William Saunders

William or Bill Saunders may refer to:

Science

 * William Saunders (physician) (1743–1817), Scottish physician, first president of Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society
 * William Wilson Saunders (1809–1879), British entomologist
 * William Saunders (botanist) (1822–1900), American horticulturist and landscape designer
 * William Saunders (scientist) (1836–1914), Canadian pharmacist, entomologist, and plant breeder
 * William Lawrence Saunders (1856–1931), American mining engineer and chairman of Ingersoll Rand
 * William Edwin Saunders (1861–1943), Canadian naturalist

Sports

 * Bud Saunders (William Howard "Bud" Saunders 1884–1967), American football and basketball coach
 * William B. Saunders (1896–1977), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
 * Bill Saunders (1898–1950), American college football coach
 * Billy Saunders (born 1937), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Billy Joe Saunders (born 1989), British boxer
 * William Saunders (footballer) (fl. 1900), football goalkeeper for Burslem Port Vale

Other

 * William Saunders (died 1570), MP for Gatton and Surrey
 * William Saunders (builder) (1767–1861), American architect
 * William Saunders (poet) (1806–1851), Welsh poet writing in Welsh
 * William Saunders (Liberal politician) (1823–1895), British newspaper publisher and Liberal Party politician
 * William Saunders (photographer) (1832–1892), British photographer
 * William Gualbert Saunders (1837–1923), English designer of stained glass
 * William L. Saunders (1835–1891), colonel in the U.S. Civil War and North Carolina secretary of state
 * William Penman Saunders (1912–1980), business manager and politician in Newfoundland, Canada