The surname Williamson was first found in the Royal burgh of Peebles, where this predominantly Scottish Clan who are a Sept of Clan Gunn held a Family Seat anciently, although their interests straddled the English Scottish border and they held territories as far south as Keswick in Cumberland.

List of persons with the surname

• Al Williamson (baseball) (1900–1978), American baseball player
• Al Williamson (1931–2010), American cartoonist
• Albert Williamson (1866–after 1891), English footballer
• Alexander William Williamson (1824–1904), British chemist
• Alexander Williamson (missionary) (1829–1890), Scottish missionary
• Alf Williamson (1893–1917), Australian Rules footballer
• Alice Muriel Williamson (1869–1933), British novelist; wife of Charles Norris Williamson
• Alison Williamson (born 1971), British archer
• Alix Williamson (1916–2001), American publicist
• Allen Williamson (fl. 1970), American politician
• Andrew Williamson (judge) (born 1946), Manx lawyer and government official
• Andrew Williamson (soldier) (c. 1730–1786) Scottish–born American soldier
• Anna Williamson (born 1981), British TV presenter
• Anna-Lise Williamson, South African virologist
• Archibald Williamson (1892–1972), English cricketer
• Arthur Williamson (1930–2020), Scottish footballer
• Ben Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Benedict Williamson (1868–1948), British architect and Catholic priest
• Benjamin Williamson (mathematician) (1827–1916), Irish mathematical physicist
• Bethany Williamson (born 1999), British trampoline gymnast
• Bobby Williamson (born 1961), Scottish football player and manager
• Bree Williamson (born 1979), Canadian actress
• Casey Williamson (1995–2002), American murder victim
• Charles Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Chris Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Clara McDonald Williamson (1875–1976), American painter
• Corliss Williamson (born 1973), American basketball player
• Craig Williamson (born 1949), South African apartheid-era police officer
• David Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Delano E. Williamson (1822–1903), Indiana Attorney General
• Devon Williamson, New Zealand playwright
• Dominic Williamson (born 1975), English cricketer
• Donald I. Williamson (1922–2016), British planktonologist
• Drew Williamson (born 1983), Australian basketball player
• Elizabeth Williamson, professor of pharmacy
• Eric Miles Williamson (born 1961), American novelist
• Emily Williamson (1855–1936), English philanthropist
• Felix D. Williamson (1921–1947), American World War II flying ace
• Francis John Williamson (1833–1920), British portrait sculptor
• Gavin Williamson (born 1976), British politician
• Gary M. Williamson (1936–2023), American politician
• Geordie Williamson (born 1981), Australian mathematician
• George B. Williamson (born 1946), American politician
• Harold Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet (1797–1861), British politician
• Sir Hedworth Williamson, 8th Baronet (1827–1900), British politician
• Henry Williamson (1895–1977), British novelist
• Henry Charles Williamson (1871–1949), Scottish pioneer of marine biology
• Herbert Williamson (1871–1946), English football goalkeeper
• Hugh Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• James Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Jack Williamson (1908–2006), American science fiction writer
• J. C. Williamson (1845–1913), Australian theatrical producer
• Jason Williamson, English vocalist and lyricist
• John Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Johnny Williamson (1929–2021), English footballer
• Johnny Williamson (1895–1979), Scottish footballer
• Joseph Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Kane Williamson (born 1990), New Zealand cricketer
• Kendall Williamson (born 1999), American football player
• Kenneth Williamson (1914–1977), British ornithologist
• Kevin Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Kramer Williamson (died 2013), American sprint car racing driver
• Lambert Williamson (1907–1975), British composer of film scores
• Leah Williamson (born 1997), English association footballer
• Lee Williamson (American football) (born 1968), American football player
• Linda Williamson (born 1952), American politician
• Lionel Williamson (born 1944), Australian rugby league footballer
• Liz Williamson (1949–2024), Australian textile artist and art educator
• Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003), Australian composer
• Malcolm J. Williamson, British mathematician and cryptographer
• Marianne Williamson (born 1952), American spiritual activist, author, and lecturer
• Mark Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Martha Williamson (born 1955), American television writer, producer, author, activist, Christian
• Martha Burton Williamson (1843–1922), American malacologist and journalist
• Matthew Williamson (born 1971), British fashion designer
• Maurice Williamson (born 1951), New Zealand politician
• Michael Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Moses O. Williamson (1850–1935), American politician
• Ned Williamson (1857–1895), American professional baseball player
• Nicholas Williamson, English secret agent, arrested in 1595
• Nicol Williamson (1936–2011), Scottish actor
• Norman Williamson (born 1969), jockey
• Norris C. Williamson (1874–1949), American politician
• Oliver E. Williamson (1932–2020), American economist
• Paul Williamson (born 1948), retired Anglo-Catholic clergyman and controversialist
• Pliny W. Williamson (1876–1958), New York state senator
• Pooh Williamson (born 1973), American basketball player and coach
• Richard Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Wood Williamson (1856–1932), British solicitor and anthropologist
• Robin Williamson (born 1943), Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Robin C. N. Williamson (born 1942), president of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Roger Williamson (1948–1973), English Formula 1 driver
• Ron Williamson (1953–2004), American baseball player wrongly convicted of rape and murder
• Roy Williamson (1936–1990), Scottish songwriter, most notably of The Corries
• Roy Williamson (bishop) (1932–2019), English clergyman
• Samuel Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Shirley Williamson (1875–1944), painter and printmaker
• Sonny Boy Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Stephen F. Williamson, United States Naval Officer
• T. Roney Williamson (1852–1896), American architect
• Timothy Williamson (born 1955), British philosopher
• Troy Williamson (born 1983), American football wide receiver
• Troy Williamson (boxer) (born 1991), British boxer
• Wally Williamson (1907–1965), Australian footballer
• Sir Walter James Franklin Williamson (1867–1954), British civil servant and naturalist
• William Williamson (disambiguation), several people
• Zion Williamson (born 2000), American basketball player

See also

• All pages with titles containing Williamson
• Allen Williamson Bridge, road bridge in Payne County, Oklahoma
• Clan Gunn, related family

Surname list

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