William McPherson

William McPherson or Macpherson may refer to:


 * William Macpherson (bureaucrat) (1784–1866), clerk of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
 * William Macpherson (British Army officer) (1858–1927), colonel-commandant and author
 * William Macpherson (judge) (1926–2021), judge of the High Court of England and Wales and chair of the enquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence
 * William MacPherson (priest) (1901–1978), Anglican dean of Lichfield
 * William Macpherson (cricketer), English cricketer
 * William Macpherson (legal writer), Scottish legal writer
 * William McPherson (university president) (1864–1951), president of Ohio State University
 * William Murray McPherson (1865–1932), Australian philanthropist and politician
 * William McPherson Allen (1900–1985), American aircraft businessman
 * William McPherson (writer) (1933–2017), 1977 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
 * William David McPherson (1863–1929), Ontario barrister and political figure