title: William Dobson (disambiguation)
text: # William Dobson (disambiguation)
  
  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) (fl. 1729–1730), 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
  