William Temple
William Temple may refer to:
- William Temple (logician) (1555-1627)
- Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628 - 1699), 17th century British politician, employer of Jonathan Swift
- William Temple (governor), (1814–1863) American merchant and Governor of Delaware.
- William Temple (archbishop) (1881–1944), Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury
- William Temple, VC (1833–1919), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Chase Temple, 19th century coal and lumber baron, and owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates
- William F. Temple (1914-1989), British science fiction writer
- William Horace Temple (1899-1988), temperance crusader, businessman, CCF member of the Ontario Legislature 1948–1951