Arts and Entertainment
- William Allen Johnson (1816–1901), organ builder, Johnson Organs
- Bunk Johnson (William Gary Johnson, 1879–1949), American jazz musician
- William Johnson (artist) (1901–1970), African-American painter of the Harlem Renaissance
- Zip the Pinhead (William Henry Johnson, 1842–1926), circus entertainer
- William Johnson (actor) (1916–1957), American actor
- William Manuel Johnson (1872–1972), American jazz musician
- William L. Johnson, American actor and musician
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