William Baxter

William Baxter may refer to:

Politicians

 * William Baxter (Nova Scotia politician) (1760–1832), physician and politician in Nova Scotia
 * William Edward Baxter (1825–1890), British politician and traveller
 * William Duncan Baxter (1868–1960), mayor of Cape Town, South Africa, 1907–1908
 * William Baxter (Scottish politician) (1911–1979), British Labour Party politician, MP 1959–1974

Scholars and educators

 * William Baxter (scholar) (1650–1723), Welsh scholar
 * William Baxter (Oxford Botanic Garden curator) (1787–1871), Scots botanist, author of British Phaenogamous Botany
 * William Baxter (botanist) (1787–c. 1836), English botanist who collected in Australia
 * William Baxter (law professor) (1929–1998), American law professor
 * William H. Baxter (born 1949), American linguist
 * William Baxter (clergyman) (1820–1880), second president of Arkansas College

Other

 * William Giles Baxter (1856–1888), English cartoonist
 * William Robert Baxter (born 1960), British hospitality entrepreneur
 * William "Bucky" Baxter (1955–2020), American guitarist
 * Will Baxter, a fictional character in Eureka Seven anime series