William Shaw
William Shaw may refer to:
- William Shaw (Irish politician) (1823–1895), leader of the Home Rule League after between Isaac Butt and Charles Stewart Parnell.
- William Shaw (philosopher) (born 1948), chair of the Philosophy department in San José State University
- William Shaw (Reverend), 17th century British Christian clergyman who founded Barton, Maryland in the United States in 1794
- William Shaw (businessman), president and chief operating officer of Marriott International Inc.
- William Shaw (writer), British journalist and writer
- William Rawson Shaw (1860–1932), British politician, MP for Halifax, 1893–1897
- William Shaw (Quebec politician) (born 1932), Canadian politician and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, 1976–1981
- William Shaw (New Brunswick politician) (1839–?), farmer, baker and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
- William McNairn Shaw (1822–1868), Ontario lawyer and political figure
- William Shaw (mathematician), British mathematician
- William Shaw (actor)
- William J. Shaw, founded the Wack Wack Golf & Country Club
- William Thomas Shaw, British Member of Parliament for Forfar, 1918–1922 and 1931–1945
- Bill Kennedy Shaw (1901–1979), British desert explorer, botanist, archaeologist and founding member of the Long Range Desert Group
- Bill Shaw (footballer), born 1886, Scottish footballer who played for Kilmarnock, Bristol Rovers and Dumbarton Harp
- Bill Shaw, southern gospel tenor with the The Blackwood Brothers
- Billy Shaw (born 1938), American college and professional football player