William Carter

William Carter may refer to:

Artists and Entertainers

 * William Carter (actor) (1902–1952), Australian silent film actor and company director
 * William Carter (composer) (1838–1917), English composer, conductor, and organist
 * William Carter (photographer) (born 1934), American photographer
 * Bill Carter (born 1966), American film director
 * Bill Carter (musician), American singer, songwriter and musician

Businessmen

 * William Carter (ink maker) (died 1895), American founder of what became Carter's Ink Company
 * William E. Carter (1875–1940), American businessman and RMS Titanic survivor
 * William Leonard Carter (1877–1917), British businessman and army officer
 * Billy Carter (1937–1988), American businessman and younger brother of American President Jimmy Carter

Politicians

 * William Blount Carter (1792–1848), American politician from Tennessee
 * William Carter (Tasmanian politician) (1796–1878), first mayor of Hobart
 * William Grayson Carter (died 1849), American politician from Kentucky
 * William Carter (Wisconsin politician) (1833–1905), American politician from Wisconsin
 * Sir William Carter (mayor) (1848–1932), mayor of Windsor, England, 1908–1928
 * William Carter (Mansfield MP) (1862–1932), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Mansfield, 1918–1922
 * William Henry Carter (1864–1955), United States Representative from Massachusetts
 * William Carter (St Pancras South West MP) (1867–1940), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for St Pancras South West, 1929–1931
 * William Arnold Carter (1907–1996), American Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, 1960–1962
 * William Lacy Carter (1925–2017), American politician and businessman
 * William Carter (Queensland politician) (1899–1969), publican and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 * Hodding Carter III (William Hodding Carter III, 1935–2023), American journalist and politician, son of Hodding Carter II
 * W. Beverly Carter Jr. (1921–1982), American ambassador

Religious figures

 * William Carter (bishop) (1850–1941), Anglican bishop in Africa
 * William Carter (martyr) (c. 1548–1584), English printer and martyr

Sportsmen

 * William Carter (cricketer, born 1822) (1822–1847), English cricketer
 * William Carter (Surrey cricketer) (1841–1888), English cricketer
 * William Carter (catcher) (1889–?), American baseball player
 * William Carter (third baseman), American baseball player
 * Billy Carter (ice hockey) (born 1937), retired Canadian ice hockey forward

Others

 * William Harding Carter (1851–1925), United States Army major general and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Hodding Carter (William Hodding Carter II, 1907–1972), American journalist
 * Will Carter (1912–2001), owner of the Rampant Lions Press and font designer
 * William C. Carter (born 1941), Professor Emeritus of French at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, noted Proust scholar