William Prescott (disambiguation)

William Prescott (1726–1795) was an American colonel in the Revolutionary War.

William Prescott may also refer to:


 * William Prescott Jr. (1762–1844), United States lawyer
 * William Prescott (physician) (1788–1875), United States physician, politician, and naturalist
 * William H. Prescott (1796–1859), American historian
 * W. W. Prescott (William Warren Prescott, 1855–1944), Seventh-Day Adventist leader
 * Sir William Prescott, 1st Baronet (1874–1945), British engineer and Conservative Party politician
 * William Robert Stanley Prescott (1912–1962), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
 * William Prescott (Kansas politician) (born 1954), member of the Kansas House of Representatives
 * Sir William Prescott, a steam engine, see Kempton Park Steam Engines