William Hawkins may refer to: William Hawkins (c.1495-1554/55), MP for Plymouth Sir William Hawkins, 16th century representative of the English East India Company William Hawkins (serjeant-at-law) (1673–1746), English serjeant-at-law and legal writer William Hawkins (clergyman) (1722–1801), English poet and dramatist, son of the serjeant-at-law William Hawkins (governor) (1777–1819), governor of North Carolina William L. Hawkins (1895-1990), African-American folk artist William Hawkins (cricketer) (1861–1930), New Zealand cricketer William Ashbie Hawkins (1862–1941), African American lawyer in Baltimore William Henry Hawkins (1862–1930), Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand William D. Hawkins (1914–1943), American Marine awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II William Hawkins (songwriter and poet) (1940–2016), Canadian songwriter, musician and poet Trip Hawkins (born 1953), founder of Electronic Arts Bill Hawkins (American football) (born 1966), player for the Los Angeles Rams Yisrayl Hawkins (born Buffalo Bill Hawkins), 20th century religious leader William A. Hawkins (born 1954), CEO of Medtronic, a medical company in Minnesota William R. Hawkins, conservative American author and scholar William Warwick Hawkins, British Member of Parliament for Colchester