William Nicholson may refer to: William Nicholson (English bishop) (1591–1672), Bishop of Gloucester William Nicholson (chemist) (1753–1815), English chemist, publisher, and inventor William Nicholson (artist, born 1781) (1781–1844), English portrait-painter and etcher William Nicholson (poet) (1782–1849), Scottish poet, known as the Bard of Galloway William Nicholson (U.S. Navy officer) (c. 1790–1872), U.S. Navy officer William Adams Nicholson (1803–1853), English architect William Newzam Nicholson (1816–1899), British Member of Parliament for Newark, 1880–1885 William Nicholson (Australian politician) (1816–1865), Mayor of Melbourne and Premier of Victoria William Nicholson (American bishop) (1822–1901), American bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church William Nicholson (distiller) (1824–1909), British distiller, politician, cricketer and cricket benefactor William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson (1845–1918), British field marshal and Chief of the Imperial General Staff William Jones Nicholson (1856–1931), U.S. Army general William Graham Nicholson (1862–1942), British Liberal Unionist and later Conservative Party politician Sir William Nicholson (Royal Navy officer) (1863–1932), British admiral William H. Nicholson (1869–1911), first African American fireman in the New York City Fire Department Sir William Nicholson (artist) (1872–1949), English painter and engraver William Nicholson (journalist) (1877–1957), New Zealand clerk, local politician, builder, journalist and editor Willie Nicholson (fl. 1924–1936), Scottish footballer William L. Nicholson (1926–2020), U.S. Air Force general William Nicholson (sound engineer) (born 1937), American film sound engineer William Nicholson (writer) (born 1948), British screenwriter, playwright and novelist See also Bill Nicholson (disambiguation) Billy Nicholson (disambiguation) William Nicolson (1655–1727), English divine and antiquary