William Carpenter

William Carpenter may refer to:


 * William Carpenter (1797–1874), theological and political writer, journalist, and editor
 * William Carpenter (Australian politician) (1863–1930), Australian politician
 * William Carpenter (flat-Earth theorist) (1830–1896), advocate of the Flat Earth theory
 * William Carpenter (painter) (1818–1899), watercolours of India
 * William Carpenter (Rhode Island colonist) (c. 1610–1685), co-founder of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
 * William Carpenter (writer) (born 1940), American author
 * William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885), English physiologist and naturalist
 * William Boyd Carpenter (1841–1918), Church of England clergyman and bishop of Ripon
 * William H. Carpenter (1821–1885), U.S. Consul to Fuzhou, China, during the American Civil War years
 * William Henry Carpenter (philologist) (1853–1936), American philologist
 * William Hookham Carpenter (1792–1866), keeper at the British Museum
 * William J. Carpenter (1827–1921), West Virginia outdoorsman
 * Ken Carpenter (discus thrower) (William Kenneth Carpenter), Olympic discus winner
 * William Kyle Carpenter, (born 1989), Medal of Honor recipient
 * William L. Carpenter (1844–1898), U.S. Army officer, naturalist and geologist
 * William L. Carpenter (Michigan judge) (1854–1936), member of the Michigan Supreme Court
 * William Marbury Carpenter (1811–1848), American physician and naturalist
 * William Randolph Carpenter (1894–1956), US congressman
 * Bill Carpenter (William S. Carpenter, Jr., born 1937), American football player and army officer
 * William T. Carpenter, psychiatrist
 * William Thomas Carpenter (1854–1933), cowman and author
 * William Carpenter of Rehoboth (born 1605), co-founder of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, see Rehoboth Carpenter family
 * William the Carpenter (fl. 1087–1102), French nobleman