William Johnston

William Johnston may refer to:

Military
William Henry Johnston (1879–1915), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
William J. Johnston (1918–1990), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
William Preston Johnston (1831–1899), lawyer, scholar, poet, and Confederate soldier
Willie Johnston (Medal of Honor) (1850–?), drummer boy in Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry
William Johnston (British Army officer), succeeded John Keane, 1st Baron Keane

William Wallace Stewart Johnston (1887–1962), Australian soldier and medical doctor

Politics
William Johnston (Australian politician) (1829–1894), one of the Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877
William Johnston (Canadian politician) (1876–1925), Labour MLA for Medicine Hat, 1921–1926
William Johnston (congressman) (1819–1866), U.S. Representative from Ohio
William Johnston (Irish politician) (1829–1902), Irish politician and Orangeman
William Johnston (judge) (1804–1891), judge, legislator and bureaucrat from Ohio
William Johnston (Lord Provost) (1802–1888), Scottish map publisher and Lord Provost of Edinburgh
William Ernest George Johnston (1884–1951), Lord Mayor of Belfast
William Erskine Johnston (1905–1993), Canadian politician
William F. Johnston (1808–1872), governor of Pennsylvania, 1848–1852
William Johnston (senator), President pro tempore of the California State Senate

Religion
William Johnston (minister) (1921–2005), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Frank Johnston (priest) (William Francis Johnston, born 1930), Anglican priest and military chaplain
William Johnston (bishop) (1914–1986), of Dunwich

Sports
William Johnston (athlete) (born 1964), Paralympic athlete from Ireland
William Johnston (cricketer) (1867–1947), New Zealand cricketer
Willie Johnston (born 1946), Scottish former footballer
Delirious (wrestler) (William Hunter Johnston, born 1980), professional wrestler
Massa Johnston (William Johnston, 1881–1951), New Zealand rugby union and rugby league representative
William Johnston (English rugby union), played in 1910 Five Nations Championship
William Johnston (footballer) from List of Northern Ireland international footballers
William Johnston (ice hockey) in Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

Others
William Johnston (painter) (1732–1772), colonial American painter
William Joseph Johnston (novelist) (1924–2010), American novelist
William Johnston of Liverpool (1841–1917), early benefactor of the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
William Campbell Johnston (1860–1938), Scottish lawyer and cricketer
Will Johnston (William Michael Johnston, born 1936), American historian
William N. Johnston, 16th president of Wesley College (Delaware)
William L. Johnston (1811–1849), carpenter-architect in Philadelphia
William Johnston (producer) from Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture
William Johnston (screenwriter) of The Truth About Love
William Johnston (editor) from Edward Quillinan
William Johnston (mariner) from Johnston Passage

See also
Bill Johnston (disambiguation)
William Johnson (disambiguation)
William Johnstone (disambiguation)