William Drummond or Bill Drummond is the name of:
- William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649), Scottish poet, influenced by Spenser; best known for illustrated essay, Cypresse Grove
- William Drummond (colonial governor) (born ca.1617 - 1677), Scottish administrator in the Province of Carolina; participant in Bacon's Rebellion
- William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan (1617 – 1688)
- William Drummond, 2nd Viscount Strathallan (1670 – 1702)
- William Drummond, 3rd Viscount Strathallan (1694 – 1711)
- William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan (1690–1746), Scottish-English supporter of the Jacobite cause; died in the Battle of Culloden
- William Drummond of Logiealmond (born ca.1770–1828), Scottish classical scholar, philosopher, diplomat, and MP in Scotland and England
- William Hamilton Drummond, (1778–1865), poet
- William Drummond, 7th Viscount Strathallan (1810–1886), Scottish Conservative politician
- William Henry Drummond (1854–1907), Canadian poet, born in Ireland, elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1898
- William Drummond, 15th Earl of Perth (1871–1937), succeeded as 15th Earl of Perth in 1902
- William Eugene Drummond (1876–1946), American architect
- William Drummond, a pseudonym for Arthur Calder-Marshall (1908-1992), British novelist
- William J. Drummond (born 1944), American journalist
- Bill Drummond (born 1953), Scottish musician, author, conceptual artist, music-industry entrepreneur and co-founder of The KLF
- Billy Drummond (born 1959), American jazz drummer
- William Abernethy Drummond (born ca.1617–1809), Bishop of Edinburgh
Famous quotes containing the words william and/or drummond:
“Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon,
If you listen to popular rumour;
From morning to night he’s so joyous and bright,
And he bubbles with wit and good humour!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Property has its duties as well as its rights.”
—Thomas Drummond (1797–1840)