William Bassett

William Bassett may refer to:


 * William Bassett (by 1531–52 or later), MP for Maldon
 * William Bassett (died 1553), MP for Derbyshire
 * William Bassett (died 1586) (1507–1586), MP for Glamorgan
 * William Bassett (died 1601), MP for Staffordshire
 * William Bassett (Royalist) (died 1656), MP for Bath
 * William Bassett (d. 1667), early New England colonist
 * William Bassett (died 1693) (1628–1693), MP for Bath
 * William Bassett Jr. (1624–1703), whose daughter Elizabeth Proctor was accused of witchcraft in the 1692 Salem witch trials


 * William H. Bassett (born 1935), American actor
 * William Bassett (USAF officer), a USAF officer who, contrary to a received order, decided not to launch missiles armed with nuclear warheads while stationed at Okinawa during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis