William Lawson may refer to: William Lawson (banker) (1772–1848), businessman, office holder, justice of the peace and politician born in Nova Scotia William Lawson (co-operator) (1836–1916), co-operator and agriculturalist William Lawson (explorer) (1774–1850), explorer of New South Wales, Australia William Lawson (priest) (c.1554–1635), English cleric and writer on gardening William Lawson (speedway rider) (born 1987), former Scottish speedway rider William P. Lawson (1879 or 1880–1946), American investment banker and politician W. R. Lawson William Ramage Lawson (1840–1922), British journalist, economics writer William Lawson's, a brand of whisky owned by Bacardi Dr. William B. Lawson, African American psychiatrist and researcher