William Maxwell

William Maxwell may refer to:

Arts

 * William Maxwell (engraver) (c. 1766–1809), printer of the Sentinel of the Northwest Territory newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio
 * W. B. Maxwell (William Babington Maxwell, 1866–1938), British novelist
 * William Hamilton Maxwell (1792–1850), Scots-Irish novelist
 * William James Maxwell (1843–1903), Scottish-born sculptor in Australia
 * William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (1908–2000), American editor and writer

Education

 * William Maxwell (educator) (1784–1857), seventh President of Hampden–Sydney College
 * William Henry Maxwell (1852–1920), superintendent of public schools in New York City

Medicine

 * William Maxwell (physician) (1581–1641), Scottish physician
 * William Maxwell (physician) (1769–1826), Scottish physician

Military

 * William Maxwell (Continental Army general) (1733–1796), Irish-born American soldier from New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War
 * William C. Maxwell (1892–1920), American pilot in the United States Air Force

Politics and administration

 * Sir William Maxwell, 5th Baronet, of Monreith, British MP for Wigtownshire, 1805–1812 and 1822–1830
 * William Maxwell (Australian politician) (1867–1921), gold miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 * William Maxwell (co-operator) (1841–1929), Scottish co-operative activist
 * William Maxwell (railroad executive) (1794–1856), American business executive and politician, president of the Erie Railroad 1842–1843
 * William Edward Maxwell, British colonial official, governor of the Gold Coast
 * George Maxwell (administrator) (William George Maxwell, 1871–1959), British naturalist and colonial administrator in British Malaya and Straits Settlements
 * William Herries Maxwell (1852–1933), British MP for Dumfriesshire, 1892–1895 and 1900–1906
 * William John Maxwell, 18th Naval Governor of Guam

Sports

 * William Maxwell (footballer) (1876–1940), Scottish footballer, manager of the Belgium national football team
 * Bill Maxwell (1882–1917), Australian rules footballer

Other

 * William Maxwell, 5th Lord Herries of Terregles (died 1603), Scottish politician
 * William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale (1676–1744), Catholic nobleman
 * William Maxwell (journalist) (1860–1928), British journalist, soldier, writer and civil servant
 * William Sutherland Maxwell (1874–1952), Canadian architect and a Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith