William Rathbone

William Rathbone may refer to:


 * William R. Rathvon (1854–1939), sometimes incorrectly referred to as William V Rathvon or William V Rathbone, eye-witness to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
 * Several members Rathbone family of Liverpool, England:
 * William Rathbone II (1696–1746), sawyer
 * William Rathbone III (1726–1789), merchant and ship-owner
 * William Rathbone IV (1757–1809), merchant and ship-owner
 * William Rathbone V (1787–1868)
 * William Rathbone VI (1819–1902), British Liberal Party, Member of Parliament 1880–1895
 * William Rathbone X OBE (1936-2022), member of the Council of the Queen's Nursing Institute, chief executive of the charity RUKBA, and trustee or advisor of nine other charities.