William Hare may refer to:
- William Hare (murderer) (1792 or 1804 - after 1829), Irish criminal, member of the infamous Edinburgh duo of Burke and Hare
- William D. Hare (1834–1910), Oregon politician
- William Hobart Hare (1838–1909), Episcopal bishop in America
- William G. Hare (1882–1971), Oregon politician
- William Hare (philosopher) (born 1944), English academic, professor of education and philosophy in Halifax, Nova Scotia since 1970
- William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel (1751–1837), Irish peer and Member of Parliament
- William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel (1801–1856), grandson of the 1st Earl, peer and Member of Parliament
- William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel (1833–1924), son of the 2nd Earl, Baron Hare, Liberal politician
- William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (1906–1997), grandson of the 3rd Earl, Labour politician
Famous quotes containing the word hare:
“I cruelly hate cruelty, both by nature and reason, as the worst of all the vices. But then I am so soft in this that I cannot see a chicken’s neck wrung without distress, and cannot bear to hear the squealing of a hare between the teeth of my hounds.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)