William Gibson (1920s footballer), Scottish football player
• William Gibson (footballer, born 1926) (1926–1995), Scottish footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers
• William Gibson (ice hockey) (1927–2006), Canadian hockey player
• Bill Gibson (basketball) (c. 1928–1975), American basketball coach
• Willie Gibson (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1992), Scottish footballer who played for Newcastle United
• Willie Gibson (footballer, born 1953), Scottish footballer for Hearts, Partick Thistle, Raith Rovers and Cowdenbeath
• Billy Gibson (footballer, born 1981), Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle
• Willie Gibson (footballer, born 1984), Scottish footballer who is currently player-manager for Queen of the South
• Billy Gibson (footballer, born 1990), English footballer who played for Yeovil Town

Politicians

• William Gibson-Craig (1797–1878), Scottish advocate and politician
• William Gibson (Canadian Independent Liberal politician) (1815–1890), Canadian Independent Liberal Member of Parliament
• William Harvey Gibson (1821–1894), Republican politician and American Union Army general
• William J. Gibson (died 1863), Wisconsin state senator who died in the Civil War
• W. C. Gibson (William Charles Gibson), Accountant General and Controller of Revenue of Ceylon, 1851–1861
• William Gibson (Liberal Party of Canada politician) (1849–1914), Canadian Member of Parliament and Senator
• William Gibson (Ulster Unionist Party politician) (1859/60–?), Member of the Senate of Northern Ireland
• William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne (1868–1942), Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament
• William Gibson (Australian politician) (1869–1955), Australian politician
• William Kennedy Gibson (1876–1949), Irish footballer and politician

Religion

• William Gibson (martyr) (1548–1596), English Catholic martyr
• William Gibson (priest) (1717–1754), Canon of Windsor and Archdeacon of Essex
• William Gibson (bishop) (1738–1821), Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of England
• William Gibson (minister) (1806–1867), Irish presbyterian minister
• William Gibson Sloan (1838–1914), Plymouth Brethren evangelist
• William Moroni Gibson (1847–1917), Mormon pioneer
• William Gibson (Dean of Ferns), Dean of Ferns from 1932 to 1936

Arts and entertainment

• William Hamilton Gibson (1850–1896), American illustrator, author and naturalist
• William Gibson (producer) (1869–1929), Australian film producer and exhibitor
• William Gibson (playwright) (1914–2008), American playwright, author of The Miracle Worker
• Bill Gibson (drummer) (born 1951), drummer for Huey Lewis and the News
• Bill Gibson (music producer) (born 1955), American music producer

Other

• William Gibson (painter) (1644–1702), English miniature painter
• William Gibson (anatomist) (died 1753), professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University
• William Sidney Gibson (1814–1871), English barrister and antiquarian
• William H. Gibson (educator) (1829–1906), American educator and civil rights activist
• William Pettigrew Gibson (1902–1960), Scottish art historian, Wallace Collection, Courtauld Institute of Art, National Gallery
• William Willard Gibson Jr. (born 1932), lawyer in Texas
• William Gibson (NAACP activist) (1933–2002), American dentist and chairman of NAACP
• William Clyde Gibson (born 1957), American convicted serial killer
• William Gibson (historian) (born 1959), British historian, academic, writer, and professor