William Phillips

William Phillips may refer to:

Entertainment

 * William Phillips (editor) (1907–2002), American editor and co-founder of Partisan Review
 * William T. Phillips (1863–1937), American author
 * William Phillips (director), Canadian film-maker who wrote and directed the film Gunless
 * William Phillips (musician), Grammy-winning songwriter
 * William Phillips (1864–1943), American character actor known as Tully Marshall
 * Tourist (musician) (William Edward Phillips, born 1987), UK

Politics

 * William Phillips Sr. (1722–1804), Boston merchant and politician
 * William Phillips Jr. (1750–1827), Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1812–1823
 * William Edward Phillips (fl. 1810–1826), Governor of Penang
 * William A. Phillips (1824–1893), American lawyer and politician
 * William Phillips (diplomat) (1878–1968), U.S. diplomat, first United States ambassador to Canada
 * William M. Phillips (1900–1962), Philadelphia city councilman

Science

 * William Phillips (geologist) (1775–1828), British mineralogist who founded the Geological Society of London
 * William Phillips (botanist) (1822–1905), English botanist and antiquary
 * William Dale Phillips (1925–1993), American chemist and member of the National Academy of Sciences
 * William Daniel Phillips (born 1948), Nobel laureate physicist specializing in laser cooling of atoms

Sports

 * William David Phillips (1855–1918), Wales international rugby union player
 * William Phillips (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–?), cricketer and test match umpire
 * William Phillips (basketball) (born 1979), American basketball player
 * William Phillips (water polo) (1943–2022), Australian water polo player
 * Will Phillips (cricketer) (born 1993), English cricketer
 * William Lloyd Phillips, Welsh gymnast
 * William Phillips (sailor), Australian sailor
 * Will Phillips (footballer), Australian rules footballer

Other

 * William Phillips (British Army officer) (1731–1781), a major-general in the American Revolutionary War
 * William Eric Phillips (1890s–1964), chairman and chief executive officer of Massey Ferguson
 * William Phillips (economist) (1914–1975), New Zealander known for the Phillips curve and Moniac hydraulic computer
 * William Phillips (gunman) (c. 1947–2007), responsible for a standoff with police at the Johnson Space Center, 2007