William Stanley
William Stanley may refer to:
- William Stanley (Battle of Bosworth) (c. 1435–1495), English military leader in the Wars of the Roses
- William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle, (1528-81), of Hornby Castle, Lancashire, Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancashire in 1555
- William Stanley (Elizabethan) (1548–1630), English military commander under Queen Elizabeth I
- William Stanley (MP for Southampton) (1610–1678), English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660
- William Stanley (mammalogist), evolutionary biologist and mammalogist
- William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561–1642), English nobleman
- William Stanley (1640–1670), 5th son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby; English MP for Liverpool
- William Stanley (priest) (1647–1731), English academic, Archdeacon of London and Dean of St Asaph
- William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655–1702), English nobleman
- William Owen Stanley (1802–1884), British MP and Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey
- William Stanley (inventor) (1829–1909), founder of Harris Academy South Norwood school
- William A. Stanley (1831–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- William E. Stanley (1844–1910), American politician, Governor of Kansas
- William Stanley (Hawaii) (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, American professor
- William Stanley, Jr. (1858–1916), American physicist and electrical engineer
- William Stillman Stanley, Jr., Wisconsin jeweler and legislator
See also
- Bill Stanley, American football coach
- Bill Stanley (politician) (born 1967), American politician
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