William Stone

William, Billy or Bill Stone may refer to:

Politicians

 * William Stone (MP for Salisbury), member of parliament (MP) for Salisbury
 * William Stone (Maryland governor) (1603–1660), governor of the colony of Maryland
 * William Stone (Tennessee politician) (1791–1853), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
 * William H. Stone (politician), California politician
 * William M. Stone (1827–1893), governor of Iowa
 * William Henry Stone (1828–1901), U.S. representative from Missouri
 * William Henry Stone (physician) (1830–1891), English physician, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
 * William Henry Stone (MP) (1834–1896), British politician, MP for Portsmouth (1865–1874)
 * William Johnson Stone (1841–1923), U.S. representative from Kentucky
 * William A. Stone (1846–1920), governor of Pennsylvania
 * William J. Stone (1848–1918), governor of Missouri, U.S. representative and senator
 * William F. Stone (1909–1973), Virginia lawyer and legislator
 * William Frank Stone (active 1977-1978), Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan
 * Bill Stone (politician) (born 1965), member of the Mississippi State Senate

Sports

 * Billy Stone (rugby), English rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s
 * Bill Stone (footballer) (1894–1975), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
 * Billy Stone (Australian footballer) (1901–1993), Australian rules footballer for Carlton
 * Billy Stone (American football) (1925–2004), American football running back
 * Billy Stone (arena football) (born 1963), former American football fullback

Military

 * Bill Stone (Royal Navy sailor) (1900–2009), one of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War
 * William S. Stone (1910–1968), U.S. Air Force general and U.S. Air Force Academy superintendent

Others

 * William Stone (mercer) (died 1607), London cloth merchant
 * William Murray Stone (1779–1838), American Episcopal bishop of Maryland
 * William Leete Stone Sr. (1792–1844), American journalist, publisher and public official in New York City
 * William Oliver Stone (1830–1875), American portrait painter
 * William Leete Stone Jr. (1835–1908), American historical writer and journalist
 * William Stone (attorney) (1842–1897), American Freedmen's Bureau agent, Attorney General of South Carolina
 * William Carlos Stone (1859–1939), American engineer and philatelist
 * W. Clement Stone (1902–2002), American businessman, philanthropist and self-help book author
 * William Duncan Stone, Hong Kong judge, see Silver Bauhinia Star (received in 2011)
 * Bill Stone (nephrologist) (1936–2020), American nephrologist
 * William Stone (baritone) (born 1944), American operatic baritone
 * William Stone (caver) (born 1952), American engineer, expeditionary caver and explorer
 * William C. Stone (born 1955), American businessman (chairman and CEO of SS&C Technologies)