William Greene

William Greene may refer to:

Business figures

 * William G. Greene (1812–1894), businessman and friend of Abraham Lincoln
 * William Batchelder Greene (1819–1878), American individualist anarchist and banking reformer
 * William Cornell Greene (1852–1911), mining magnate
 * William Greene (economist) (born 1951), American economist

Political and government figures

 * William atte Greene represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)
 * William Greene (MP for Portsmouth) in 1597, Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth
 * William Greene (colonial governor) (1695–1758), colonial governor of Rhode Island
 * William Greene (governor) (1731–1809), governor of state of Rhode Island during American Revolutionary War
 * William Greene (MP) (1748–1829), Member of Parliament for Dungarvan, 1802–1806
 * William Greene (lieutenant governor) (1797–1883), Rhode Island lieutenant governor after the Civil War
 * William S. Greene (1841–1924), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
 * William Laury Greene (1849–1899), Nebraska Populist politician
 * Sir William Graham Greene (1857–1950), English civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty
 * William Pomeroy Crawford Greene (1884–1959), British Member of Parliament for Worcester, 1923–1945
 * Bill Greene (1930–2002), Democratic member of the California State Assembly and the California State Senate
 * William G. Greene Jr. (born 1940), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Religious figures

 * William Greene (Dean of Achonry) (died 1843), Dean of Achonry, 1821–1824
 * William Greene (Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin) (1827–1910), Dean of Christ Church, Dublin
 * William Greene (Dean of Lismore) (died 1930), Dean of Lismore, 1919–1930

Others

 * William Friese-Greene (1855–1921), portrait photographer and prolific inventor
 * W. Howard Greene (1895–1956), Hollywood cinematographer specializing in Technicolor
 * Willie Greene (born 1971), baseball player
 * William P. Greene Jr., Chief Judge of United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
 * William Greene (aviator) (1874–1952), American aviation pioneer
 * William A. Greene (1913–1967), publicist
 * William Hallett Greene, first black member of the U.S. Signal Corps