William Dobson was an English Baroque painter of the 17th century. William Dobson may also refer to: William Dobson (academic) (1650–1731), English academic, President of Trinity College, Oxford William Dobson (banker) (), English banker, apothecary, and Lord Mayor of York William Polk Dobson (1793–1846), American politician, state senator for Surry County, North Carolina William Charles Thomas Dobson (1817–1898), English painter William Dobson (antiquary) (1820–1884), English journalist and antiquary William Lambert Dobson (1833–1898), Australian judge and politician William J. Dobson (born 1973), American journalist See also SS William A. Dobson, liberty ships (1944)