William Butler

William Butler may refer to:

Politicians

William Butler (fl.1386-1393), Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham
William Butler (1544–77), MP for Queenborough
William Boteler (died 1602) (1540–1602), or Butler, MP for Lyme Regis and Bedford
William Butler (1790–1850), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
William M. Butler (1861–1937), lawyer and legislator for the state of Massachusetts, United States Senator
William Henry Butler (1790–1865), English wine merchant and Mayor of Oxford
William Butler (New Zealand politician) (1841–1875), New Zealand politician

William Allen Butler (1825–1902), American lawyer and writer of poetical satires
William E. Butler (born 1939), American-British legal scholar

William Butler (colonel) (died 1789), American Revolutionary War soldier from Pennsylvania, one of five Butler brothers in the war
William Butler (1759–1821), American Revolutionary War soldier, 1790s militia general, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
William Butler (militiaman) (1759–1818), U.S. militia captain killed in the Creek War, namesake of Butler County, Alabama
William Orlando Butler (1791–1880), U.S. soldier in the War of 1812 and Mexican–American War, 1848 Democratic vice-presidential candidate
Sir William Butler (British Army officer) (1838–1910), 19th century British Army lieutenant general and adventurer
William Boynton Butler (1894–1972), British Army soldier awarded a Victoria Cross

William C. Butler (1844–1914), played football for England
William Butler (cricketer) (1871–1953), New Zealand first-class cricketer, later international Test cricket umpire
William Butler (footballer) (1872–?), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer

William Butler (actor), U.S. actor, played in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
William J. Butler (1860–1927), Irish silent film actor

William Butler (physician) (1535–1617), Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge
William F. Butler, African American leader after the American Civil War
William Archer Butler (1814–1848), Irish historian of philosophy
William Butler (brewer), whose company was merged into Mitchells & Butlers
William Butler (judge) (1822–1909), U.S. federal judge
William Butler (musician) (born 1982), American musician, member of the Arcade Fire
William Butler (sound designer), British/Canadian musician, sound designer and recording engineer
William Butler (author), author of the novel The Butterfly Revolution
William Butler (alchemist) (c. 1534–1617), Irish alchemist
William James Butler (1858–1932), New Zealand sawmiller and timber merchant
William John Butler (1818–1894), High Church Anglican priest
William Butler (canon) (died 1519), Canon of Windsor