William Butler

William Butler may refer to:

Actors

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

Law

 * William Allen Butler (1825–1902), American lawyer and writer of poetical satires
 * William E. Butler (born 1939), American-British legal scholar
 * William Butler (judge) (1822–1909), U.S. federal judge

Military

 * 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

Music

 * William Butler (musician) (born 1982), American musician, member of the Arcade Fire
 * William Butler (sound designer), British/Canadian musician, sound designer and recording engineer

Politics

 * William Butler (fl. 1386–1393), Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham
 * William Butler (1544–1577), 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 Butler (fl. 1859–1863), Illinois State Treasurer
 * 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

Religion

 * William Butler (missionary) (1818–1899), Irish-born U.S. Methodist Episcopal missionary to Mexico and India
 * William John Butler (1818–1894), High Church Anglican priest
 * William Butler (canon) (died 1519), Canon of Windsor

Sports

 * 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) (1872–1953), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer

Others

 * 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 (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