title: William Benson
text: # William Benson
  
  William, Willem, Will, or Bill Benson may refer to:
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Bill Benson (rugby league) (1893–1968), Australian rugby league player
  * Bill Benson (ice hockey) (1920–2012), Canadian ice hockey centreman
  * William Benson (swimmer) (born 1987), New Zealand swimmer
  * Will Benson (born 1998), American baseball player
  
  ## Others
  
  * William Benson (abbot) (died 1549), English Benedictine
  * Willem Benson (1521–1574), Flemish Renaissance painter
  * William Benson (architect) (1682–1754), British amateur architect and political figure
  * William E. Benson (1873–1915), African-American businessman and educator
  * William Henry Benson (1803–1870), British amateur malacologist
  * William Thomas Benson (1824–1885), Canadian entrepreneur and politician
  * William S. Benson (1855–1932), American admiral
  * William Ralganal Benson (1862–1937), Native American basket maker
  * William Sol Benson (1877–1945), American esperantist, author of "Benson's Universal Method" for Esperanto's (self-)teaching
  * William Noel Benson (1885–1957), Australian/New Zealand geologist
  