William Fox

William Fox may refer to:

Entertainment

 * William Fox (producer) (1879–1952), founder of movie studio Fox Film Corporation
 * William Fox (actor) (1911–2008), English comedy actor
 * William Fox (born 1939), birth and early professional name of James Fox
 * William Price Fox (1926–2015), American novelist and essayist
 * William Fox (organist), English organist

Politics

 * William Foxe (1480–1554), MP for Ludlow
 * William Fox (MP for City of York), 14th century Member of Parliament (MP) for City of York
 * William Fox (pamphleteer) (fl. 1791–1794), abolitionist
 * William Johnson Fox (1786–1864), British politician
 * William Fox (politician) (1812–1893), Premier of New Zealand
 * William H. Fox (1837–1913), Massachusetts lawyer, jurist, and politician

Sports

 * William Fox (footballer), Irish international footballer active in the 1880s
 * William Victor Fox (1898–1949), English footballer and cricketer
 * William Fox (wrestler) (1912–1999), English freestyle sport wrestler

Other

 * William Fox (fl. 17th century), Paymaster of the Forces of England
 * William Fox (pirate) (fl. 1717–1723), English pirate in the Caribbean
 * William Fox (deacon) (1736–1826), founder of the Sunday School Society
 * William Darwin Fox (1805–1880), English clergyman and amateur scientist
 * William Fox (palaeontologist) (1813–1881), English clergyman and palaeontologist
 * William Tilbury Fox (1836–1879), English dermatologist
 * William R. Fox (1837–1888), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
 * William F. Fox (1840–1909), American forester, author, member of 28th Regiment United States Colored Troops
 * William J. Fox (1897–1993), American military officer, engineer, and charro
 * William T. R. Fox (1912–1988), American professor of foreign policy at Columbia University
 * William Sherwood Fox (1878–1967), Canadian classical scholar
 * Ngataua Omahuru (c. 1863–1918), Māori lawyer, also known as William Fox