William Stanley

William Stanley or Bill Stanley is the name of:

Politicians and noblemen

 * William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle (1528–1581), English politician, MP for Lancashire
 * William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561–1642), English politician
 * William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655 – 1702), English politician
 * William Stanley (MP for Southampton) (1610–1678), English merchant and politician
 * William Stanley (1640–1670), English politician, MP for Liverpool
 * William Owen Stanley (1802–1884), British MP and Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey
 * William Eugene Stanley (1844–1910), American politician, Governor of Kansas
 * William Stillman Stanley Jr. (1838–?), Wisconsin jeweler and legislator
 * Bill Stanley (politician) (William M. Stanley Jr., born 1967), American politician

Military figures

 * William Stanley (died 1495), English leader in the Wars of the Roses
 * William Stanley (born 1548), English officer under Elizabeth I
 * William A. Stanley (1831–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

Other people

 * William Stanley (composer) (1820–1902), English-born Australian classical music composer
 * William Stanley (inventor) (1829–1909), British architect and inventor
 * William Stanley (priest) (1647–1731), English churchman and college head
 * William Stanley (Hawaii judge) (1872–1939), Irish lawyer and judge of the Republic of Hawaii
 * William Stanley (football manager), British footballer and first manager of Coventry City F.C.
 * William O. Stanley (William Oliver Stanley, Jr., fl. 1930s), American professor
 * William Stanley Jr. (1858–1916), American physicist
 * Bill Stanley (American football) (fl. 1924)
 * Bill Stanley (mammalogist) (William T. Stanley, c. 1957 – 2015)