Sciences
- William Watson (botanist) (1858–1925), British botanist and horticulturalist
- William Watson (scientist) (1715–1787), English physician and scientist
- William Watson (surveyor and scientist) (1784–1857), cartographer and sundial-maker from Seaton Ross
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