William Hamilton
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Several people have been known by the name William Hamilton; William is often shortened to Will or Bill.
- William Hamilton (14th century), Dean of York and Lord Chancellor 1305-1307
- William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616-1651)
- William Hamilton (?-1717), Surgeon of the British East India Company
- William Hamilton (1665-1751), Scottish poet
- William Hamilton (1704-1754), Scottish poet
- Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), Scottish diplomat and husband of Emma Hamilton
- Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788 - 1856), the Scottish metaphysician
- Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805 - 1865), Irish mathematician
- William Thomas Hamilton (1822-1908), American trapper, "Wildcat Bill"
- William T. Hamilton, Governor of Maryland (1880-1884)
- William Hamilton, tennis player, winner of the 1890 Wimbledon championships
- William F. Hamilton, 1908 Olympic gold medalist
- Sir William "Bill" Hamilton (1899-1978), New Zealand inventor of the jet boat
- Willie Hamilton (1917-2000), anti-monarchist British MP
- W.D. "Bill" Hamilton (1936-2000) British biologist
- William Hamilton (-1922), lumber merchant and political figure in Upper Canada
- William Hamilton, an Irishman who attacked Queen Victoria in 1849